People who host Airbnb

[DEAGLER]

I?ve stayed at a handful of Airbnb?s in the past. A small fraction of them require me to actually clean the house up. IE put towels in washer. Wash dishes. Take out the trash. I?ve Actually had one Airbnb that we were required to put our bed sheets in the washer before checking out. Is this primarily up to the host? Shouldn?t this be all part of the cleaning fee that we pay?

[def90]

All depends, I’ve rented condos at ski resorts through the ski resort itself where the rule was that you are supposed to clean the dishes and put all of the sheets and towels in the laundry room, so not out of the ordinary.

I guess it depends on what you are paying for a cleaning fee, if someone is only making a couple hundred a night or less the cleaning costs alone for bringing in some maids to clean the place can wipe out anything they made pretty quick, anything to lessen the cost.

[Wulf202]

It's up to the host. Their place their rules. There's usually reasons why they have those procedures laundry takes more time than the cleaners will spend there. Usually people will hot swap sheets, that sounds like an owner does the cleaning and doesn't have experience in hospitality.

[BladesNBarrels]

Been using VRBO since the early 90's when it was a coalition of owners trying to get some money back on their vacation homes.
It was pretty standard practice to put the dishes in the dishwasher and start the cycle, put the used bed linen in a pillow case near the washing machine or in the machine and start that cycle, and pretty much tidy up.
The housekeeping fee covered the actual cleaning of the bathrooms, floors, etc., making the beds, replacing towels, restocking basic supplies, and getting ready for the next person.
The housekeepers do not see much money and may have to clean 3-4 units per day in an active area.
Our attitude was that we appreciated the use of a house with all the amenities of kitchens, separate rooms, lifestyles different from hotels.
The hotel experience is more oriented to catering to you, while the vacation rental is more of enjoyment of the amenities of the area - usually boating or fishing for us.

[Irving]

I think Covid triggered a mandatory cleaning routine or else you get booted from the listing. The ones we've stayed at have been reasonable, but I've heard of ones that weren't.

Tim Dillon (podcast host and comedian) is now banned from one of the two for this very issue. The instructions were to do the dishes, but there was also a $200 Covid cleaning fee. He said, 'screw that! They clean the exact same way after Covid, but now it's an extra $200?' So he didn't do the dishes, which lead to a bad rating for him, which lead to him talking a lot of shit about the company, and the hosts, on his popular podcast, and now he's banned forever. Heh.

[Hummer]

Been using VRBO since the early 90's when it was a coalition of owners trying to get some money back on their vacation homes.
It was pretty standard practice to put the dishes in the dishwasher and start the cycle, put the used bed linen in a pillow case near the washing machine or in the machine and start that cycle, and pretty much tidy up.
The housekeeping fee covered the actual cleaning of the bathrooms, floors, etc., making the beds, replacing towels, restocking basic supplies, and getting ready for the next person.
The housekeepers do not see much money and may have to clean 3-4 units per day in an active area.
Our attitude was that we appreciated the use of a house with all the amenities of kitchens, separate rooms, lifestyles different from hotels.
The hotel experience is more oriented to catering to you, while the vacation rental is more of enjoyment of the amenities of the area - usually boating or fishing for us.

+1 to this and couldn't have explained it better. Some of my neighbors VRBO their mountain cabins and have the same procedures. The Covid situation cemented the bagging of linens and dishwasher starts. This is also procedure at the time shares we've stayed at. The kitchen and other amenities makes it worthwhile and better than hotels.