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

AIRBNB HOSTS ARE melting down over a new policy banning them from making guests complete tasks that “would typically be performed by a cleaner,” like “stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.”

The change, which applies to all bookings made on or after November 20, quickly sparked outrage after it was announced in an email to Airbnb hosts on Wednesday. Many began fuming online about losing the right to make their guests clean up after themselves.

“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.”

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[+] -79 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I'm not sure what this has to do with hosts being upset they can't find guests for not doing dishes. Also, maybe you should have treated them like a person and asked them to move rather than potentially causing them to lose their car at worst and hundreds of dollars at best.

She should have read the sign for sure but that's still a dick move

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  • [–] 60 points 6 days ago*

    OP should not need to ask every time they need to use their driveway. The guests rotate so they would need to do it every time. The no parking sign serves that purpose much better. And OP isn't causing them to lose money or their car - they are doing it to themselves, by illegally blocking OP and violating the entirely reasonable rules.

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