If you’ve ever encountered the dreaded “cleaning fee” in Airbnb, you know it can really throw the whole price out of whack.
I’ve seen cleaning fees as low as $0 and as high as $100.
Yeah. For reals.
And I’ve never legitimately left a place dirty myself, even if a cleaning fee is charged. Because I assume that they’re not hiring anybody to clean the place and just pocketing the money.
Now we’re gonna read a story about somebody who feels like they don’t need to clean a damn thing if they’re paying that feed.
Let’s take alook…
AITA for not cleaning my AIRBNB after they charged a ridiculous cleaning fee?
“I stayed at a airbnb and they charged a 105 dollar cleaning fee.
I didn’t see the instructions until after we were there. I’m not sure if it was hidden, or they updated it or what. I only saw it when they texted us. The instructions were to take out the trash. The dumpster is about 1/4 mile away. To put all the sheets in the washing machine. To scrub all the table counters, wash out the shower mop the floors and other s**t.
F**king ridiculous there’s a cleaning fee for 105 dollars when we’re literally doing all the cleaning. My wife and I decided to not do any cleaning at all other than basic stuff. IF we spilled food on the counter, obviously I cleaned it up and I flushed the toilet but I’m not going to go out of my way to scrub the s**t out of the sinks showers and floors or take the trash out that far.
The AIRBNB owner called me and he said I was a massive a**hole for not cleaning it and how I should be doing what I’m supposed to whatever.
I just hung up.”
And here’s how folks reacted on Reddit.
This person said the cleaners should handle this…
And this reader had a story of their own…
And this person made a great point about this situation.
If you’re gonna charge somebody over $100, you shouldn’t ever think that somebody should clean up.
Sorry, not sorry.