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I’d say if it’s not mentioned in the ad up-front, you don’t have to do any of that.

I’ve found high cleaning fees to sometimes be an intentional discouragement to shorter bookings, but sometimes I’ve paid it because it was still the best option and I like that they maintained the option.

Sucks that the only way to push on fixed costs (it’s not just cleaning) is via the cleaning fee.

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This! If I show up after checking in and get a message asking me to do a bunch of things, I'm going to give them a hard no and point to the booking.

That’s how you get a bad review and charges for $800 to replace a napkin. Airbnb will side with the host, not you.

Reviews of buyers don’t matter much anymore since almost the entire platform is “instant booking”.

Dunno what kind of rules exist on the host side to block bookings under a certain rating. I know eBay’s are garbage because they’re not in the business of blocking sales.

This doesn't actually happen even discounting the hyperbole. Airbnb sides with guests for little things. And hosts are much more affected by a bad review than a guest is.

Of course not a napkin, but it’s happened to me that they pushed made up charges on to me. So you can’t tell me it doesn’t happen. A friend of mine came to visit me and stayed at a place for one night. They hit him with smokers damage. Not only he doesn’t smoke but also he was there only to sleep. How Do you even fight that?

Charge back.

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