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.”
I mean I agree with not leaving any place behind in chaos / gross. It’s disrespectful and makes you an unappealing person. That doesn’t mean I want to do chores like taking out trash and doing laundry and dishes when busy traveling or on vacation though. I’m being charged for a cleanup to occur, I’d rather pay a small amount more to have the cleanup team spend an extra 25min doing those sorts of things. I’m not throwing garbage on the floor though. When I leave it looks like a responsible grown up spent some time here and didn’t get around to taking the garbage out or doing the laundry yet.