Disable photo tour

[Athina44]

Hi everyone. New to the community here, glad to have found you!

I have been struggling to disable the photo tour on my listings. Tried moving a couple of photos in the additional photos but it made zero difference. I also contacted airbnb (message) and asked them to disable it and only told me to unlist my listing (that was the only thing, no other steps).

I see there are still plenty of listings that aren't using the photo tour so I understand that there is a way to disable/not use it.

Has anyone here managed to do it and if yes, would you mind sharing the steps involved?

Thanks in advance

[Joan2709]

@Athina44 

The photo tour only works if there are photos in every room.

1. Move all your photos to the Additional Photos room except for bedrooms and bathrooms. You need your photos in those rooms to populate the number of bedrooms/beds and bathrooms in the subtitle and the Where You'll Sleep section.
2. Delete all the empty rooms except for one (leave one room with no photos) 
3. When you click "All Photos" they will appear in a grid. Click and drag your photos in the order you want them to appear in the grid.

You will still see the words "Photo Tour" on the left side of the Listing Editor, but the photos are no longer arranged in a "Tour" in guest view. Photos added will appear at the bottom of the photo grid. You can move them around after that as needed and place them where you want. 

Change Order of Photos in Rooms

You can also change the order of the photos in any room by clicking and dragging it. Sometimes you have several photos of the bedroom, but you want a particular photo (your best photo) to appear in the "Where You'll Sleep" Section. Just move your best photo to the number 1 spot in the

bedroom room.

- Click All Photos

- Then click Manage Photos top right

- Click the Room you want to change the order of photos

- Drag and drop the photos in that room the way you want

Add Captions/Descriptions to Photos

Be sure to add captions to ALL your photos. Otherwise, guests have trouble understanding what they are seeing. Highlight amenities in the room guests can enjoy in the captions.

Airbnb Photo "Tasks"

Airbnb has started adding "Tasks" to try and get you to add photos to your empty room and use the photo tour again. Just ignore that. If you want to add photos in the future, they may force you to use the photo tour again. Simply repeat the steps to delete the tour.