'I really just want to see the entire concept of AirBnbs in flames': Shady Airbnb host overcharges and leaves nasty review of guests

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Dec 14, 2022 2:00 PM EST

On the latest episode of Airbnb Horror Story...another host charged a ridiculous $300 cleaning fee and yet still expected their place to be flawlessly clean when the guests left. Now you may be wondering: isn't the whole point of charging a nightly cleaning fee so guests don't have to clean up after themselves (within reason, of course)? Well, that should be the purpose, but really it's all just another scam.

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/LandlordLove subreddit by u/milk-sandwich, and at a certain point, Airbnb hosts are starting to seem more like landlords than anything else. If there's a cleaning fee and especially one that steep, you might as well just get a hotel where housekeeping is included and you don't have to clean up after yourselves when you leave. According to folks in the comments, it's pretty clear that the days of "good experiences with your Airbnb hosts" are long gone (did they ever really exist, though?). For more stories like this, check out this one about an illegal Airbnb ring.

 

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    Purple - Airbnb host leaves us a shitty review for not cleaning before we left. We paid $3600 to stay for a week. Hi why did you leave us a 3 star review on air bnb? Failed to follow check out instructions O ? We assumed we didn't need to check out with the front desk since its an airbnb. We were out by 8am No that is fine. But dishes were left in the sink, trash was not taken out and linens and towels were not placed in the washer as required in the checkout rules. Then why do you charge a $300
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    Font - --Cr1imsoN--. 17 hr. ago I really just want to see the entire concept of AirBnbs in flames at this point. As if the housing crisis wasn't bad enough. 644 Reply Share
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    Font - HeroORDevil8. 17 hr. ago It's always astounds me when they charge cleaning fees ( especially when they are ridiculously high) and still expect you to essentially clean the entire house for the next people coming in. 337 Reply Share
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    Font - Night_Duck 11 hr. ago Same logic with landlords who expect you to clean when you move out, but will keep your security deposit no matter what 4 132 Reply Share
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    Font - milk-sandwich OP 19 hr. ago It was $42 dollars a night in cleaning fees and we didn't recieve a maid service once. Pretty disgusting to think the dishes we ate off of were hand washed by some random person who stayed there before us 313 Reply Share
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    Font - VinnieTheHorse - 17 hr. ago Airbnb is going to take a well-deserved major dive, they're really just middlemen at this point. Their value proposition is smoke and mirrors. They make it clear in most situations they don't side with the consumer as much as with the host, classic example is charging the cleaning fee every time then not even washing the dishes. And where the economy is headed people will be vacationing much less and stay in hotels where at least the staff pretend to care 210 R
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    Font - jdr27707 16 hr. ago It's also getting to the point where it's cheaper to stay at a nice hotel over an Airbnb. It made sense when they were subsidizing hosts to keep prices artificially low, but now not so much. 102 Reply Sh
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    Font - Wilted-Mushroom 16 hr. ago Dude that's like 500 bucks a night! Idk where abouts you're located or whether you were travelling with a large group, but where I am a family of 4 could get quite a nice hotel for 500 bucks a night. This isn't a jab at you BTW, this is a jab at the p charged you 500 dollars a who night and still doesn't pay professionals to clean in between guests. 192 Reply Share
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    Font - Ment MajorMoron0851 - 16 hr. ago Dude, I wanted to rent a place for a DAY, not even a evening, but was willing to book a night if I needed, just as a place where me and my 4 groomsmen could get ready for my wedding close to the venue for getting ready photos sake more than anything (I live 25 mins from venue. Wife got a hotel downtown) And the only place to rent within 5 miles of the venue was an AirBnB. So I sent a request to the host explaining what I was looking for, and they wanted to
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    Font - SuperSassyPantz 16 hr. ago why the hell is there a $300 if u have to clean?! fk that, its cheaper to stay in a hotel and u dont have to worry about a creeper planting hidden cameras. that cleaning fee is a scam, they just pocket that u clean anyways. and make
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    Human body - kawey22 18 hr. ago Wtf is the cleaning fee for if not for dishes...
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    Human body - Tyrus1235 14 hr. ago Cleaning the guests' bank accounts!
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    Font - Ok_Image6174 · 15 hr. ago This is why I don't get thr appeal of air bnbs, hotels include housekeeping and are cheaper.
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    Font - Noticeably_Aroused 14 hr. ago These people are truly the laziest, most entitled class of people in society. Absolute parasites
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    Rectangle - DJTwyst 11 hr. ago I rent air bnb in Europe all the time. None of this bulls Just show up and leave. American air bnb hosts are fu parasites. If there's a cleaning fee, leave that place like a hotel room.
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