Vrbo photo rules: 6 photos, 1024x683, no overlays

Vrbo wants at least 6 photos published for your property at all times; fewer than 6 for over 30 days can lead to indefinite suspension. Photos should be at least 1024 x 683 pixels, ideally 3840 x 2160 or higher, in JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF or SVG. No text overlays, watermarks, collages or black-and-white. The page has no AI rule, so use real photos in the gallery and put AI work into a separate tour video.

The rules are from Vrbo's photo guidelines, read on 2026-10-02.

What does Vrbo require?

The page mixes hard limits and style rules.

Where does AI fit for a rental host?

Guests book on what they will find, so the gallery should show the real rooms. The Vrbo page does not mention AI, which means you cannot read it as permission either. Keep generated and enhanced images out of the gallery, and put them in guest guides, social posts and a walkthrough clip.

Make a tour clip from real photos

Sume's video API can turn one of your real photos into a short 16:9 clip through frame_images. Submit it, poll polling_url, then read unsigned_urls. Use it on your own site, not as a Vrbo gallery item.

import os, time, requests

H = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SUME_API_KEY']}"}
job = requests.post(
    "https://api.sume.com/v1/videos",
    headers=H,
    json={
        "model": "seedance-2",
        "prompt": "Slow camera push-in across the living room, daylight from the windows, nothing added or removed",
        "frame_images": [{
            "type": "image_url",
            "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/rental/living-room.jpg"},
            "frame_type": "first_frame",
        }],
        "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
        "duration": 5,
        "resolution": "720p",
    },
    timeout=60,
).json()
while True:
    time.sleep(20)
    st = requests.get(job["polling_url"], headers=H, timeout=60).json()
    if st["status"] in ("completed", "failed", "cancelled"):
        break
print(st["status"], st.get("unsigned_urls"))