Airbnb has a new ‘happy rule’ for guests, making hosts upset; with some threatening to boycott Airbnb; others increasing fees
The new rules, however, have angered Airbnb hosts with some threatening a booking blackout on November 20, the day the policy takes effect. It has over 10,000 signatures. Airbnb has introduced a new ‘happy rule’ for guests who are tired of spending the final hour of their vacation stripping beds and scrubbing pans about to get a break.
“Seems those Millennial loonies at Airbnb have [completely] lost the plot,” one host wrote on Reddit. Under a new “reasonable house rules and requests” policy announced October 20, Airbnb said that hosts can no longer ask guests to “complete tasks that require significant effort or time, or would typically be performed by a cleaner. Here’s what the company said: Be reasonable.
Many hosts are not happy about it. The company shared three examples: stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes. As per a Fortune report, hosts are planning to close their calendars on the day. remove kitchen access, and raise prices While others have threatened to leave the platform. An organisation Change.org petition urging Airbnb to reverse the restriction. “It seems they are taking ‘Stay like at home’ a bit too far. For example, hosts are generally not allowed to: Ask guests to complete tasks that require significant effort or time, or would typically be performed by a cleaner, including stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.
“If I don’t have to clean dishes in a budget hotel with a kitchen suite, then an Airbnb…I shouldn’t have to clean either,” one guest wrote on Reddit. “Hosts brought this upon themselves,” another said. Restrict access to any feature that’s advertised as part of the listing. Any fees for an advertised part of the listing must be included in the price shown to guests at the time of booking. Hosts may include information about fees for optional add-ons, like breakfast service, in their requests. Impose fines or other penalties on guests. AirCover provides protection for hosts in the rare event that their place or belongings are damaged by a guest during an Airbnb stay. If there is a risk a community association (such as an HOA or building security) or local government might impose a fine, hosts can provide notice to guests in the designated section of their listing. Airbnb guests have welcomed the rule. “They charge high cleaning fees and still expect guests to do all the major cleaning. Customers complained, and now hosts are acting like they’re the victims. You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.