How to Create an Airbnb Video to Market Your Property [+Tools]

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Published: November 17, 2025
Growth & Marketing
How to Create an Airbnb Video to Market Your Property [+Tools]

Summary

This article discusses creating marketing videos for your Airbnb listing, even though Airbnb doesn't directly support video uploads. Hosts should consider using third-party platforms like YouTube and other social media to showcase their properties and include a clear call to action within the video.

Key Insights

  • Another study found that 92 percent of mobile video viewers share videos with others.
  • According to HubSpot, 72% of customers would rather learn about a product or service by watching a video.
  • YouTube is the second most popular website after Google, with users viewing over 1 billion hours of video content each day.

Action Items

  • Post your video on YouTube and include relevant tags, such as your city name, “Airbnb”, “cottage”, “entire home/apt”, “romantic”, “business travelers”, etc. and include a link to your listing on Airbnb in the description part of your video.
    Effort: low
    Impact: medium
  • Make sure to include a CTA directing them to your Airbnb listing (or direct booking website, if you have one).
    Effort: low
    Impact: medium
  • Include a link to your video channel in your Airbnb listing description to drive potential guests to your video content.
    Effort: low
    Impact: medium
  • Promote your Airbnb video on other video platforms, and social media sites where your target audience hangs out.
    Effort: low
    Impact: medium

Tools & Resources

  • Renderforest: Renderforest has a large variety of real estate templates to give you an opportunity to create real estate listing videos effortlessly.
  • FlexClip: FlexClip is a free video editor that allows you to create Airbnb videos from scratch without having to be a professional editor.
  • Animoto: Animoto is one of the most popular tools to help you create your property videos.
  • Ripl: Ripl is a perfect tool for creating videos to share on social media.
  • Videoshop: Videoshop offers a full scope of features that you will find useful for creating your Airbnb video.
  • Promo: Promo offers a bunch of templates that you can personalize for your Airbnb video.

Common Mistakes

  • Avoid licensed or copyrighted content.

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