Some hosts are threatening to strike, while others are plotting ways around Airbnb’s new restrictions. Guests, meanwhile, are celebrating.
AIRBNB HOSTS ARE melting down over a new policy banning them from making guests complete tasks that “would typically be performed by a cleaner,” like “stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.”
The change, which applies to all bookings made on or after November 20, quickly sparked outrage after it was announced in an email to Airbnb hosts on Wednesday. Many began fuming online about losing the right to make their guests clean up after themselves.
“As hosts, we have a responsibility to protect our investments, our homes, and, in many cases, our personal living spaces,” one person wrote in Airbnb’s official forum for hosts. “The problem is that Airbnb increasingly expects hosts to accept the risks while limiting our ability to protect ourselves.”
See, none of these would likely be an issue, if there wasn’t also an additional $300 cleaning fee attached.
Would I do the dishes, even, if I knew there was a $300 cleaning fee? Nope. Same with stripping the beds. Have the cleaner that is supposed to come through after each turnover, and handle it. That’s what that cleaning fee is for, isn’t it?
Regardless, I don’t care about the parasites having to figure out how to solve the issue. I’ll sleep just fine. Is it more expensive because it’s some tucked away cabin? Yep. But, like anyone who chooses to operated a business in such a location, that’s a problem for them to solve, and I, again, do not care about their business problems.
Yes, with a $300 cleaning fee, that’s exorbitant. I don’t think that’s justifiable for any amount of cleaning. I firmly believe all “fees” need to be transparently baked into the per night cost.
I agree with baking them all in. Makes it easy for the customer to see the real price.