Spotless Stays 3: Never charge a cleaning fee at your short-term rental!

Host Planet: Airbnb, Holiday Let, and Vacation Rental Insights · Feb 23, 2025 · 13m

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Spotless Stays is a six-part podcast series about short-term rental cleaning and maintenance produced by Holiday Cottage Handbook and Rural Stays.

During episode three, Rural Stays Founder, Stephanie Flint, outlines why you should never charge a cleaning fee to your guests.

The show is presented by Holiday Cottage Handbook Founder and CEO, James Varley.

1:19 Should you charge a cleaning fee or not?

3:29 The pros and cons of charging a cleaning fee

4:39 Steph says: understand your numbers!

6:21 Airbnb might get rid of the cleaning fee

7:36 What if an owner wants to offer…