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Gainesville, FL

Airbnb & Vacation Rental Photographer in Gainesville, FL

Professional Airbnb and vacation rental photography in Gainesville, Florida. Duck Pond bungalows, Midtown walk-to-campus rentals, and Haile Plantation family homes. Unlimited photos and drone aerials, hand-edited. We shoot short-term rental (STR) and Vrbo listings.

Pay after your photos are ready. No deposit, no upfront payment. We shoot, edit, and have your gallery waiting. You pay when it’s ready to unlock.
From $249. Unlimited photos.
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$249 1-bedroom flat rate
24hr Delivery
1,000+ Properties Shot
Unlimited Photos Per Shoot
What we shoot

Services for Gainesville Properties

Everything you need to make your Gainesville listing the best-looking option in its category, and nothing you don't.

HDR Photography

Professionally edited HDR interior and exterior photos that showcase every detail. Perfect for Airbnb and vacation rental listings competing in the Gainesville market.

Drone Aerials

Drone photography and videography showing property context, neighborhood views, and surrounding landscape. Ideal for Gainesville luxury listings and properties with exceptional outdoor space.

Video Tours & Twilight

Cinematic walkthrough video reels and golden-hour twilight exterior shots. Cuts guest scroll-time and increases time-on-listing in the Airbnb feed.

Social & Marketing Content

Short-form reels, carousel posts, and branded content for Instagram and TikTok. Boost visibility, attract more direct bookings, and build long-term listing brand.

Recent Work

A selection of recent shots from our pipeline. Every photo is shot, edited, and delivered to the same standard regardless of metro.

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Pricing

Gainesville Pricing

Standard flat rates by property size. No destination premium in Gainesville and no per-photo fees. Your exact total is on screen before you pay.

Airbnb & Vacation Rentals: 1BR $249, 2BR $299, 3BR $349, 4BR $399, 5BR $479, 6BR $559

Real Estate / MLS Sellers: flat-rate packages by home size from $229 at soldvisual.com

Every package includes unlimited photos hand-edited, delivery usually within 24 hours, and a Google Drive gallery kept for 90 days. Add drone or twilight at booking; video is quoted separately.

Drone aerial photography sample, establishing shot used to set listing context
Why us

Why Gainesville Properties Choose Booked Visual

Gainesville runs on the University of Florida calendar. Home football Saturdays fill every rental in town months ahead, then graduation, family weekend, and orientation keep parents coming through spring. Under that sits steady year-round demand: UF Health visitors, traveling nurses and faculty on mid-term stays, and weekenders headed for the springs and Paynes Prairie.

Gainesville Neighborhood Coverage

Duck Pond and the Pleasant Street historic district, Midtown and the blocks around campus, Golfview, Haile Plantation and Tioga to the southwest, Millhopper and the northwest side. Alachua, Newberry, High Springs, Archer, and Micanopy book from this page too.

Built for the Game-Weekend Booker

The person booking a football weekend is usually a parent or an alum choosing between a dozen similar houses at similar rates. They book the one that looks cared for. Bright, straight, uncluttered frames of every bedroom and the outdoor space are what win that comparison, and that is the shot list we run.

Mid-Term Stays Need a Different Set

A traveling nurse at UF Health or a visiting professor is renting a month, not a weekend. They want to see the desk, the kitchen they will actually cook in, the laundry, and the parking. We cover the practical rooms as carefully as the hero shots so the listing converts both audiences.

New Market, Same Standard

Gainesville is our newest market. Nothing behind it is new: the same shot list, the same hand-edited photos, and delivery usually within 24 hours, the standard we have run across more than 1,000 shoots. You book online and pick from real open dates.

Every photo, no upcharge

You get 100% of the finished photos from your shoot, not a curated handful with per-image fees. Most studios upcharge per photo. We never do.

Gainesville notes

Hosting in Gainesville

UF's 2026 football and graduation dates and Florida's licensing rule for whole-home rentals, each linked to the official source. Dates and rules change, so check the current version before you plan around them.

UF's Last 2026 Home Games

The Florida Gators 2026 football schedule lists six games in Gainesville. The last two are Oklahoma on November 7 and Vanderbilt on November 21 (Florida Football 2026 schedule). If your photos predate your current furniture or a recent refresh, update them before those weekends, not after.

