0 items
How?
Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.
Add link and screenshots
The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.
vacation rental inspection checklist
Keep both ends of the stay on record.
Vacation rental inspection checklist — Keep both ends of the stay on record. Compare arrival and departure records using the checklist you already keep. A file date does not establish that a photo is genuine.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Short-let damage photos
1 Nov 2026
Authority time: 14:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
✓ Dated◆ Permanent
Now keep it safe: three things
- Keep your photos and files unedited. The receipt only matches the originals. Put them in an album such as “My records”.
- Save this receipt to your camera roll.
Keep the receipt file too. The image is a handy copy; checking needs the file.
- Email it to yourself.Email it to myself
Your mail app opens a draft. Attach your receipt image and receipt file. Don’t attach your photos or documents. Timevolt does not send it or know whether it was sent.
Your record, one step at a time.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
Local preview: files are fingerprinted here. Notes and progress stay in this browser. Keep downloaded copies; browser storage is not a backup.
0 items
How?
Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.
Add link and screenshots
The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.
0 items
How?
Record the date, time, place and who you spoke to. New notes are saved separately rather than editing an old note.
How to keep notes that hold upWrite it down
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
How to keep notes that hold up
Write notes as soon as you can. Keep the original account rather than replacing it later; the venue decides what weight it gets.
- Write it down straight away, on paper or in the box on a step.
- Put the date, time and place at the top, and who you spoke to.
- Use their words where you can; separate what you saw from what you were told.
- Sign or initial a paper note, photograph it and add the photo.
- Never edit an old note. Add a new dated entry when something changes. A device save time is not independent time evidence or proof of event order.
Short-let damage photos
Short-let damage photos
01 · Keep the exact files
Keep wide views and close-ups from arrival and departure, plus the listing, messages and original image files.
Records to keep: Check-in photos · Check-out photos
Short-let damage photos
02 · Date the file’s code
Your device fingerprints the selected file or manifest. Dated follows an independent timestamp; Permanent follows Bitcoin anchoring.
An independent time, tied to the exact bytes.
Short-let damage photos
03 · Keep the evidence
Keep the exact copies and follow the platform’s own damage-claim process. Compare the same views on each visit.
Keep the originals too. A changed or compressed copy has a different fingerprint.
Try a file. It stays here.
Make a test receipt on this device.
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
or drop a file here
Real cases: why the original photos matter.
Real cases where dated records mattered. We don’t claim a time receipt would have changed the result.
Northern Ireland · 2017
Keep proof you sent damage photos
An agent said damage photos and an estimate were sent to Airbnb, which said the claim was not received. The agent says proof of sending was shown in court. A news report says the landlord won damages from the guest.
Trade press report quoting the agent; the court decision was not checked. The order was against the guest, not Airbnb.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›Related cases
What courts, schemes and regulators say.
Positions below refer to the cited rule or record type, not endorsement of Timevolt. This service is not represented as an eIDAS qualified timestamp provider. A non-qualified timestamp does not receive the qualified timestamp presumption.
Host damage protection / Resolution Center
Hosts should document with photos or videos, estimates and receipts, file within 14 days of guest checkout, guest has 24 hours to respond; wear and tear is excluded.
Accepts photos and video as evidence; the article says nothing about timestamps, metadata, hashes, or AI-edited images. Sources conflict on a separate 14 versus 30 day evidence window.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceFederal Rules of Evidence
Rule 902(14): data copied from a device or file can be self-authenticating if shown by a process of digital identification, which the committee notes say is ordinarily hash comparison, with a qualified person's certification.
Supports the idea that matching hashes show a copy is identical to the original; it still needs a certification and says nothing about a timestamp authority. Applies to federal courts; state and small-claims courts vary.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceOther ways to do this
Prices change. Check each provider’s site for current prices and service details.
Related workflows.
Proves / Doesn’t prove
Proves
A completed time receipt shows that the exact selected file existed by the independently witnessed time. You can check whether a later copy has the same bytes. It does not establish creation time, authorship, identity, event order, location or the truth of the contents.
Doesn’t prove
It does not prove who took the photos, where, that the room really looked that way, that a photo is unedited before it was receipted, or who wins a damage claim.
This cannot establish that a photo was genuine before dating, the room’s condition, fault or a successful claim.
These are the bounds of a completed proof. The local tester does not establish any time. The chosen court, scheme or regulator decides what to accept.
Questions, answered plainly.
Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking. Privacy Policy.
How long do I have to file an Airbnb damage claim?
Airbnb says a host files a reimbursement request in the Resolution Center within 14 days of the guest's checkout, and submits supporting documents within 14 days of the damage. Check your own account, since sources show an older 30 day figure.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWhat photos does Airbnb want for a damage claim?
Photos or videos of the issue, plus repair or cleaning estimates and receipts. Photograph everything before cleaning up.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes Airbnb cover normal wear and tear?
No. Host damage protection does not cover normal wear and tear.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes a time receipt prove my photos are real?
A completed time receipt shows that the exact selected file existed by the independently witnessed time. You can check whether a later copy has the same bytes. It does not establish creation time, authorship, identity, event order, location or the truth of the contents.
Guest or host, who should take the photos?
Each side can date its own selected files. Receipts show that the exact files existed by the witnessed time; they do not identify who held or created them.
Do my photos get uploaded?
Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking.
Do messaging apps remove photo details?
They can. One photo-app vendor notes that sending photos through messaging apps can strip GPS data. A time receipt fingerprints the original file, so keep the original and share copies.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWill a court or Airbnb accept a time receipt?
We can't promise it. Airbnb's help page does not mention timestamps. Federal US evidence rules allow hash-verified copies of data to be authenticated with a certification, but each court and tribunal decides for itself.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerThe file tester runs on your device. It does not issue a timestamp or take a payment.
Keep the records you already have.
Keep your original files and any existing official records while the receipt service is being prepared.