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Airbnb Hosts, Banned From Assigning Chores, Now Sell Them As Experiences

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Under new rules, Airbnb hosts can no longer make guests strip the beds and wash the dishes.

So hosts have started charging for it.

One farmhouse now sells a ninety-minute dishwashing experience for thirty-eight dollars. Gloves are six dollars extra.

On screenStayaround Experiences · Farmhouse Dishwashing Experience · $38 / guest · 386 ratings · Popular with families · 90 min · Sponge provided · Includes one cast-iron skillet · Gloves $6 extra · Do we keep what we wash? · No.

One superhost explained it. You can't make a guest wash the dishes anymore. You can only sell them the experience.

On screenWorkLink · Dale Hutchens · Superhost · Experience Designer · 2d · You can't make a guest wash the dishes anymore. You can only sell them the experience. Humbled to share: sold out. · 1,087 · 93 comments

The three-hour Fitted Sheet Workshop is sold out through December.

Nobody has finished it.

One guest gave five stars and wrote that the host watched the whole time. The host replied that the skillet was still wet.

On screenFarmhouse Dishwashing Experience · Hosted by Dale · Priya K. · 2 reviews · 1 week ago · Our host watched the whole time. Learned so much. · Thanks, Priya. The skillet was still wet.

Taking out the trash is now a two-night retreat.

Satire. Everything in this reel is made up for comedy.

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