Graduation Weekends

UF lists fall 2026 graduation weekend as December 11 and 12, and spring 2027 graduation dates as April 29 to May 3 (UF Commencement). For a family group, the first questions are how many bedrooms, which beds are in each, and where everyone sits together, so every bedroom and the main living space belong in the gallery.

Florida Vacation Rental License

Florida's Division of Hotels and Restaurants says a vacation rental license is required if you rent an entire unit more than three times in a calendar year for periods of less than 30 days or one calendar month, whichever is less, or if it is advertised or held out to the public as a place regularly rented to guests. Renting rooms rather than the whole unit is not classified as public lodging, and city or county rules can still apply. Check the current rules in the DBPR vacation rental guide before you list.

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What Clients Say

Real reviews from verified Booked Visual shoots.

"Grant and his team did a great job with our shoot. Matt was professional, thorough, and made sure to capture everything including detail shots and drone shots. Highly recommend for anyone needing real estate or rental property photography!"

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Francis Carino
Verified shoot, five stars

"The photos were great, crisp and clear and the view was amazing, thank you!"

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Sharon Tavares
Verified shoot, five stars

1,000+ shoots delivered and counting. Every gallery hand-edited and usually delivered within 24 hours. Five-star reviews publish straight to our reviews page, unedited.

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How it works

How a Gainesville Shoot Works

Four steps from "I should get pro photos" to "my listing is live with a beautiful gallery."

Step 1: book your shoot online 01

Book online

Pick a date, package, and add-ons. ~60 seconds.

Step 2: photographer shoots your property 02

Photographer arrives

Your Booked Visual photographer shoots the property.

Step 3: centralized professional editing 03

We edit

Centralized editing. Every photo hits the same standard.

Step 4: gallery delivered 04

Gallery delivered

Drive link usually emailed within 24 hours. Kept for 90 days.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How quickly can you photograph my Gainesville property? +

The booking calendar shows exactly which dates are open, usually starting one to two days out. Edited photos are delivered within 24 hours of the end of your shoot day. No rush fee. Fast is the standard on every shoot. Football weekends and graduation week fill early, so plan the shoot a few weeks ahead of the season.

Do you cover Alachua, Newberry, High Springs, and Micanopy? +

Yes. All of Alachua County books under Gainesville, including Alachua, Newberry, Jonesville, Tioga, Archer, Micanopy, Hawthorne, and High Springs. If you are not sure whether your address fits, book it and we will confirm.

Best add-on for a Gainesville football-weekend rental? +

A short walkthrough reel. The parent booking from Tampa or Jacksonville is choosing on a phone the week the schedule drops, and a walkthrough answers the question the photos raise: what does it actually feel like to stay here. Twilight exteriors are the second pick for houses with a porch or a pool.

Do I need a Florida license to rent my Gainesville home short term? +

Florida's Division of Hotels and Restaurants says a vacation rental license is required when an entire unit is rented more than three times in a calendar year for periods of less than 30 days or one calendar month, whichever is less, or when it is advertised as a place regularly rented to guests. Check the current DBPR vacation rental guide before you list.

Which Gainesville dates should my listing photos be ready for? +

UF's 2026 home schedule ends with Oklahoma on November 7 and Vanderbilt on November 21, and fall 2026 graduation weekend is December 11 and 12. UF lists spring 2027 graduation dates as April 29 to May 3. Schedule the shoot early enough that new photos are live before those weeks.

What's included in a standard photography package? +

Every package includes unlimited photos at a flat rate, with no per-photo fees. Every image is hand-edited, and your full gallery arrives in a Google Drive folder kept for 90 days, within 24 hours. Optional add-ons: drone aerials and twilight exteriors; walkthrough video reels are quoted separately.

How do I book and what's the process? +

Click "Book Now", select your property type and size, choose your preferred date, and confirm payment. We schedule your shoot and send prep instructions. On shoot day, your Booked Visual photographer arrives on time and delivers photos within 24 hours.

What happens if I'm not happy with the photos? +

If something is off with the photos, we fix it free and fast. Small retouches usually come back within about 3 hours. Extra edits you ask for, such as object removal, are $5 per photo. If the unit is not ready, the reschedule is free, but a return trip is billed. If the shoot is paid upfront and canceled at least 12 hours before the shoot time, we issue a refund.

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