It is recommended that a minimum of ten high quality images be uploaded to Lodgix for every property . The images are displayed during the booking process, on your website, and on channels like VRBO and Airbnb.
Image Gallery Interface
Delete all Photos. Deletes all existing photos for the property.
Regenerate Thumbnails. This is rarely used. It regenerates all thumbnails that are used throughout the Lodgix system and WordPress plugin.
Sort Options. Simple or By Place. See below for more details.
This is where you will upload all new images for the property. Click and drag them to upload, or select them from your device.
Manage your existing images. You can reorder the images, set a primary image, and create captions for your images.
Add a video URL. Note that you cannot upload a video here, you will add a link to a video that has been uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo.
Add a virtual tour URL. Add a link to a virtual tour. Only tours that are hosted on Matterport are accepted.
Save your changes
Image Details
This notes the primary photo for the listing. This will be displayed first on your website and at the channels.
This is the uploaded image size. We recommend having at least 2000px width for your images. The image size should not exceed 5mb. If necessary, you can compress your images using this online tool: https://imagecompressor.com/
Add a caption for your images. This will be displayed at the channels and on your website if using the WordPress plugin.
Use the icons to set the primary image, download an image, or delete an image.
IMPORTANT! - Please only use images taken in a landscape orientation. The channels and plugin are optimized to display wider images. Images with a vertical or portrait orientation will be heavily cropped.
Sort By Place
By default, images are sorted in the order they were uploaded, and you can drag and drop images into any order you would like. Lodgix also offers the option to sort By Place...
If you choose this option, Lodgix will use AI to organize your images by room, similar to how they are displayed at many of the booking channels. Once you choose this option you will have two additional options on the gallery screen...
Organize places: Add and organize the different image sorting categories (such as rooms) for this property.
AI Assign: Use AI to assign the images to the correct category.
Organize Places
Drag and drop categories into the desired order.
Add categories (places) to the list.
Assigning Images to a Category
Once you have chosen to organize images by place, there is an icon on each image allowing you to assign the images to the correct place.
VRBO Hero Images
In early March 2024, VRBO rolled out a new test that will run a machine-learning algorithm on listing images. It will select and show to travelers the highest-performing listing image as the primary, hero image and reorganize the gallery sort of images. Note that the image order in Lodgix will not be considered by VRBO, and VRBO does not allow the host or Lodgix to reorganize these images.
Adding Videos
One video can be added per property. Videos cannot be uploaded directly to Lodgix.com. You will have to upload the video to YouTube or Vimeo. Once uploaded, just copy and paste the actual URL where the video is located into Lodgix. Do not use the embed code many of these video sharing sites provide, it will not work!
How the Video is Displayed on Your Website
When a video url is added to a property, that video will become the first image in the image viewer and be displayed with a corresponding play button for immediate viewing. A video icon will also appear in listing of all properties.
Virtual Tours
Enter the URL of the virtual tour into Lodgix. Only matterport URLs are accepted.
How the Virtual Tour is Displayed on your Website
A virtual tour icon will appear within the image viewer. Once clicked, a window will open and the website guest will be taken to the URL of the virtual tour provider.
