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Cleaning fees when you book a AirBnB/VRBO/etc. rental

Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:25 pm
Posted by dualed
Member since Sep 2010
4780 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:25 pm
I actively look for the lowest cleaning fee option when I’m researching places to stay. It seems like it’s just a cash grab by the owner. I always clean up after myself, make beds back, clean dishes, etc. whenever I stay somewhere so what’s the point? Does anyone just say screw it and leave the place a mess because cleaning fees are involved?
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
59443 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:25 pm to
You may not, but they expect everyone else to.
Posted by LSUcam7
FL
Member since Sep 2016
9041 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:25 pm to
You sound like a dick.
Posted by WPsportsman
In a van down by the river
Member since Jun 2015
2408 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:29 pm to
Make the bed back? Do u think just because you make the bed back they aren’t going to pull them all back off and was them?
Posted by djangochained
Gardere
Member since Jul 2013
19183 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:30 pm to
I agree.

If I am playing a cleaning fee, then I am not breaking my back to clean
Posted by Yat27
Austin
Member since Nov 2010
8375 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:30 pm to
You're right that the cleaning fees are often excessive, but no, I wouldn't leave the place a mess because we're pretty clean people. However, I wouldn't worry about making sure the place is exactly how we found it (we usually do) if they're charging a huge cleaning fee.
Posted by rph1
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2013
177 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:30 pm to
I have a Vrbo in Destin. Most all owners pass the fee to the renter without marking it up. The towels and sheets are sent to Commerial cleaners to be sanitized. Would you trust the last renter to have cleaned the place? I would hope not.
Posted by dualed
Member since Sep 2010
4780 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:31 pm to
No jackass, but I’m just building a story here of how I leave that place exactly like I left it. Hell sometimes I’ll throw the sheets and stuff in the washer for them before I leave. Especially if... you know.
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Baw Land
Member since Sep 2017
14900 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:31 pm to
For every decent person like you there are 10 assholes who will trash the place.

Stale beer smells awful.
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61490 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:31 pm to
If I’m paying and I don’t know the owner I’m definitely not cleaning anything
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
111626 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:32 pm to
quote:

Stale beer smells awful.


Stale vomited beer smells worse.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
79744 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:33 pm to
quote:

make beds back,


Thanks for making the rest of us sleep in your dirty sheets.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:33 pm to
I understand y’all need to charge a cleaning fee but it doesnt need to be 300-500 bucks.

y’all nickel and dime the renters over everything.
This post was edited on 5/21/19 at 8:34 pm
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:34 pm to
You’re getting ripped off my man
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:35 pm to
I know. Sometimes I want to destroy the place when I’m paying that much money for someone to come clean up behind me. Gotta get my money worth
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
37474 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:35 pm to
I’ve negotiated cleaning fees down before by promising the clean the place after. It just depends if the owners have the cleaning contracted out or are doing it themselves
Posted by VABuckeye
NOVA
Member since Dec 2007
38283 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:35 pm to
They don’t expect you to make the bed. They expect you to pay a fee so they can have someone strip the beds and clean the linens. You get this, right?
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:36 pm to
quote:

make beds back


Oh nice that means they don't have to wash them.
Posted by Saltwatersoul04
The Island
Member since Apr 2013
1401 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:36 pm to
Well then if you know that they are just gonna go back and do it again you’re a dumbass for taking the time to do that when you know they’re just going to do it again.
Posted by dualed
Member since Sep 2010
4780 posts
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:37 pm to
Some of you are worse than my wife. Nitpicking one damn thing out of what I say and harping on it and taking it out of context. I come here to get away from my wife. Forget about the damn making beds back thing and look at the bigger picture
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