Holiday let photos that do your cottage justice. Taken on your phone.

Guests compare holiday lets by the first photo

Holiday let guests scroll through dozens of options on Airbnb, Vrbo, agency sites such as Sykes and your own booking page. A gloomy sitting room or a tilted shot of the garden makes a lovely place look tired.

British light does not help. Grey days and small cottage windows leave rooms dark and yellow under the lamps. That is exactly what ProLister corrects.

What ProLister fixes

• Dark rooms on overcast days brightened and evened out
• Yellow casts from lamps and warm bulbs removed
• Leaning walls, beams and door frames straightened
• Windows and garden views balanced against the room
• High-resolution files ready for Airbnb, Vrbo, agency listings and your own website

What to photograph

• The main living space, from the corner, with every light on
• Each bedroom, made up as guests will find it
• Kitchen and bathrooms, clean and clutter-free
• The outside of the property, the garden and any parking
• The view or the local setting, if it is part of why guests book

What it never does

ProLister never adds furniture, removes fixtures, changes the view or turns a grey sky blue. It does not stage rooms. It only corrects how the photo was taken.

Guests arrive at the place they saw online, which protects your reviews. Misleading photos can also breach UK consumer protection rules.

How it works

1. Open the curtains, switch on the lights and photograph each room from a corner at chest height, with the phone held sideways.
2. Upload the JPG or PNG files.
3. Download the listing-ready versions a few seconds later.
4. Need a tweak? Refine any image for half a credit.

What it costs

Your first 2 photos are free. After that, credit packs are one-time purchases with no subscription, priced in US dollars: 10 photos for $9.99, 25 for $19.99 and 50 for $34.99.

Credits from one-time packs never expire, so leftover credits are there when you refresh your photos for the next season.