Why I charge my Airbnb guests $250 in cleaning fees

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I'm a 22-year-old Airbnb manager who charges guests a $250 cleaning fee — here's why

For the past year, I've been in charge of managing two Airbnb properties that my dad owns in Kauai, Hawaii. This was my first time taking on a job like this, but it excited me because I want to eventually take on more houses and become a property manager for the vacation-rental industry.

Since our properties are in Hawaii, we find that there's never an off-season. We're pretty busy year round, and the average price for aHowever, you do get a few guests a year who just don't pick up after themselves and sometimes leave the property damaged. I've dealt with broken doors, ripped screen doors, fallen-off door handles, broken chairs, and scratches on wooden furniture.

 

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Just build it into the price for heavens sakes.

*faaaaart sooooooooooound*

Congratulations Kayla on being today’s worst person in the world. You are doing Jack shit and still feel entitled to 20% of the cleaning fee you charge. On top of the money you earn for renting a place you did nothing to own. givemeabreak

I'm a 31 -years-old, and i don't care.

TLDR: sometimes people break things, so they charge a higher cleaning fee. Never heard of a security deposit then?

Your evil. Thats it. Im not clicking that shit

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Because Airbnbs can't compete with the economies of scale enioyed by large hotels without removing the normally baked-in costs and charging for them separately.

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