Being asked to strip beds in holiday cottage

[librarian55]

We have just returned from a long weekend in the Lake District which was organised by my DD. We stayed in a very nice cottage. The day before we left, the letting agent texted my DD asking us to leave the place clean and tidy (fair enough, we would do that anyway) but they also asked us to strip the beds. AIBU in thinking this was very cheeky? The cost of cleaning would be included in the rental price and since we were expected to vacate by 10am, we didn't have that much time in the morning. I know it doesn't take much time, but I go on holiday to get away from such chores.

We stayed in a house in the U.S. (long before Covid) and we had to strip the beds, wash and dry the bed linen and remake the beds before leaving. I did it, but it was a very early start to the last day. (And I don't even want to think about any previous renters possibly just straightening everything up without stripping/washing etc before they left...)

I airbnb my house while I'm away and I don't charge a cleaning fee which is why I ask guests to strip beds. They know this and agree to it.

Surely it's the cleaner's job to, you know, actually clean? I don't go out to a restaurant and give the chef a hand.

Quite agree it’s good manners to leave it clean and tidy, which we always do, but a full deep clean, hoover and bathroom clean I do not expect to have to do for a holiday.

Wow, I would hate that. What an end to the holiday! And what if you had an early flight, and had to leave at say 6am? You'd be expected to be up at 4am doing washing?