Fees + cleaning
What the platform takes, and what cleaning actually pays for.
The headline percentages tell you almost nothing. The honest fee math depends on host vs guest split, your nightly rate band, and how the cleaning fee interacts with the platform fee.
Fees + cleaning · 9 min
Host fees, guest fees, and what the cleaning charge actually pays for
What Airbnb takes, what Vrbo takes, what hosts get wrong about pricing cleaning in, and the worked-example cleaning ROI most articles skip.
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Fees + cleaning · 8 min
Cancellation policy on Airbnb: how to pick without overcorrecting after one bad guest
Choose the cancellation policy by refund mechanics, conversion impact, and current Airbnb eligibility (the stricter tiers are invitation-only) — not by reaction to a single refund. Includes the newer Limited policy that didn't exist in older write-ups.
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Fees + cleaning · 8 min
What cleaning fee to charge: the displayed-total math most hosts miss
Guests compare a total trip price, and on a short stay a heavy cleaning fee inflates that total — a conversion argument, not a search-algorithm argument. How to calibrate the fee against actual cleaner cost, local comps, and your typical minimum stay.
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