Welcome to Your Airbnb, the Cleaning Fees Are $143 and You’ll Still Have to Wash the Linens

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Do the dishes. Load the washing machine. Vacuum the floor. But mow the lawn? Staying in an Airbnb isn’t as relaxing as it used to be.

Christina Marie spent her last vacation day fretting over finishing her chores. Vacuum? Check. Laundry? Check. Dishes? Check.

Her Airbnb in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., had an exhaustive list of cleaning requirements and she wasn’t going to let her guest rating dip over it. Cooking breakfast for her family of six would mean more cleaning, so everyone ate bananas and Pop-Tarts that morning. When one of the kids reached for a cup after she loaded the dishwasher, Ms. Marie roared: “Put the cup away. No more, no more!”

 

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Tried airbnb once. Never again.

Keds1250878727 We were charged a cleaning fee of $150 per night without any cleaning services each day. This has driven us back to hotels.

Anyone traveling solo or as a couple would be a fool to book an AirBNB over a hotel. The hotel is cheaper, better, and entails less stress than even the “best” AirBNB.

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That’s why I go to hotels. Airbnb is a joke.

Just had people show up at our hotel who got scammed by airbnb ...the scammer used our phone hotel number to create their profile

The market will correct this. A couple of bad reviews is all it takes for these shenanigans to stop.

I won't stay anywhere I have to pay cleaning fees AND do chores.

Tried airbnb three times and each experience was worse than the previous. Hotels from here on out.

VRBO.

Toss in the crazy service fees now

Why does anyone bother with this? Seems like owners want to charge Hilton prices while foregoing the bother of hospitality, service, or work. It was a sweet idea that greed killed.

hotels

I have used Airbnbs for year's and I have never booked a ace that made me clean I have a total of 42 rentals all over the world and not one host asked me to do anything out of the ordinary it takes 30 seconds to pull the sheets and I pay half price to stay in places like these

Will not stay anywhere where I have to clean up,everything before leaving

Airbnbs lost their appeal a long time ago.

also buy me the groceries i listed in the checkin pamphlet and leave it in the fridge when u checkout kthxbye JohannAffendy

Hotels and resorts are just fine thank you.

F that. I’ll stay at Marriott.

AirBNB killed the goose.

Hotels the answer is hotels

I'd rather stay home. At least I know where detergent is

This is a joke, airbnb prices have gone up. If i want to clean up, i can do that at home for free

I’ve never been asked as a guest to vacuum the floors, do the laundry or mow the yard. Loading all dirty dishes into the dishwasher and turning it on doesn’t seem too egregious to me.

Going on vacation to do chores that I do all year? No, bye 😂

Hotels have maid service.

Just stay at a hotel or a resort

Done with Abb.

I never stay in Airbnbs now

Exactly 😂

Yeah... the appeal of Airbnb is gone. My favorite place went from a $25 cleaning fee to a $300-400 cleaning fee. Not worth it anymore.

screw airbnb

Here's an idea: Don't stay in them.

Airbnbust ABNB

Well, then, start a competitor.

People have become too greedy and selfish. Having guests pay you to clean. This is way out of control.

I would prefer my travel trailer or a hotel. Greed ruined a good thing. I am not about to pay you so I can do laundry and clean while I am away from home. No.

Sorry JoshJohnson but dulcesloan was right on this one HoldUp

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No thanks, doing laundry and extensive cleaning isn't part of my stay.... And a $143 cleaning fee is insane.

We are completely done with Airbnb. Greed killed the concept.

Wow

Why not stay at La Quinta and tell them you'd like to pick up a few housekeeping shifts on your vacation?

If I was to do all of this, I would have stayed home. noway ain't doing no chores on a vacay.

Stayed in an Airbnb recently in which we had to supply our own sheets and towels or pay a significant (over $100) premium.

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Why would you go for an Airbnb with these crazy conditions,these prices,these mess? They have no laundry services, restaurant options, no friendly faces, and NO SECURITY? GO to any hotel! Hotels have everything ready and waiting for you, and, at the end, best prices! To clean?😫

We had to furnish our own bath towels in the Outer Banks AND do our laundry!

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Yes. Airbnb has become a rip off. Some host are real scumbags! Last one I paid huge money and description of property was a lie! Host was a pri%k! They do not vet the owners!

