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Extra Guest Fee: Good idea, bad idea?

Josh Carpenter
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What do people think of Airbnb's "Extra Guest Fee"? Good idea, bad idea? I've recently had to switch cleaners and that is costing me an additional $50/stay. I could pass this along directly in the cleaning charge, but I feel like that is a more visible competitive differentiator. I thought maybe I could recoup most of it by added a $10 or $20/night extra guest fee. Thoughts?

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Bad idea IMHO @Josh Carpenter.

Our place sleeps 10 and we don't charge for up to that. If someone asks if it can sleep 12, I don't charge for that either.

I would either just charge the guests more for the cleaning or if you offer free cleaning, add it to the nightly rate.

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