Some hosts are threatening to strike, while others are plotting ways around Airbnb’s new restrictions. Guests, meanwhile, are celebrating.

AIRBNB HOSTS ARE melting down over a new policy banning them from making guests complete tasks that “would typically be performed by a cleaner,” like “stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.”

The change, which applies to all bookings made on or after November 20, quickly sparked outrage after it was announced in an email to Airbnb hosts on Wednesday. Many began fuming online about losing the right to make their guests clean up after themselves.

“As hosts, we have a responsibility to protect our investments, our homes, and, in many cases, our personal living spaces,” one person wrote in Airbnb’s official forum for hosts. “The problem is that Airbnb increasingly expects hosts to accept the risks while limiting our ability to protect ourselves.”

  • ExLisperA
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    13 hours ago

    Were they slammed and are they imploding now?

    Most of them already hire some cleaning service that’s calculated into the price. It might go a little bit up now. Maybe tiny fraction of them will decide it’s not worth it anymore and switch to long time renting.

    And what are the guests celebrating? That they don’t have to take out trash? Yeah, amazing win.