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Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by lifeformed on Friday October 21, 2022 @10:47AM (#33288547)
> 225 in cleaning fees

Ah yes, and then you read in the notes that you also have to do the laundry and wash the dishes.

Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by slivanes on Friday October 21, 2022 @11:03AM (#33288741)
Doing the dishes seems reasonable, I behave as a guest in an Airbnb.
Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by ghaff on Friday October 21, 2022 @11:11AM (#33288826)
If there's a $150 cleaning fee? Not really. Sure, I'll throw a few dishes in a dishwasher and run it. But it's not like I'm staying in a friend's condo for free.
Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by thepasswordis on Friday October 21, 2022 @11:23AM (#33288978)
Do you charge guests in your home $100/night to stay there?
Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by slivanes on Friday October 21, 2022 @12:50PM (#33290198)
I wonder if this is a chicken/egg thing? Host are charging this silly fee because guests were not cleaning up after themselves?

Like at a cafe, it's socially accepted that you put away (bus) your finished utensils.

Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday October 21, 2022 @01:43PM (#33290848)
More than likely but that's not the point. If I stay at a hotel and I don't clean up after myself, I won't get charged a fee.
Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by lostlogin on Friday October 21, 2022 @02:05PM (#33291117)
Just making sure I’m understanding you, at cafes where you live you clear your own dishes?

I haven’t encountered this before.

Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by ghaff on Friday October 21, 2022 @02:25PM (#33291359)
You don't do your own dishes but it's common with counter service to put them in a designated container and to throw your trash out.
Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by lostlogin on Friday October 21, 2022 @04:49PM (#33292880)
That what I mean - I haven’t encountered this.

I’m way down in New Zealand.

Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by MichaelCollins on Friday October 21, 2022 @01:34PM (#33290756)
There are almost certainly automatic machines for both of those. Throwing the sheets and dishes into the washers before leaving on your last day isn't an unreasonable request. It only takes a few minutes.

(That said, fining somebody hundreds of dollars for not doing that is unreasonable for the same reason that the request is reasonable; because it's an easy thing to do.)

Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by mancerayder on Friday October 21, 2022 @02:31PM (#33291440)
The question of reasonableness cuts both ways: the high cost for the Airbnb unit plus the added fees including the cleaning ones, and the lists of guest to-do items upon check-out. The two combine and quick it becomes the feeling that you're paying a lot more than a hotel and yet have a lot more servicing to do yourself. If there is a very high cleaning fee, it becomes increasingly unreasonable to ask a lot of your guests to spend time cleaning everything before they leave.