Airbnb cleaning fees can be ridiculous

Jul 17, 2024
12:59:34pm

TailgateU All-American

I was looking at a possible vacation spot and found a nice home. The cleaning fee is the equivalent of 5 nights. The fact that many also require you to clean the place before you leave just makes it worse.

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Airbnb cleaning fees can be ridiculous

TailgateU

Jul 17, 12:59pm

how much was the cleaning fee and how big was the property?

Cougarclaw

Jul 17, 1:01pm

Large home, but $550 for cleaning.

TailgateU

Jul 17, 1:08pm

That's higher than I think I've ever seen. Was it like 12 bedrooms?!

Cougarclaw

Jul 17, 1:11pm

6 bedrooms. It's honestly a nice place, but if I could make $550 for a 6 hour

TailgateU

Jul 17, 1:15pm

that's less than $100/hour.

fulano

Jul 17, 1:55pm

That would equate to about 180k annually.

TailgateU

Jul 17, 4:31pm

assuming full occupancy? with that high of cleaning, i'd assume 20% occupancy

Cougarclaw

Jul 18, 5:40pm

Equivalent of 5 nights? What kind of place is it. We have a vacation rental.

LifeLongLakerFan

Jul 17, 1:05pm

The last 2 places I booked had $0 cleaning fee. Yes they mostly bake it into the

byubyu

Jul 17, 1:23pm

A cleaning fee of more than one night is bad and the equivalent of 5 nights is

ImRonBurgundy?

Jul 17, 1:44pm

sounds like a way to discourage short-term/encourage long-term bookings

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