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Airbnb bars hosts from making guests strip beds and wash dishes
October 21, 2026 at 11:57 PM · Updated 9h ago
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TGThe Guardian
Airbnb guests freed from chores involving ‘significant effort’ under new global rules
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BNBBC News
Airbnb hosts can no longer make guests strip beds and wash dishes under new rules
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TETechCrunch
Airbnb limits chores for guests, sparking backlash from hosts
(opens the publisher’s site)Airbnb has barred hosts from requiring guests to perform cleaning chores such as stripping beds and washing dishes.
- Airbnb's updated guidelines prohibit hosts from asking guests to wash and put away dishes, start laundry, or remove trash from the property.
- The new policy applies to reservations booked on or after 20 November, with exceptions such as drought-related water limits.
- Airbnb said it redesigned house rules because they can be "confusing, onerous and hard to manage."
- The new global policy applies to all bookings, including in Australia, from 20 November.
- Under the new rules, hosts may set seven standard house rules plus reasonable specific requests.
- Airbnb made the change after complaints that guests paid cleaning fees yet still had to do chores.