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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[–] 14 points 6 days ago (1 child)

Totally right there with you. My wife and i did a trip in 2018 to west coast usa, and we stayed in airbnb the whole time. Collections of tiny homes and garages and it was amazing. Each place was like $45 a night and perfect for what we were doing.

We havent used an airbnb in years now. Hotels give you so much more for your money now

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  • [–] 5 points 6 days ago

    Hotels give you so much more for your money now

    That's exactly it. The value proposition isn't there.

    You want to sell me a place for $30-50/night sure absolutely I'll take out the trash.

    You want to sell me a place for the same cost as a hotel or even more, I expect hotel level service.

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