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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[–] 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

This won't really make any difference to me because no matter where I stay, Hotel, motel, bnb, or air bnb, I always leave it in good shape and don't expect some else to clean up after me. I did stay at one air bnb though where we were asked to vacuum the place before we left, which seemed like too much, so I guess everyone has their limits.

What I like most about air bnbs is how much more quiet they are than hotels where, it seems, people feel entitled to be as loud as they want at all hours.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 days ago

    You're thinking too reasonably. This isn't about guests leaving a shit show and expecting it to be cleaned for free.It's about hosts expecting you to do all the prep for the next guests. You got asked to vacuum. I got asked to start laundry you can see an excerpt here of the article where an owner had the guests do all the dishes and bring the trash to an RV park. These kinds of chores will absolutely affect you if you were to come across one of these properties. These are slumlords making a business out being hands off from their investment properties, not empty nesters sparing a room and asking you to be respectful.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I leave them "clean" but I'm not stripping the bed washing beds or taking out the garbage.

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  • [–] -2 points 5 days ago

    I honestly don’t have a big issue with washing the dishes I’ve used, stripping the sheets off the bed, throwing all the used towels in the bathtub, and taking out the trash. But beyond that seems extreme, especially if they tack on a significant “cleaning fee”

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