Originally Posted by
fifty_two
It is not a new normal , its just host finding ways to get more bookings and therefore money.
The cleaning fees are displayed in the final price , not when you are searching , otherwise the property might disappear from your results
In hotels also there are cleaning fees (its obvious) but they are hidden/included in the price , and with scaling it can be spread across all bookings therefore its pretty small cost per night and room
If the cleaning is done by an external provider then yes 35$ is not much
Um, how is it not the new normal if pretty much everyone in US does it
You are right about trying to get more money, alas in my case (and I am probably not alone) it means LESS (in my case ZERO) bookings as I tend to look for short term and in some cases almost doubles the price.
So to avoid wasting time, I have stopped searching AirBNB even though pre cleaning fee (prior to Covid) I was a regular user. Guess they are trying to weed out the price conscious ......
And just yesterday saw that someone was looking to hire cleaners here on Gulf Coast for $10 per hour.