Airbnb Bans Hosts from Requiring Guests to Clean Up Before Checkout

Airbnb has announced new rules preventing hosts from requiring guests to perform checkout chores such as stripping beds, washing dishes, and taking out the trash. The decision has angered some hosts, some of whom have threatened to strike or leave the platform, while guests have welcomed it. The decision affects both hosts and guests on the platform.

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• The prohibited tasks include stripping beds, washing dishes, and taking out the trash.

  «Airbnb will ban hosts from requiring guests to complete check-out chores, like stripping beds, washing dishes or taking out rubbish, under new rules.»

  ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
• The rules also prohibit asking guests to do laundry, though some reasonable requests remain permitted.

  «but some reasonable requests are still allowed.»

  Fox Business
• Some hosts are looking for ways to get around the new restrictions, while others are threatening to strike.

  «Some hosts are threatening to strike, while others are plotting ways around Airbnb’s new restrictions.»

  Wired
• Hosts are threatening to leave the platform after a decision barred them from requiring guests to do time-consuming housework.

  «Hosts are threatening to leave the platform after Airbnb says that they can no longer require guests to strip beds»

  TechCrunch

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