Virtual Tours for Shortlets and Airbnbs in Nigeria
A virtual tour lets shortlet guests inspect the real apartment from their phone before they pay a deposit. ₦100,000 covers up to 10 spaces — a typical 1–3 bedroom shortlet falls entirely under the base price. No monthly fees.
Shortlet operators run on trust they have to rebuild with every single enquiry. The guest hasn't been there, has heard the stories about listings that don't match reality, and is being asked to transfer money before seeing anything beyond photos. This page covers what a virtual tour changes about that, and what it costs for a shortlet specifically.
The question every guest is silently asking
Is this place real? It shows up as requests for video calls, requests for "more pictures," long silences after the price is sent, and bookings that stall at the deposit. None of it is the guest being difficult — they're protecting themselves the only way photos allow, which is by hesitating.
A virtual tour removes the reason to hesitate. The guest stands inside every room, looks anywhere, moves from the living room to the bedroom to the kitchen — the apartment exactly as it is, with nowhere to hide. Doubt doesn't have to be argued away; it just doesn't form.
Walk through one
That walkthrough, inside your Venu page, is what your guest opens from WhatsApp. One tap, no app, any phone.
What it replaces day to day
Photos one by one, enquiry after enquiry. Every shortlet operator knows the loop: a new enquiry comes in, the same set of pictures goes out, the same questions follow. The tour collapses that loop into a single link — sent once per enquiry, in the Instagram bio for everyone who finds you there, embedded on the booking page so the question is answered before the message is even sent. You answer the guests who've already walked through.
What it costs for a shortlet
Tours are priced by spaces — one shot location each: a bedroom, the living room, the kitchen, the compound. A studio is 3–4 spaces, a 2-bed is 5–6, a 3-bed duplex is 7–9. The base price of ₦100,000 covers up to 10 — which means almost every shortlet falls entirely under the base. One payment, hosting included for the life of the tour, no subscription. The full logic, including what larger properties pay, is on the pricing page.
For context against your own numbers: in most of Lekki or Victoria Island, ₦100,000 is one to two nights of bookings — for an asset that works on every enquiry afterwards.
How it happens
Message us on WhatsApp with the apartment type and location; we confirm the space count and price before anything is scheduled. The shoot is one visit, about two hours — have the apartment guest-ready and it photographs the way guests will find it. Your link and QR code arrive within days.
To get a tour for your shortlet: message us with the apartment type and area. Price confirmed plainly before any shoot.
Start on WhatsAppMore of our work at venu.ng/virtual-tours · also see hotel virtual tours.