Airbnb Bans Making Guests Do Dishes, Take Out the Trash
Airbnb is banning hosts from requiring guests to perform time-consuming checkout chores, including washing dishes, stripping beds, doing laundry, and taking trash off-site. The updated policy applies to reservations booked on or after November 20. The Verge reports: Airbnb is displaying hosts' requests more prominently now in a new "rules and requests" section on listings. You might see an…
Airbnb has announced a new policy banning hosts from requiring guests to engage in time-consuming tasks such as washing dishes, stripping beds, doing laundry, or taking trash away after their stay. This updated rule comes into effect from November 20 onwards. Airbnb has begun displaying these requests more prominently within the "rules and requests" section of listings.
A warning might be seen if a host mentions cleaning requests in their listing after the new policy is applied. Hosts are prohibited from adding any additional rules via messages to guests or signs around their property. Despite some hosts expressing concerns on Airbnb's forums that these restrictions could pose health risks and that guests could simply decline to stay in listings with overly stringent conditions, Airbnb maintains that there can be exceptions to these limits on checkout chores.
For instance, asking guests to dispose of trash in an animal-proof container in bear country is still permissible.
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