r/AnythingGoesNews • u/wiredmagazine • 4h ago

Airbnb Hosts Are Furious They Can No Longer Make Guests Do Their Chores

https://www.wired.com/story/airbnb-hosts-are-furious-they-can-no-longer-make-guests-do-their-chores/
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u/DevCatOTA 2h ago

“As hosts, we have a responsibility to protect our investments, our homes, and, in many cases, our personal living spaces,” one person wrote in Airbnb’s official forum for hosts. “The problem is that Airbnb increasingly expects hosts to accept the risks while limiting our ability to protect ourselves.”

They're not your homes. They're your businesses. Start acting like a business owner. You have to take care of it yourself. If you don't like it, get out of the business.

Personally, I don't see any reason why Airbnb shouldn't be completely banned. These are businesses being run in a residential neighborhood and not zoned as a business. This also removing HOMES from the available inventory. HOMES that people could actually live in.

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u/tafbee 1h ago

Agree x 1000. They’re awful to live around.

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u/IamInternationalBig 3h ago

Airbnb hosts need to quit whining. 

Either charge more to cover cleaning expenses or do their own clean up. 

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u/Capital-Self-3969 3h ago

They already do often charge fees for cleaning, which is funny.

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u/Nearby-Jelly-634 51m ago

“Oh no the hundreds of dollars I make a night will be slightly lessened if I can’t make my guests also be my cleaning crew and then pay me for the privilege”

Every one of the hosts in that article sound like petulant babies convinced they’re oppressed.

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u/Space_Smeagol 2h ago

Headline should be

"Air BNB hosts mad they can't keep some of the cleaning fee for themselves"

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u/wiredmagazine 4h ago

Some hosts are threatening to strike, while others are plotting ways around Airbnb’s new restrictions. Guests, meanwhile, are celebrating.

Read the full story at the link above.

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u/dtoddh 2h ago

Wired, please propagate your stories appropriately.

Reddit is not a clickbait farm, you're doing it wrong.

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u/papayaclerk 48m ago

Less journalism, more bait bucket. At this point the headline is doing BJJ in the gi and the facts are just hanging out in the lobby.

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u/barfbutler 3h ago

No. They aren’t.

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u/RedOneBaron 1h ago

I'm fine with doing my chores. If I made a mess, it's my mess, I'll clean it. No cleanup should be optional if available and extra charge.