What do you understand by the term ‘Airbnb?’ Well, Airbnb refers to a cabin or serviced apartment as a matter of fact. 

In this article, let us have a closer look into who cleans Airbnb. Is it the guests or the hosts?

Are Airbnb guests expected to clean?

As an Airbnb guest, you need not clean up the homestay apartment. Like, you need not cover the cleaning part end to end. However, you must make sure that you do not leave grounds for excessive cleanups post your departure. 

In other words, as a guest, you must maintain the apartment so that the clean-up just covers the normal wear and tear.

House rules for Guest during the stay

Here, you may have strategic info on how the guests are expected to behave. So, read through the section very carefully:

1. As a host, you can ask your guest to neatly pile dishes inside the sinks. You can request them to clean up spoons, or glass tumblers. And ask them to soak the dirty plates in soapy water. This way, it becomes easier for your cleaning agent to cleanse the plates for the next-time use.

1. You can ask your guests to pile up dirty linens in the corner of the room so that the overall decor does not look unkempt. Linen includes bed sheets, spreads, or bathroom towels. This way, the housekeeping agents can look for the linen materials hassle-free. 

1. You can ask your guests to keep their belongings in their own safety or locker cupboards. This includes purses, wallets, or even laptops. The management is not responsible for the loss of the guest’s belongings. You must reiterate this to your guests time and again.

1. Again, you can ask your guest to call the housekeeping team at least 30 minutes before you plan to evacuate the rooms. Your guests usually leave rooms for sightseeing or towards having their breakfast, suppers, and dinners. A prior intimation to the housekeeping agent makes sure, the executives reach your premises on time. 

Do Airbnb hosts have to clean?

There is no compulsory obligation that Air BnB hosts have to clean. However, as a host, you can also employ professional cleaning companies to take charge of cleaning the rooms end-to-end. 

This is mainly because the rooms have to be kept spic and span before the next set of guests arrives at the homestay apartment. 

As every room has to be kept neat and tidy, professional cleaning service companies can be appointed as they have specific executives to look into the detailing aspects to clean every spot of the rooms that are present in the serviced apartment. 

Who cleans the house on Airbnb?

The Airbnb serviced apartments committee hires a housekeeping team or a personal maid to clean the apartment premises. Let us have a look into how this is being carried out:

Airbnb personal maid

Air BnB refers to a group of homestay or serviced apartments under a large banner. So, you would have about 200-250 apartments inside the building. 

Hence, as owners, take responsibility to coordinate the payments with the guests and letting them into their respective apartments, they cannot be held personally responsible to clean the rooms too. 

Hence they can appoint Airbnb personal maids to get the job done. There are two or three maids who clean the bathrooms, kitchens, dining areas, and verandah lounges for 3 or 4 apartments that are lodged on the same floor. 

The maids arrive at a fixed time and the guests are expected to cooperate with the cleaning team or with the maids. 

Airbnb professional management services

This is the 2nd option the serviced committee can take up, with respect to cleaning individual apartment spaces. The team can employ a professional cleaning company to get the job done. Say, for instance, you have the Florida Airbnb Cleaning Services. 

.This is a professional cleaning company that takes care of cleaning a serviced apartment in an end-to-end manner. 

1. Cobweb detailing
2. Cleaning inside microwave ovens
3. Cleaning the stove, countertop, and across the insides of the stove wick areas
4. Mopping the rugs or carpets of the rooms
5. Bathroom cleaning
6. Emptying trash
7. Cleaning and re-organizing bedspreads
8. Dusting all forms of surfaces including detailing the furniture clean-ups

Can Airbnb hosts charge extra for cleaning?

In case the host team is appointing a personal maid or a housekeeping agent to do the job of cleaning, then no separate fees will be added for cleaning alone. 

However, if the Air BnB hosts appoint a separate cleaning company or a professional managing serviced firm to take up cleaning-related stuff, the added fees, the hosts or the team committees, pay to the cleaning companies are added to the room rates offered to guests or professionals. 

The teams can fix a sum on the total stay done instead of doing it on a day-to-day basis. 

Professional cleaning companies are really the better option as they are responsible to clean up rooms in a comprehensive manner. The cleaners also decorate the rooms by including fresh flowers in flower vases. 

Or, keeping a box of chocolates in the bedrooms. This way, room guests like company executives or kids can be super-excited once they re-enter the rooms post leaving.