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0 pointsmatsemann2y ago0 comments

> If they can handle this, why can’t you?

Ohh my god, come on, you've been explained this a hundred times by now. It's not that I can't handle it. It's that it's fairer for everyone if the price is set based on the actual cost.

My cabin costs $200 a night to rent, and $100 to clean. If you stay 2 nights that's $500 total, or $250 a night. Do you suggest I just should set the price to $250?

But what then for those renting for 7 nights? Normally they pay $1500. But with your scheme it will be $1750. Or I would have to eat the cleaning cost for those staying 2 days, making no money and instead just pulling it from the market and everyone loses.

The customer doesn't even see the cleaning fee. They see a total price. Then it's up to them to decide if they think it's worth booking or not.

Perhaps this is because I live in Europe, where all costs must be up front. Hence there is no scamming going on here. And I don't care what a cabin on the other side of the world does. I do what makes sense in my local market (people here even bring their own bedding!!). Get it into your head that people want freedom to choose a stay that fits them. If you don't want to care about this, then just don't book.

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MissTake2y ago

“And I don't care what a cabin on the other side of the world does”

And there’s the rub. You’re getting very emotive about the subject whereas I am approaching it simply as a customer experience issue.

When I book the cabins I get a cheaper price the longer I stay.

The issue would therefore seem to be that the Airbnb doesn’t provide you the flexibility you desire. The cabin’s I’ve stayed at are owned by different people but rented out by a company that handles such properties in a reasonable manner.

And besides, you continue to ignore my initial first statement: That I feel it’s immoral to charge a cleaning fee AND expect customers to do cleaning.

The original post I replied to stated that they expect the customers to strip the bed plus more cleaning tasks, AND they charge a $200 Cleaning fee.

Even the Airbnb CEO stated he felt that it was wrong to expect customers to strip the bed.

The Cabins I stay are request that when you leave the property you have gathered plateware etc. into the kitchen, and towels etc are left in the shower, and all furniture is left in the basic state you found it.

That takes all of about 10 minutes - which is fine by me. All costs in cleaning and maintenance is taken out of the rental fees.

So no, in my “scheme” costs are not higher because the company I rent through handles rates accordingly.

dang2y ago

You broke the HN guidelines repeatedly and egregiously in this thread. We have to ban accounts that post like this, so please don't do it again.

Please avoid tit-for-tat spats in particular. They're extremely tedious and definitely not what HN threads are for.

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