Airbnb, VRBO, Homeaway, vacation rental cleaning

[Jaago Viitkin]

I have hard time finding a good vacation rental cleaning company in North Jersey.

I called people on craigslist but the prices are quite high. In my area hosts are charging 25-50 dollars for cleaning. I didn't find nobody to clean for that money?

DEAR Airbnb, VRBO, Homeaway hosts who are you using to clean your rentals??

Thank you 

[Karin Crompton]

We paid $100-$150 to have our 3/2 ranch in New Hampshire cleaned between guests; it was about 2200sf between the main floor and the finished basement. In addition to vacuuming, dusting, general cleaning, the cleaning service changed all of the sheets and laundered them as well, plus towels and a regular cleaning of the blankets. It usually took about 4 hours for 1-2 people to clean the place.

As for what we charged the guests, I believe we advertised a $75 cleaning fee, which often didn't cover our whole cost but was comparable to what other owners were charging. So I wouldn't be surprised if the charge you see on the listings doesn't reflect what the owners are truly paying. Eventually, we just included the cleaning fee in the rental fee and didn't break it out separately.

Agree with others, this is not a place to count pennies. In addition to a clean house being crucial, our housekeeper was probably the most important member of our team, as we were managing the property from a distance and she served as our eyes on the ground and gave us a status update after each cleaning.