Airbnb Hosts Furious About Rule Change Regarding Guests Doing Their Own Cleaning, Dishes

A battle is afoot between Airbnb hosts and the company over a policy change regarding self-cleanup requests, though Airbnb says it is just trying to shield guests from onerous pre-checkout tasks like stripping beds and doing laundry.Have you ever stayed at an Airbnb and, upon leaving, and despite paying upwards of $200 extra in cleaning fees, realize that you have a list of required tasks like taking out trash, running loads of laundry, or cleaning out the fridge, which, if you don t finish them, your Airbnb rating might be affected or you could be charged some sort of extra fee?There is probably some gray area or some details to be negotiated here, but Airbnb made a policy change this week, announcing new rules for hosts when it comes to house rules and the instructions left for guests which sometimes can lead to negative reviews that hurt both the host and the larger enterprise. The new rules are set to take effect on November 20, and are detailed here.Standard house rules that