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stempio t1_it7qq55 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in [OC] Average Airbnb cleaning fees for 12 cities around the world. Austin, TX leads. by robert_ritz

cleaning fees are set by the hosts. since they don’t pay commission to airbnb on those, they usually tend to pump them up while lowering the per night price

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[deleted] t1_it7u929 wrote

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stempio t1_it7z1w0 wrote

yea they should probably just charge commission on the total regardless of how it’s split, but i guess there’s some reason why they don’t do that

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pivantun t1_it9c662 wrote

Actually cleaning fees are included in both the AirBnB host fee (commission) and guest fee calculation:

https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1857/airbnb-service-fees

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stempio t1_it9ecc9 wrote

they weren’t a few years ago, doesn’t explain why they are still kept separated (unless it isn’t the same in every country, I can speak only for Italy)

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pivantun t1_it9gj74 wrote

I can't speak for other hosts, but we have a cleaning fee because most guests stay for 2 nights, so it's unfair to the ones who stay longer to have a higher rate.

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