New Airbnb rules

I think it's fair enough to do your own washing up but the rest of it is a piss take tbh. As PPs have said, AirBNBs aren't particularly cheap any more and you may as well stay in a hotel for convenience.

Dogs.

This is very true, the cleaners often don't check the crockery in the cupboards. I regularly end up rewashing half of the contents of the kitchen cupboards.

The host can't see your review until after they've written their own.

This.
I would naturally leave a place tidy and stayed many years ago in a place.
But the behaviour of hosts during Covid and these full cleaning rules mean I wouldn't take a booking as a present.
Booking.com has been great for us as a family over the years instead.

I stay in them because hotels are generally unpleasant unless you’re paying more than £300 per night. Often, there’s a funny smell. Someone has smoked/vaped. The TV only shows one channel. The windows dont open and there’s no view. They often have the feel of a prison cell, despite the blurb about the comfortable bed. I like to have space, see outside, go outside and sit on a nice sofa.

I have stayed in 3 premier inns. I can’t say I’d want to stay in one again. There is a reason why they’re cheap. I’m sure there are horrible airbnbs, but ours are lovely and people stay in them because they want a big house that is a lot they’re a lot nicer than a cheap hotel room, or even 2 cheap hotel rooms which you suggested. You wouldn’t get a hotel anywhere near as nice as our airbnbs for the same price.

this was due to the cleaning charges wasn’t it? I think it’s a good thing, but there does need to be a balance. I’d imagine some places get left in a real state.

Hotels aren’t hollowing out the long term rental sector.

Yes, but if they charge cleaning fees then they shouldn't expect guests to clean up too.
Alternatively, no cleaning fees and the guests can do it themselves. But not both.

God you have low and very weird standards if you think Premier Inns are better than an Airbnb.

The bits you have to do before leaving a holiday let is hardly 'cleaning'. You don't have to get a mop/hoover/duster out! The quality and comfort of a decent holiday let is a country mile better than a Premier Inn (which is set up to be a 'budget' hotel and is so incredibly basic!).

We now only stay with superhosts after too many gross dirty places. I have to admit I’ve not seen any crazy rules in the uk like are seemingly imposed in the US and I’ve never stripped a bed even when asked to. I always wash up but that usually includes putting the dishwasher on on the way out because check out is early.

What I have seen on social media is a number of hosts including those in the uk saying that it’s disgusting to even put things in the dishwasher and leave it running, you must put items back, so I can absolutely see why Airbnb have implemented new rules. I don’t understand why hosts are saying it’s so problematic too, surely you just charge a higher cleaning fee and get your cleaner to do more? Often the crockery and cutlery is dirty anyway so I’d much rather pay for a third party to clean it.

At least in a budget hotel there is less risk of being spied on.

https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/11/airbnb-guests-find-hidden-camera-pointing-bed-anniversary-trip-29349994/amp/

I hate it when they say 'Please clean the property so that it's ready for the next people' . Seriously ? Are you for real? On the last day my holiday you expect me to professionally clean, vacuum, mop, dust every room of the house including leaving the bathrooms as spotless as a hotel ready for your next guests? By 10am? What's the point of the extra cleaning fee then?

'Please leave things neat and tidy' would be fine FFS.

So you have more than one set of sheets. 🤷‍♀️

Very true. I hope these changes do something to remedy that, but they probably won't.

Yeah, they just give your key out to any random who asks for it.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/01/travelodge-report-guests-still-at-risk-room-intrusions-sexual-assault

Will this mean the price of Airbnbs goes up because the cleaner will need to do more work? They used to be cheap and cool, but now for short stays you pay a big premium for a bit more privacy and some cooking facilities. Around here, even a yurt is already £100+ per night. But I guess at least you don’t have to put the dishwasher or washing machine on when you leave

I don't do Airbnb but I do hire cottages. I always strip the beds and put the ins out and leave it as I find it. It takes 15 minutes once we're packed to do this and have a quick wiped down. I think it's just courtesy.

Premier inn is a decent option. In all the years I’ve used them, I’ve rarely had a complaint. I prefer to use 4 or 5 star hotels generally but often there isn’t availability where I need to and in that situation, Premier Inn is my go-to. I’m very picky about cleanliness and comfort, Premier inn generally meets a good enough standard for those. They may be a “budget” chain but they know where they need to spend money in the right places.

All of that, plus having our own fridge so we can buy drinks etc from a supermarket rather than paying exorbitant prices in shops, cafes, attractions, etc. Also being able to keep things chilled so we can make our own snacks/sandwiches to go out with, i.e. butter, salad, etc.

And we like to have a washing machine too, so we can wash clothes meaning we don't need to take much with us as we can do a wash mid-week.

In the days when we used to go abroad, we'd stay in Aparthotels to get the best of both Worlds, i.e. fridge/cooker etc in the room as well as on site restaurant etc. We don't seem to have such things in the UK.

Airbnb was a good idea years ago. Now? Destroys cities, costs as much as a hotel, is not a force for good in any way. Recommendation? Avoid.

They'll only increase in price if the market can stand it. People will only pay what they can afford/what they regard as value for money. Given current prices, I'd suspect we're already close to peak pricing, so except for the most popular areas, I'd say that there's no scope for price increases and hosts will have to take a hit against their profits. A cleaner for an extra half hour or so should only be another tenner or twenty quid, so should be absorbable by most hosts - better that than losing a booking which costs them maybe a hundred?

It depends on the circumstances. If it's a cheap and cheerful city break or an overnight with work, I agree they are good value. But for a holiday? I'd rather stay at home!

I think it's good. We used to have a holiday cottage and paid our cleaners a lot to clean it, it didn't cost us any less just because some people left it tidier than others. (More usually the cleaners had a real job to do it as the majority did not clean up in any event and some left it in a right state! I didn't resent the amount we were paying them though it did mean there was no point letting the place for just one or two nights)