Travelers using Airbnb have long been irked by the platform's cleaning fees, those pesky additional costs meant to cover post-stay cleaning. In November, Airbnb finally acknowledged this issue, pledging to enhance billing transparency and motivate hosts to revise or eliminate these charges. To illustrate the necessity of this change, we've gathered instances of some of the most perplexing cleaning fees reported by travelers. While overdue, this move is a step in the right direction for Airbnb users. If you feel like you relate, then you can also comment down your own experience below.
28 Pics That Show How Airbnb Might Be Ripping You Off (And Why People Are Fed Up)
By
Sumaiya Ghani in
Bizarre
On 3rd September 2023
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#1 Port Huron, MI, Outrageous Airbnb 67$/Night Listing Came Out To 261$. Can't Forget The 150$ Cleaning Fee That Will Be Conducted By The Guest
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#2 Fees That Add $653 To A 2-Day $210 Per Night Airbnb
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#3 This is actually funny
#4 Airbnb Owner Expects Us To Tip His Cleaning Service He Hired On Top Of The $250 Cleaning Fee
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#5 Ridiculous
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#6 This Is Why Nobody Wants To Use Airbnb Anymore… Price Nearly Doubled After All The Fees
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#7 How Airbnb Allows You To Be Charged A Large Cleaning Fee Then Be Required To Clean Before You Check Out
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#8 Sure Can't Wait For The Airbnb Bubble To Pop
cubansbottomdollarhttps://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/ycvhfp/sure_cant_wait_for_the_airbnb_bubble_to_pop/
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#9 My Airbnb Estimate - No Wonder Bookings Are Down
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#10 This Airbnb Would Have Only Cost Us $278 To Book For 2 Nights, But Has A $405 Cleaning Fee!
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#11 All Those Fees
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#12 My Airbnb Host Wanted Me To Tip Housekeeping…on Top Of The $200 Cleaning Fee
#13 In Our Airbnb In The Middle Of Nowhere
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#14 This Misleading Airbnb Listing That Was Most Definitely Not $74/Night
#15 Just A Short List
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#16 Sounds Fair
#17 How can they justify 27% service fee?
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#18 Why are people still using this?
#19 Horrible
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#20 This is unfair
#21 This doesn't make sense
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#22 They shouldn't have asked for cleaning fee then
#23 Will Never Use Airbnb Or Vrbo Again. These Fees Are Insane!
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#24 My First Airbnb Bill. I Booked This In February. The Website Says Nothing About Cleaning Or Service Fees Which Raises The Price 30%
#25 Airbnb Is Refusing To Give Refund After Host Demands $250 Extra Before Arrival, Not Mentioned In Original Posting
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#26 Too much for just one night stay
#27 Not cool
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