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Because an Airbnb listing is cleaned every time a new guest checks in, it doesn't matter whether you stay for one night only or 10 nights. It's a fixed cost to
by streetdumpling 4y ago
Because an Airbnb listing is cleaned every time a new guest checks in, it doesn't matter whether you stay for one night only or 10 nights. It's a fixed cost to the host.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y agoThen make it a % of a 1 night stay. A $150 cleaning fee is nonsense. It used to be 20-30.
- streetdumpling 4y agoHow much cleaning fee depends on the local market price of cleaning. Depending on how big the place is, $150 is possible. In SF e.g. you can't find a cleaner with $20-30. Hotels pay less on cleaner labor because it's more efficient (cleaners are probably full time employees cleaning all rooms every day anyway). And why it would be % of night rate? Cleaning fee is flat for one cleaning service.
- mattm 4y agoThe owner can clean it themselves or the cleaning fee should be built into the overall price, you know, like hotels.
- rwalle 4y agoOnly makes sense if the host is actually paying professional cleaning service, or doing it themselves at the level provided at those services, after each stay. And I am very sure that's not the case 99% of the time based on my own experience. I'd be thankful if the kitchen counter is clean and there is no trash. That's actually not a low bar.
- motoxpro 4y agoYou've stayed in 100 Airbnb's and only one of them had a clean kitchen counter and the trash taken out? That's dedication to a service and also extremely bad luck.
- tw98521358 4y agoAll the vrbos we have been at were professionally cleaned. Maybe the low end is more scammy
- tw98521358 4y agoIt costs about 200$ to get my house cleaned so it seems like a pretty standard cost especially for a larger place.