{"id":890132,"date":"2026-10-22T00:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890132\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T00:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:16:11","slug":"airbnb-hosts-are-furious-they-can-no-longer-make-guests-do-their-chores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890132\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbnb Hosts Are Furious They Can No Longer Make Guests Do Their Chores"},"content":{"rendered":"

Airbnb hosts are melting down over a new policy<\/a> banning them from making guests complete tasks that \u201cwould typically be performed by a cleaner,\u201d like \u201cstripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/a> on Wednesday. Many began fuming online about losing the right to make their guests clean up after themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs hosts, we have a responsibility to protect our investments, our homes, and, in many cases, our personal living spaces,\u201d one person wrote<\/a> in Airbnb\u2019s official forum for hosts. \u201cThe problem is that Airbnb increasingly expects hosts to accept the risks while limiting our ability to protect ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAirbnb is like an abusive partner,\u201d wrote one user<\/a> on the Reddit community r\/airbnb_hosts. \u201cI’m alive long enough to recognize how truthful those few words are,\u201d another person replied<\/a>. \u201cUntil and unless I see substantive changes, I’m finally out.\u201d<\/p>\n

A different self-described host declared<\/a> that going forward, the kitchens in their rentals will be \u201cstripped down to only bare essentials.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many guests, meanwhile, are celebrating. For years, travelers have complained about having to pay hefty cleaning fees as part of their Airbnb bookings, only to be required to complete a list of chores before checking out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guest experience has become total ass,\u201d one person said<\/a> in a subreddit for Airbnb hosts. \u201cClean dishes and run in the dishwasher. Strip the beds, put all linen in the laundry room. Take out all garbage, put in garbage can, take to the curb. Honestly, knock it off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Airbnb noted in its Wednesday announcement that hosts can\u2019t get around the new policy by listing cleaning tasks in the \u201cRequests\u201d section of their listings instead. Airbnb spokesperson Simon Letouze tells WIRED that hosts can still make \u201creasonable\u201d requests, such as asking guests to put dirty dishes in the sink. Other examples Airbnb cites<\/a> includes asking guests to take short showers in areas with drought-related water restrictions, or telling them to place trash in bear-proof containers.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook group for Airbnb hosts, one person posted<\/a> what they claimed was a screenshot of their failed attempt to edit their property\u2019s \u201cRequests\u201d section. They tried to ask guests to wash and air-dry dishes, put dirty towels in the laundry room, and take trash to a dumpster at an RV park they could find using a map on the refrigerator. But they realized they couldn\u2019t hit save. Airbnb’s interface had underlined and highlighted the requests in red and displayed a pop-up that read “Guests shouldn’t be asked to do this task.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Airbnb hosts are melting down over a new policy banning them from making guests complete tasks that \u201cwould…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[42795,28,87356,250,373195,2427],"class_list":["post-890132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-airbnb","tag-business","tag-gig-economy","tag-reddit","tag-sharing-economy","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}