A freshly made bed with white linens in a Los Angeles Airbnb
Jennifer Lloyd, a Los Angeles host, said she saw an immediate bump in page views when she broadcast that she dropped her cleaning fee.
  • Airbnb guests griped last year over cleaning fees added after they picked a place but before paying.
  • In November, the short-term-rental giant started showing total nightly prices to guests browsing.
  • Still, some hosts say explicitly advertising $0 cleaning fees helps increase bookings.

Last year, Airbnb guests complained on TikTok, Twitter, and Reddit about what they said were exorbitant cleaning fees.