Airbnb adjusts rules: guests no longer have to do the dishes

Airbnb adjusts rules: guests no longer have to do the dishes

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de verhuurder
landlord, landlords, the landlord
de gast
guest, guests, the guest
mogen
may, might, allowed to
niet
not
meer
more
het bed
bed, beds, the bed
toen
then
de verandering
change, changes, the change
de regel
rule, rules, the rule
volgens
according to
het bedrijf
company, companies, the company
veel
many, much, a lot
de vergoeding
compensation, compensations, the compensation
de schoonmaak
cleaning, the cleaning
de dienst
service, services, the service
de ontevredenheid
dissatisfaction, the dissatisfaction
bij
at, near, by
de bezoeker
visitor, visitors, the visitor
het afval
waste, garbage, the waste
krijgen
get, gets, getting, got, gotten
buiten
outside
ook
also, too
de accommodatie
accommodation, accommodations, the accommodation
gebruiken
use, uses, using, used
de handdoek
towel, towels, the towel
ondertekenen
sign, signs, signing, signed
de container
container, containers, the container
de maand
month, months, the month
de kracht
strength, powers, force, the strength
het jaar
year, years, the year
de stad
city, cities, the city

Article

Hosts who are active on Airbnb can no longer require their de gast to do the dishes or strip the het bed when checking out.

These de verandering are included in the newly established house de regel of the platform.

volgens Airbnb, such tasks are the responsibilities of cleaners, niet de gast.

het bedrijf states that veel Airbnb hosts charge a fee for de schoonmaak de dienst.

Therefore, they believe it is unreasonable to have de gast perform de schoonmaak activities, which often leads to de ontevredenheid among de bezoeker.

New guidelines In addition to the dishwashing de regel, other de verandering have been implemented.

de gast are no longer required to take out their trash themselves and are no longer subject to restrictions regarding the gebruiken of amenities such as air conditioning or heating.

Furthermore, de gast mogen niet be required to ondertekenen contracts buiten the Airbnb platform.

Reasonable requests include placing dirty dishes in the sink, separating trash within de accommodatie, collecting gebruiken de handdoek, and turning off heating or air conditioning upon departure.

In areas where bears are present, de gast mogen be asked to place trash in special animal-proof de container.

These new de regel will come into effect in a de maand's time.

Stricter de regel for home rentals In recent het jaar, Airbnb has been criticized because, volgens some critics, it contributes to housing shortages in popular de stad like Amsterdam and Barcelona.

The platform even received a multi-million euro fine in Spain for offering illegally rented de accommodatie.

To tackle such situations, stricter de regel have been introduced in various tourist de stad.

These include limiting the number of nights a property can be rented out per het jaar.

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