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Airbnb bans hosts from requiring time-consuming checkout chores from guests

Airbnb is restricting the cleaning hosts can demand before guests leave, including stripping beds and washing dishes, prompting objections from some hosts and debate among users.

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Updated policy sets limits on required checkout cleaning

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Reports identify bed stripping and dishwashing as prohibited demands

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Taking bins out also identified among banned chores

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Some hosts threaten to leave over cleaning restrictions

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  1. Airbnb hosts can no longer make guests strip beds and wash dishes under new rules
    BBC News
  2. Airbnb prohibió que los anfitriones obliguen a los huéspedes a hacer tareas de limpieza
    Infobae
  3. Airbnb limiting the checkout chores hosts can ask guests to do
    CBC News
  4. Airbnb limits chores for guests, sparking backlash from hosts
    TechCrunch
  5. Airbnb bans hosts from making you do the dishes
    https://www.engadget.com/ Tech