We’re staying at an AirBnB right now and got some advice that we should take a video or photo of every room before we leave because unreputable AirBnB renters trash the place after you leave and charge you for it. This doesn’t look like the kind of place where that’s happened, but you never know.

Anyway, the video and/or photos will be timestamped to prove when we took them, but we can’t think of a great way to prove when we actually left other than taking a bunch more photos on the road to prove we really left. While that’s not the worst option, what I’m hoping for is a way to use location services to keep a timestamped record of when we left, where we went, and when we arrived.

Does anyone know of a way to do this with Apple Maps or Google Maps or some other app? Advice would be greatly appreciated.

If it’s necessary information: I have an iPhone 11 and my mother, who I’m staying with, has an iPhone 13 and my mother has an Apple Watch series 7. Yes, she has way too much money. But she’s also paying.

  • ccunning@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    3 months ago

    Have your mom start an “Outdoor Walk” in the Workout app on her watch. It records time and location that can be reviewed in the Fitness app on the phone.

    Also you’re probably being way over paranoid, but I get it; better safe than sorry.

    • Fishytricks@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      3 months ago

      I’m keen on what you suggested but I don’t quite car catch, how would recording an activity help with photo documentation?

      • ccunning@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        3 months ago

        My understanding was they will have photos with timestamps but mom wants to prove they actually left after the photos were taken. So they were looking for a way to tie time to location. So with the combined evidence from the time stamped photos and the time stamped GPS track they could prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that any damage left was not caused by them.