Airbnb always looks like a great deal. Until you realize the cleaning fee for a 2-bedroom costs an extra $500.
Since Airbnb was founded in 2008, relative Google search interest for “cleaning fees” is up 212%, and ~85% of US short-term rentals now have them, The Wall Street Journal.
Some cleaning fee stats:
- Fees increased 9.8% between 2020 and 2021, and then another 6.6% by 2022.
- The average fee for 1-bedroom properties is $73 (up from $59 in 2020), and $410 for a 5-bed coastal property.
Who’s to blame? Inflation and pandemic-era sanitation, no doubt.
Still, some customers think the fees are just unreasonably high. And can you blame them?