# What images can I use for Google Vacation Rentals/Hotels?

Images you upload for your properties in **HBook > HBook Connect** must follow specific requirements from Google Vacation Rentals and Google Hotels.

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### **General recommendations**

The following requirements apply to both Google Vacation Rentals and Google Hotels:

- Image URLs must be publicly accessible and crawlable by Googlebot or Googlebot-Image.
- Do not block image URLs in your robots.txt file or through an X-Robots-Tag HTTP header.

> [!INFO]
> You can check this article from Google to [test your robots.txt](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6062598).

- Do not use watermarks, logos, or branding on your images, as these are not permitted.

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### **Specific requirements** for Google Vacation Rentals

To ensure your property is eligible for Google Vacation Rentals and performs well in search results, we recommend following the guidelines below.

A property must have **at least 8 images** to appear on Google Vacation Rentals, including at least the following:

- 1 bedroom
- 1 bathroom
- 1 common area

For the best results, we strongly recommend uploading **20 or more high-quality images**, or as many as you have available.

Images should meet the following specifications:

- Recommended resolution**:** 1920 × 1080 px
- Maximum dimensions: 4000 × 4000 px
- Maximum file size: 10 MB
- Supported formats: JPG, JPEG, PNG, WEBP
- Orientation: Landscape

Google automatically selects and orders the images displayed on your listing. This order **cannot be customized** and may change depending on a user's search. For example, if a guest searches for a property with a pool, Google may prioritize showing pool images first.

> [!INFO]
> We strongly recommend that all images uploaded in the Property images section also be visible on the page selected as the Property page.

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### **Specific requirements** for Google Hotels

To ensure your property is eligible for Google Hotels and performs well in search results, images should meet the following specifications:

- Recommended aspect ratio: 4:3
- Screenshots of images or websites are not permitted
- Images must be original and actual images or photographs

**Image URL accessible by Googlebot Image crawler**

If your site includes a robots.txt at the root level, verify that it contains one of the two options shown:

- Allows the Googlebot crawler to crawl your site's content, images included.
  - User-agent: Googlebot
  - Allow: /
- Allows the Googlebot Image crawler to crawl the images on your site.
  - User-agent: Googlebot-Image
  - Allow: /

> [!INFO]
> You can check [this article](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/12061956?hl=en) from Google to learn how to check if an image URL is available to Google.

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### Steps before uploading images

In your WordPress Media Library, click on an image you wish to use for Google Vacation Rentals/Hotels, and check the following:

![connect-image-requirements.png](./attachments/connect-image-requirements.png)

1. Make sure the image size matches the requirements from Google Vacation Rentals or Google Hotels
2. Make sure to add a title that is relevant to the image.

> [!INFO]
> The following information is shared with Google as image attributes: image width, height, title, date, and author.