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Airbnb is easy pop the cleaning fee as it aims for more pellucid pricing .
Since early last class , when the company started showing node all - inclusive pricing when booking a property , almost 300,000 listings have removed or let down cleaning fees , Airbnb said in itsearningsreport today . Now , nearly 40 % of active listings no longer charge cleanup fees .
On the client side , these cleaning fees had been alongtime frustration . You could spot a bargain on a vacation rental on Airbnb , only to navigate to checkout and see hundreds of dollars of cleansing fee mob on at the last endorsement . As cleaning fee climbed , so did the platform’saverage letting Leontyne Price , making Airbnb a less sympathetic choice when booking a getaway .
The decline of the cleanup fee does beg the question — are Airbnb hosts just not paying for cleaners anymore ? Or are they just broil the costs of cleaning their properties into the inclination prices ? When Airbnb first launch what it call its “ Total Price Display , ” it seemed intent on finding a happy medium .
“ Guests should not have to do unreasonable check tasks such as stripping the bed , doing the laundry , or vacuuming when leaving theirAirbnb , ” Airbnbsaidat the time . “But we remember it ’s fairish to involve guests to turn off the light , throw food in the trash , andlock the doors — just like they would when leaving their own home . ”
It ’s hard to believe that just reminding guests to wrench off the lights would make that much of a fiscal difference . Still , consort to Airbnb , its average nightly Leontyne Price for a one - bedroom listing was $ 114 , down 2 % from last year , whereas the company says hotel prices climb 7 % to a nightly norm of $ 149 in that fourth dimension catamenia .
Overall , Airbnb increase its quarterly tax revenue 17 % to $ 2.2 billion , yr over year . But due to a one - time tax cost worth $ 1 billion , the company lost $ 349 million for the quarter .
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Airbnb is rolling out a toggle to show you price inclusive of all fees
