From The Verge · Stevie Bonifield · · 1m 10s
Airbnb bans hosts from making guests do chores
Airbnb's new policy stops hosts asking guests to wash dishes, do laundry or take out trash, with limited exceptions.
In brief
Airbnb's new policy stops hosts asking guests to wash dishes, do laundry or take out trash, with limited exceptions. Airbnb banned hosts from requiring guests to complete time-consuming chores like washing dishes and removing trash, starting with reservations booked on or after November twentieth, twenty twenty-six…
Airbnb limits checkout chores
Airbnb updated its house rules policy to ban hosts from asking guests to complete time-consuming chores. The new rules apply to reservations booked on or after November twentieth, twenty twenty-six.
“complete tasks that require significant effort or time, or would typically be performed by a cleaner”
What guests can and cannot be asked to do
Hosts cannot ask guests to wash dishes, remove bed sheets, do laundry, take garbage off-site or avoid using amenities like air conditioning.
New warnings and enforcement
Airbnb is displaying hosts' requests in a new rules and requests section on listings. Hosts who leave chore requests after the policy takes effect may see an includes cleaning requests warning displayed to potential guests.
Hosts push back, exceptions allowed
Some hosts on Airbnb's forums argued the restrictions pose health risks. Airbnb says exceptions exist, such as asking guests to dispose of trash in animal-proof containers in bear country.
What matters most
Airbnb banned hosts from requiring guests to complete time-consuming chores like washing dishes and removing trash, starting with reservations booked on or after November twentieth, twenty twenty-six.
