Travelers who use Airbnb hate its cleaning fees. You know, those annoying expenses attached to a property that supposedly cover the costs of tidying up the place for the next visitor.
In fact, they got so bad that in November, Airbnb said it was planning to make some big changes and make customer bills more transparent that should, in return, incentivize hosts to reduce or forgo them altogether.
To show you that this decision was long overdue, we at Bored Panda decided to compile some of the most absurd Airbnb cleaning fees people have noticed. Having said that, I guess it's better late than never, eh?
Continue scrolling to check them out and don't miss the conversation we had about the platform with travelers and authors of the blog Finding the Universe, Laurence and Jessica Norah; you'll find it spread in between the pictures.
#1 Port Huron, MI, Outrageous Airbnb 67$/Night Listing Came Out To 261$. Can't Forget The 150$ Cleaning Fee That Will Be Conducted By The Guest
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#2 Fees That Add $653 To A 2-Day $210 Per Night Airbnb
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#3 $59 For One Night
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#4 Airbnb Owner Expects Us To Tip His Cleaning Service He Hired On Top Of The $250 Cleaning Fee
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#5 Namaste
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#6 Not Cool Airbnb
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#7 This Is Why Nobody Wants To Use Airbnb Anymore… Price Nearly Doubled After All The Fees
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#8 How Airbnb Allows You To Be Charged A Large Cleaning Fee Then Be Required To Clean Before You Check Out
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#9 My Airbnb Estimate - No Wonder Bookings Are Down
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#10 This Airbnb Would Have Only Cost Us $278 To Book For 2 Nights, But Has A $405 Cleaning Fee!
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#11 My Airbnb Host Wanted Me To Tip Housekeeping…on Top Of The $200 Cleaning Fee
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#12 In Our Airbnb In The Middle Of Nowhere
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#13 This Misleading Airbnb Listing That Was Most Definitely Not $74/Night
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#14 Just A Short List
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#15 Sounds Fair
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#16 I’m Paying $200 Cleaning Fee And Expected To Do Most Of The Cleaning!
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#17 27% Service Fee
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#18 Why?
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#19 Insane
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#20 How About No
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#21 Will Never Use Airbnb Or Vrbo Again. These Fees Are Insane!
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#22 My First Airbnb Bill. I Booked This In February. The Website Says Nothing About Cleaning Or Service Fees Which Raises The Price 30%. Should Have Stayed In A Hotel
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#23 Airbnb Is Refusing To Give Refund After Host Demands $250 Extra Before Arrival, Not Mentioned In Original Posting
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#24 Wow
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#25 Airbnb Advertised As $20/Night - With Over $100 Of Additional Fees
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