diff --git a/client/src/components/PDF/TripPDF.tsx b/client/src/components/PDF/TripPDF.tsx
index a3c4d53dd..f8fde0e19 100644
--- a/client/src/components/PDF/TripPDF.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/PDF/TripPDF.tsx
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ function safeImg(url) {
   // (it ends in …/bytes), so the extension check below would wrongly reject it —
   // which is why persisted place photos showed as category icons in the PDF.
   if (url.startsWith('/api/maps/place-photo/')) return absUrl(url)
-  return /\.(jpe?g|png|webp|bmp|tiff?)(\?.*)?$/i.test(url) ? absUrl(url) : null
+  // gif is in the list because place-image-upload.ts accepts it; without it an
+  // uploaded GIF hero silently fell back to the category icon in the PDF.
+  return /\.(jpe?g|png|gif|webp|bmp|tiff?)(\?.*)?$/i.test(url) ? absUrl(url) : null
 }
 
 // Generate SVG string from Lucide icon name (for category thumbnails)
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.tsx
index 5efe20a39..2e6b3097f 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,49 @@ function setSessionCache(key, value) {
   try { sessionStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(value)) } catch {}
 }
 
+const creditCache = new Map()
+
+/**
+ * Names whoever made the picture shown in the avatar.
+ *
+ * Only cached provider photos carry a credit, and their proxy URL embeds the
+ * cache key. Anything else (an uploaded image, a legacy remote URL) renders
+ * nothing. Commons pictures are largely CC BY-SA, so this is an obligation
+ * rather than a nicety — the picker credits them while choosing, this keeps the
+ * credit visible afterwards.
+ */
+function PhotoCredit({ imageUrl }) {
+  const [credit, setCredit] = useState(null)
+  const key = useMemo(() => {
+    const match = /^\/api\/maps\/place-photo\/(.+)\/bytes$/.exec(imageUrl || '')
+    return match ? decodeURIComponent(match[1]) : null
+  }, [imageUrl])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!key) { setCredit(null); return }
+    if (creditCache.has(key)) { setCredit(creditCache.get(key)); return }
+    let alive = true
+    mapsApi.placePhotoCredit(key).then(data => {
+      creditCache.set(key, data.credit)
+      if (alive) setCredit(data.credit)
+    }).catch(() => {})
+    return () => { alive = false }
+  }, [key])
+
+  if (!credit) return null
+  return (
+    <span
+      className="text-content-faint"
+      title={credit}
+      style={{
+        display: 'block', marginTop: 4, maxWidth: 72,
+        fontSize: 'calc(9px * var(--fs-scale-caption, 1))', lineHeight: 1.2,
+        overflow: 'hidden', textOverflow: 'ellipsis', whiteSpace: 'nowrap', textAlign: 'center',
+      }}
+    >{credit}</span>
+  )
+}
+
 function usePlaceDetails(googlePlaceId, osmId, language) {
   const [details, setDetails] = useState(null)
   const detailId = googlePlaceId || osmId
@@ -684,6 +727,7 @@ function PlaceInspectorHeader({ openNow, place, category, t, editingName, nameIn
                     onRemove={() => onUpdatePlace(place.id, { image_url: null })} />
                 : <PlaceAvatar place={place} category={category} size={52} />}
             </div>
+            {openNow === null && <PhotoCredit imageUrl={place.image_url} />}
             {openNow !== null && (
               <span style={{
                 position: 'absolute', bottom: -7, left: '50%', transform: 'translateX(-50%)',
diff --git a/client/src/store/slices/remoteEventHandler.ts b/client/src/store/slices/remoteEventHandler.ts
index 17af1cb81..c7dbe312e 100644
--- a/client/src/store/slices/remoteEventHandler.ts
+++ b/client/src/store/slices/remoteEventHandler.ts
@@ -477,9 +477,25 @@ export function handleRemoteEvent(set: SetState, get: GetState, event: WebSocket
   // Snapshot before set(): the trip:updated case below replaces state.trip, so a
   // date-change check made after it would compare the new trip against itself.
   const prevTrip = get().trip
+  // Same reason, for the image check below — the applier overwrites the row.
+  const prevPlaceImage =
+    type === 'place:updated'
+      ? get().places.find(p => p.id === (payload.place as Place | undefined)?.id)?.image_url
+      : undefined
 
   set(state => STATE_APPLIERS[type as TrekWsTripEventName]?.(payload, state) ?? {})
 
+  // Accommodation cards read their thumbnail from a page-local copy of the
+  // place, not from this store, so a new hero image would only appear there
+  // after a reload. Narrow to an actual image change: every other place edit
+  // (renaming, recategorising) must not trigger a refetch.
+  if (type === 'place:updated') {
+    const nextImage = (payload.place as Place | undefined)?.image_url
+    if (nextImage !== prevPlaceImage) {
+      window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('accommodations:refresh'))
+    }
+  }
+
   // A reorder/insert re-pins dates and re-stamps booking times server-side, so
   // pull the authoritative days + reservations for collaborators.
   if (type === 'day:reordered') {
diff --git a/client/src/store/tripStore.test.ts b/client/src/store/tripStore.test.ts
index eb0121de6..d0e3909b1 100644
--- a/client/src/store/tripStore.test.ts
+++ b/client/src/store/tripStore.test.ts
@@ -475,5 +475,37 @@ describe('tripStore', () => {
 
       expect(useTripStore.getState().places[0].name).toBe('After');
     });
+
+    it('FE-TSTORE-019b: asks the planner to reload accommodations when a place image changes', () => {
+      // Accommodation cards keep their own copy of the place, so a new hero
+      // image would otherwise only show up after a reload.
+      const place = buildPlace({ id: 500, trip_id: 1, image_url: null });
+      seedStore(useTripStore, { places: [place] });
+      const listener = vi.fn();
+      window.addEventListener('accommodations:refresh', listener);
+
+      useTripStore.getState().handleRemoteEvent({
+        type: 'place:updated',
+        place: { ...place, image_url: '/api/maps/place-photo/way%3A1~p0/bytes' },
+      });
+
+      expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      window.removeEventListener('accommodations:refresh', listener);
+    });
+
+    it('FE-TSTORE-019c: does not reload accommodations for an edit that leaves the image alone', () => {
+      const place = buildPlace({ id: 500, trip_id: 1, name: 'Before', image_url: '/uploads/places/a.jpg' });
+      seedStore(useTripStore, { places: [place] });
+      const listener = vi.fn();
+      window.addEventListener('accommodations:refresh', listener);
+
+      useTripStore.getState().handleRemoteEvent({
+        type: 'place:updated',
+        place: { ...place, name: 'After' },
+      });
+
+      expect(listener).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      window.removeEventListener('accommodations:refresh', listener);
+    });
   });
 });