Some ratings on this page are entered from the public AllSides ratings and not yet verified against the licensed feed.
Airbnb Implements New Policy Limiting Cleaning Tasks Hosts Can Require of Guests
What happened
Airbnb announced new rules that prevent hosts from requiring guests to perform certain cleaning tasks at checkout. The policy, which applies to bookings made on or after November 20, bars hosts from asking guests to strip beds, wash dishes, or do laundry. Hosts may still set what Airbnb defines as "reasonable" house rules, which must be clearly disclosed.
Side by side
The Guardian emphasizes that Airbnb "acts after long-standing guest complaints" and frames guests as being "freed from chores involving 'significant effort'." NBC News states tasks are now "the sole responsibility of homeowners."
- GUAirbnb guests freed from chores involving ‘significant effort’ under new global rulesThe Guardian · Left
- NBCAirbnb introduces new cleaning rules to lessen the burden on guestsNBC News · Lean Left
- NBCAirbnb hosts can no longer ask guests to clean dishes or make bedsNBC News · Lean Left
- CBSAirbnb limits guest chores like laundry, drawing host backlashCBS News · Lean Left
Newsweek focuses on the redesign aspect, quoting Airbnb's statement that house rules have been "redesigned" to make them "easier to discover and clearer to set." BBC News takes a straightforward factual approach to the updated policy.
- NWAirbnb Announces Three New Rules - What it Means for GuestsNewsweek · Center
- BBCAirbnb hosts can no longer make guests strip beds and wash dishes under new rulesBBC News · Center
The Daily Wire leads with the policy being "much to the delight of customers" and calls it "one of its most hated guest requirements." Daily Mail prominently features host reaction, calling the rules a "nightmare" and noting "furious owners threaten to QUIT," describing a "furious backlash."
- DMI've been a travel writer for decades and have seen Airbnb rules get wildly out of hand - and hosts act like dictators. At last, there's a crackdown. About time, too!Daily Mail · Lean Right
- DMAirbnb bans hosts from demanding guests strip beds and wash up - as new rules are branded a 'nightmare' and furious owners threaten to QUITDaily Mail · Lean Right
- FBNAirbnb cracks down on checkout chore lists as hosts face new limitsFox Business · Lean Right
- DWAirbnb Finally Bans One Of Its Most Hated Guest RequirementsThe Daily Wire · Right
- NYPAirbnb bans ‘unreasonable’ requests like cleaning dishes, stripping bedsNew York Post · Right
Bias ratings from AllSides Media Bias Ratings™. Ratings are fluid and change as outlets change. Unbiased links to the source article rather than reproducing it. A few outlets no longer publish a feed and reach us through Google News; their links are marked, and they pass through Google before reaching the outlet.