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  "id": 16143159,
  "title": "Airbnb scraps guest checkout chores such as cleaning",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/airbnb-scraps-guest-checkout-chores-such-as-cleaning-16143159",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T02:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DW News",
    "slug": "dw-news",
    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/airbnb-scraps-guest-checkout-chores-such-as-cleaning/a-79738340?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf"
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  "summary": "Under new rules, guests will no longer have to do tasks that cleaners would normally handle. Hosts can now only make \"reasonable\" requests, such as leaving dirty dishes in the sink and sorting trash from recycling.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Inc.",
        "title": "Airbnb Just Limited Checkout Chores. Hosts Can No Longer Ask Guests to Do This 1 Task",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/airbnb-just-limited-checkout-chores-hosts-can-no-longer-ask-guests-to",
        "published": "2026-10-21T18:01:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC Business",
        "title": "Airbnb limiting the checkout chores hosts can ask guests to do",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/airbnb-limiting-the-checkout-chores-hosts-can-ask-guests-to-do",
        "published": "2026-10-21T22:19:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RNZ Business",
        "title": "Airbnb limits what chores guests can be asked to do",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/airbnb-limits-what-chores-guests-can-be-asked-to-do",
        "published": "2026-10-22T02:52:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Airbnb is limiting the chores hosts can make you do when checking out",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/airbnb-is-limiting-the-chores-hosts-can-make-you-do-when-checking-out",
        "published": "2026-10-22T18:24:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fast Company",
        "title": "‘Guess my cleaning fee just went up’: Airbnb hosts are mad they can no longer require guests to do chores like taking out trash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/guess-my-cleaning-fee-just-went-up-airbnb-hosts-are-mad-they-can-no",
        "published": "2026-10-22T19:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "No more dirty laundry: Airbnb puts limits on checkout chores",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/no-more-dirty-laundry-airbnb-puts-limits-on-checkout-chores",
        "published": "2026-10-22T23:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "No more dishwashing: Airbnb redefines checkout expectations for travelers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/no-more-dishwashing-airbnb-redefines-checkout-expectations-for",
        "published": "2026-10-23T00:21:08.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}