Photographs act like jet-fuel for your vacation rental marketing, without high-grade images, your advertising will sputter and lack the horsepower needed to rev-up those bookings.
OK, so you’ve got photographs of your vacation home – you can check that off your list! But, photos of your rental property aren’t enough by themselves to get your online advertising off the launch pad.
These days online marketing is heavily dependent on visual stimuli. Words alone are boring! The right photos can help to capture attention, inspire and stir up emotions in those who are fortunate enough to witness your remarkable content marketing. Yeah, you can be that awesome!
Let me help get you there… First, you’ve gotta have a deep reservoir of crisp professional photos. The internet has an insatiable hunger for content, you know. You’ll need quality images for your blogs, newsletters, holiday posts and for your social media marketing.
You’ll also want to use professional photographs of local attractions, nature, landscapes, art, food, wildlife, people and activities placed strategically throughout your vacation rental website.
So, where do you get all these sensational photos from? I’m sharing several free photo sites you can use to fuel your vacation rental content marketing and keep you outta trouble.
Note: Using images you find online can create legal issues if you violate copyright laws. It happened to me in the early days of my career. Learn from my mistakes. Only use images that you have explicit permission to use.
If you haven’t picked up my social media marketing ebook for vacation rentals, be sure to get it! Combine my social media guide with these free photo websites and you’ll have the marketing fuel and directions to take your content marketing to the moon!
I’ve done the research and compiled a list of the best free photo sites I could find for you. All offer travel photos, most provide licenses that permit the photos to be used for personal and commercial use. If you have questions about any of these free photo websites, check their terms and licenses agreements.
1– FreeImages:
Up first is FreeImages. It is no doubt a fantastic resource for business-related photos, FreeImages is a content marketer’s favorite bookmark for your blog or social media graphics. When searching FreeImages and other sites listed, use their search tool. Enter in keywords related to your niche or topic. Generally, you can find content for your vacation rental marketing by typing in terms like travel, vacation or even your property’s location.
2- Pixabay: 
If you’re bored by the same old free stock images online, Pixabay is a great tool that’ll help you shake things up a bit. The images on Pixabay have a slightly more indie style compared to the more generic feel of traditional stock images.
3-Flickr: 
Flickr is a user-generated photo sharing site that has a huge array of images available for free with or without attribution. While it isn’t a top choice for me, it’s still worth including, especially when you’re on the hunt for a hard to find photo. Check out the creative commons section of Flickr and read the usage terms to make sure your photo usage is on the up and up.
4- Unsplash:
Unsplash is one of my favs. Though the selection is not as large as some of the other photo websites, It provides an awesome resource for images that don’t feel like the typical stock images you see everywhere. Unsplash updates their image library every 10 days. This site’s collection of free to use, no attribution images will add a unique flavor to your content marketing that typical stock images can’t quite achieve.
5- Pexels:
