cleaning fee

Post-stay service cost

A cleaning fee is a charge added to the cost of a rental—typically a vacation property or Airbnb—to cover tidying up after guests depart.

The fee is usually fixed regardless of stay length, which can make short visits disproportionately expensive: The place was $80 a night but the cleaning fee added another $150.

Critics note that hosts sometimes charge steep cleaning fees while still expecting guests to do laundry and take out trash.

Opposites
payment purpose/type

cleaning feesecurity deposit

Refundable tenant payment upfront

damage deposit · base rate · nightly rate · room rate · rent

financial transaction direction

cleaning feerefund

Money returned after purchase

rebate · credit · reimbursement · cashback · payout

cost versus compensation

cleaning feedeposit return

Refund for returned containers

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G