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.”

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[–] 103 points 3 days ago (9 children)

If I was a customer forced to pay a $50-100 "cleaning fee" I wouldn't clean absolutely anything, that's what the fee is supposed to be

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  • [–] 56 points 3 days ago (7 children)

    Yep. That's why I stay in hotels and don't pay fees.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Not sure if you have stayed in US hotels lately, now they don't clean (except between people, COVID really took care of that) and more and more hotels are adding 'Destination Fees' that are supposed to provide benefits but don't. Oh, we charge you an extra $40 a night, and here is a free voucher for $15 in food from our cafe where prices are 5x.

    The capitalism greed speed run lately is exhausting.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago

    I travel pretty often. Most places ive been this year have someone in to grab the trash, make the beds, and swap the towels /replace hotel provided toiletries and coffee/tea every other day.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 days ago* (2 children)

    I do the same, hotels work better for all but the largest groups. But I have definitely noticed hotes getting more expensive, and a recent lawsuit against Expedia might explain why, that company contractually obligates hotels to raise their prices across the board for everyone, not just customers buying through Expedia-owned platforms.

    https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-expedia-rigs-travel-markets-and

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    Its almost like Adam Smith was right.

    "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices."

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  • [–] 16 points 3 days ago

    You will get charged with something if the hosts complained and airbnb's arbitration is laughable.

    I'm banned because my an Airbnb my ex rented with friends claimed they destroyed a $5k couch. I wasn't there so I don't know the true story, but my ex's friends were not crazy partiers so I don't see how they could have done it.

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