When looking at nearby properties, their cleaning fees range from $100 to $150. We charge more than competitors, and that's OK We didn't feel like that was something we ever wanted to ask our guests to do, because it puts a damper on their experience and isn't something they should have to worry about. We also decided to raise our fees because we heard a lot of complaints that Airbnb hosts were asking guests to clean up the space before they left, like taking the trash out, putting things in the laundry, sweeping the floors, or doing the dishes. So we have to pay a premium to get a good, reliable, and sometimes last-minute crew to come if needed. It can take a cleaning crew anywhere between two and three hours to clean this property, depending on how efficient they are or how many people come to clean.īecause we live in such a rural area, there aren't too many options for cleaning services. Not only does it have five bedrooms and two baths, but the entire property is 1.5 acres and the home is more than 2,500 square feet. There are a handful of reasons why our cleaning fee is so highįirst, it's a large property. In the winter, people seem to leave the house more to go to the ski slopes. We've also noticed that people stick around the house more when the weather is nicer, and they leave more dirty dishes or trash around the property. The fee varies based on the time of year, and it can climb to $400 during summer, in part because we have a pool that requires maintenance between stays. We went from around $75 per stay to anywhere between $200 and $400 per stay.
In 2021, we decided to raise our cleaning fee So in 2020, we started renting out the property on Airbnb. We noticed that people would travel to the Whitney Point area for retreats and events like weddings or conferences, or for seasonal activities like fishing or snowmobiling. We had moved from New York City just a few months before buying this property. It's near state land, and it offered us a lot of options in terms of renting it, listing it on Airbnb, or potentially renovating and selling it. We bought the property because of the location. We decided to turn it into a single-family home that we could rent out on the platform. My wife and I recently bought a former bed-and-breakfast in upstate New York It was in the middle of the pandemic, and I started to hear that people didn't want to stay in big hotels and were nmore eager to rent out homes or apartments. Two years ago, I noticed a lot of people I knew were listing their properties on Airbnb.
It has been edited for length and clarity. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dennis Shirshikov, a 32-year-old Airbnb owner who has a property in Whitney Point, New York, and charges a higher-than-usual cleaning fee. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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