Unless Airbnb does a truthful mea culpa and says something like:
"we are sorry, this was never allowed by our policies. one of our woke employees [name] did this and nobody stopped them, it was approved by [names] then when the backlash hit, it came to the attention of a higher executive [name] who decided to reverse the decision for [honest reasons]. The person responsible for the ban has been fired. Company policy now explicitly states that no users may be banned for guilt-by-association, and doing so improperly is a fireable offense."
then fuck em. And we all know they won't do that because everyone is covering their ass and no one will get fired. Ultimately, they aren't sorry and don't think they're wrong, they just got caught and decided to take a step back and try again later.
Not that I want to give AirBnB business advice, but if I were them I'd make the TOS for owners ban any additional required fees- things like your cleaning costs should be included in your rental price and limit additional fees & require any potential ones to be mentioned in their listing.
I am sure there is a way to make some sort of cleaning deposit instead of cleaning fee. X amount of cleaning is part of the room price, and if the deposit has to be tapped for additional then proof has to be supplied (like a security deposit almost).
Unless Airbnb does a truthful mea culpa and says something like:
then fuck em. And we all know they won't do that because everyone is covering their ass and no one will get fired. Ultimately, they aren't sorry and don't think they're wrong, they just got caught and decided to take a step back and try again later.
their apology won't bring me back either way. Fuck spending $200 on cleaning fees
Cleaning fees are set by the property owners, not AirBnB.
Well I don't pay cleaning fees at hotels
I mean, you do. They're baked into the price of the room.
Not that I want to give AirBnB business advice, but if I were them I'd make the TOS for owners ban any additional required fees- things like your cleaning costs should be included in your rental price and limit additional fees & require any potential ones to be mentioned in their listing.
I am sure there is a way to make some sort of cleaning deposit instead of cleaning fee. X amount of cleaning is part of the room price, and if the deposit has to be tapped for additional then proof has to be supplied (like a security deposit almost).