Should you charge a cleaning fee? #shorts #shorttermrentals #airbnb #airbnbhostingtips #airbnbtips

Name: Should you charge a cleaning fee? #shorts #shorttermrentals #airbnb #airbnbhostingtips #airbnbtips
Uploaded: 2023-07-29T18:45:00+00:00
Duration: 54 s
Channel: Tim Hubbard
Description: Tim Hubbard breaks down cleaning fees for short-term rentals: charge them as a pass-through cost or revenue source. A rough rule is to set the fee at…

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Tim Hubbard breaks down cleaning fees for short-term rentals: charge them as a pass-through cost or revenue source. A rough rule is to set the fee at about half your nightly rate. If your average daily rate is $400, aim for a $200 cleaning fee, though property size matters.

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July 29, 2023

About half of the nightly rate (average daily rate).

If average daily rate is $400, charge about a $200 cleaning fee.

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The next fee that very common on short term rental listings is a cleaning fee. Although if you've been doing a lot of study lately, you've probably seen that there's quite a few people recommending not having a cleaning fee. And the cleaning fee is really one of those things that it could be a revenue source for some of us or it might just be pass through, as In I pay $100, my housekeeper and I charge $100 to the guest. But this is one place where you can work with your pricing and strategize a little bit to see if it affects your occupancy. To me, a just rough rule for charging a housekeeping fee is maybe half of the night stay or the average daily rate. So if your average daily rates $400, you might be able to charge a $200 cleaning fee. Again, depends on the size of the property. And you really got to do some more study to kind of break it down. So.