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While you are reporting about guests doing chores, there is a REVOLUTION going on in the second largest sovereign state in the Western hemisphere with the 3rd largest army. Why aren't you covering the revolution in BRAZIL? Spoiler alert: the good guys are winning!

🔥 So let me get this straight 🔥 Airbnb , a multibillion dollar company wants to reduce cleaning costs on the backs of ordinary folks renting out their homes ? To make more money for Airbnb ! Airbnb TeamPelosi Hosts are supposed to eat it ?

Most industries cause their own downfall.

Pass!

Airbnb is a ripoff and a subpar experience.

You get what you pay for. Our town used covid money to remodel an entire downtown block into AirBNB units. You pay for the level of service you want. 😎🍿

It is not a real option anymore

Airbnb should show real total cost of properties on searches - like hotels do. This would reduce the “cleaning costs” etc.

This is just bullshit. Any company with this many hosts signing up is going to have outliers. Airbnb is a phenomenal platform. And sure, if you want to rent my Annapolis Airbnb for more than a week, I need you to take the trash cans to the curb on Mon night and back in on Tues.

And hidden deposits tucked in the ‘house rules’

No problem, my wife can do all those things.

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Been saying this for a year. Hotels 🔥

I’LLL DO NOTHING AND THEY CAN DEAL WITH IT

Arib

There’s no homes for sale because investors have bought them all up & turned them into AirBnBs, so instead everyone has to rent, & rent is high. I seriously don’t see how this is sustainable for future. An entire pivotal generation priced out of owning homes. What could go wrong?

Airbnb needs to seriously get some policies put together because at this point it’s insane and I’d rather stay at a hotel.

Just say NO! If people stop renting then the BS goes away and prices go down.

I will never stay at a Airbnb!

Airbnb 🤡

No problem, my wife can do all that.

Why do people stay in Airbnb ?

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Boycotting Airbnb. For a year now

Is that an AirBnB or…

Ew, my experience with Airbnb’s hasn’t been amazing…Regular people think they can run a bnb but they’re usually clueless about cleaning and sanitation standards 🤢 I prefer a comfy bed in a nice hotel room ☺️

No thanks. Not interested in staying in someone else's home and doing their housework. It's a regular hotel for me!

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It’s probably for the off-chance that they get someone staying there like that WaPo reporter who left someone’s place looking like patients from Arkum Asylum broke in & squatted there for a month.

I host two Airbnb properties and detest the hosts who give their guests a chore chart even though they charge a cleaning fee. And admittedly, I travel every week but rarely stay at airbnb's. Many hosts are awful.

Yes, my last experience at an AirBnB style self check in short stay apartment has made me rethink the viability of the whole concept. I am not sure I want to stay in another (and I am already booked in one for December).

I agree.

Soon they will get liquidated from over leverage debt, people gonna realize saving money is a huge priority over staying in a overprice house for a couple days

I’ve always preferred hotels. I go on a vacation to relax, not to clean somebody’s house

The $ABNB value proposition is upside down and while most people haven’t caught up to this en masse they are getting there. Slowly but surely people are realizing that for that extra space these places are non-cancelable, non-changeable and kill you with hidden fees and “work.”

Stop advertising your friend fraudulent homes 🙃🤣🤡🤗

My wife can do all those things while I relax?

only makes sense anymore for groups, when you can compare multiple hotel rooms vs a single airbnb... for a single person or couple, hotel rooms win out every time.

Why do people even stay at AirBnbs? If I wanted to pay to live in somebody else's house I'd get an apartment.

We had to shovel the porch, driveway, sidewalk after a foot of snow had fallen in Colorado. I was taken aback that there wasn't a service.... In Colorado.

We promise we won't make you do the laundry.... USVI hotels bedandbreakfast

Was getting ready to book a 2br/1ba cottage on VRBO and didn't pull the trigger with $300 cleaning fee for four nights plus all the other added fees. High end hotel nearby ended up being cheaper plus has restaurant, bar and pool.

Check into a hotel

Hotels looking pretty good again huh?

Not to mention in any popular area you're paying multiples per night of what it would cost to stay in a 4-5 star hotel. Not worth it.

Yeah Airbnb not really worth it anymore tbh

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