Airbnb host floats 'dishes and utensils fee' as guest chore ban sparks debate
A plan for a national Airbnb host blackout is on the cards as anger erupts over the company's crackdown on guest check-out chores.
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A plan for a national Airbnb host blackout is on the cards as anger erupts over the company's crackdown on guest check-out chores.
Airbnb guests can say goodbye to checkout chores like washing dishes, stripping beds and taking out the trash under a new policy announced this week.
Customers donโt have โto complete tasks that require significant effort or time, or would typically be performed by a cleaner,โ according to the home-sharing app.
The updated policy will apply to all reservations booked on the accommodation site on or after 20 November.
Any chores that a cleaner might do are no longer deemed reasonable requests for visitors.
Checking out of your next Airbnb might be less of a hassle now that the company is banning hosts from including time-consuming chores in their house rules. Airbnb's updated house rules policy, which starts with reservations booked on or after November 20th, says hosts can't ask guests to "complete tasks that require significant effort or [โฆ]
A spokesperson said it was removing inaccurate AI images and pausing the rollout of the tool.
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