@Mark116
Ah, okay, I had no idea that it used to be 1 x a year and then 3 x a year. Wow, I would have loved that as I'm always updating and changing stuff around at my house. I would certainly love to have photos of bathrooms I've added and new photos of at least one of the bedrooms because the bed in there is totally different (have put photos of the new bed up too, but my photos don't do it justice).
I have no idea what it was when I had the sessions (2016), as I didn't really think about it at the time. I had assumed though that it was a one time thing, because the photographer told me that you got one per listing. I actually only had two shoots for my three listings, but that was fine.
I only found out when they introduced a free photoshoot as a Superhost bonus. I was delighted. I would much rather have that than the $100 dollar travel voucher. At first, I was told I was eligible, but when I tried to book, was told, no, it was only for new hosts. That obviously made no sense as you only get the reward after having maintained the status for a year. I think what they meant to say was it was only for hosts who hadn't had a shoot before. Anyway, they scrapped the whole thing, probably because it created a lot of confusion.
I actually thought that Airbnb had stopped doing free photoshoots altogether, but you could book one and pay for it, based on comments I'd seen on the CC. I did look into that, but couldn't find anywhere on dashboard/menu where that came up as an option.
I wonder if anyone knows about that?
To be honest, I would rather pay a photographer directly, including for usage, so that I could use the photos elsewhere, not just on Airbnb.