Cover Photo Suggestions? Room or Location?

[Chris-And-Monica0]

Hello, my listings are in downtown Minneapolis which is probably the main reason people book my apartments. However, the rooms are nice also. For a cover photo, would it be best to show a pic of the room or a pic of the location downtown?I have attached a couple of examples of what I mean. Thanks for your help. 

[Lisa723]

Personally my vote is for the room... and hopefully whatever photos you actually use will be much higher resolution than the exterior photo here.

[Chris-And-Monica0]

Thanks Lisa,  As a superhost, how do you make your listing stand out above the others?

[Lisa723]

@Chris-And-Monica0 I have three listings... all of which are unique in their market so I might not have a lot of insight to offer you, but my reply would be (1) do everything possible to keep your ratings up even when it means sacrificing $$ when things go sideways, (2) have impeccable and high-quality photos, (3) use a pricing tool such as usewheelhouse.com to get your pricing right.  (And no, I'm not on their payroll, just really happy with them.)

[Lisa723]

Oh and never, ever cancel or decline a reservation.

[Chris-And-Monica0]

Awesome. Thank you for your coments.

If you happen to get board here is the link to my listings. Any coments would be appreciated. 

https://www.airbnb.com/users/57655643/listings

BTW your photos are amazing!!! It is like a fantasy home. 

[Lisa723]

@Chris-And-Monica0 ha, I see you have 11 listings with 690 reviews-- you don't need advice from me.  🙂

[Chris-And-Monica0]

That is not true. I need more help now than ever. I really enjoy being a host and have been slowly converting my units from long term to short term rentals. I hope to get to 20 listings in the next two years. Always trying to improve and learn from others. Thanks for your input. 

[Emiel1]

@Chris-And-Monica0 

The photo of the room is most suitable for the listing.

I noticed you allready put the "location downtown" as the coverphoto on your homepage:

https://www.airbnb.com/users/57655643/listings , so no need to repeat it in the listing as the coverphoto (as you did allready for 1 listing)

Best regards,

Emiel

[Chris-And-Monica0]

Thanks Emiel,  As a superhost, how do you make your listing stand out above the others?

[Sarah977]

@Chris-And-Monica0  My vote is for the room.

[Gordon0]

The room. I can find a million pics of downtown Minneapolis on the web. 

[Chris-And-Monica0]

Thanks Gordon,  As a superhost, how do you make your listing stand out above the others?

[Lawrene0]

The room. As a guest, I always want to know what the room looks like, @Chris-And-Monica0 . No one is answering your "As a superhost..." question, by the way, because you haven't tagged them with the @ symbol. They don't know you have followed up with a question. 

How I made my listing stand out was to put it in a tree, but I know that's not the sort of answer you are looking for 😉

Your listings are quite beautiful. Are they all in the one building?

[Chris-And-Monica0]

Thanks Lawrene. I want to stay in your treehouse. That is awesome!!!!!

All my listings are on the same row of historic apartments/row houses. Thanks for the kudos!