[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-airbnb-bans-checkout-chores-for-bookings-from-november-20":10,"sections":34},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},12082,"airbnb-bans-checkout-chores-for-bookings-from-november-20","Airbnb Bans Checkout Chores for Bookings From November 20","Hosts can no longer require guests to wash dishes or strip beds, though asking them to leave used plates in the sink is still allowed.","Airbnb is barring hosts from assigning checkout chores to guests, for any reservation booked on or after November 20.\n\nThe updated house rules policy says hosts can't ask guests to \"complete tasks that require significant effort or time, or would typically be performed by a cleaner.\" Airbnb gave examples. Guests shouldn't be asked to wash and put away dishes, though a host can still ask them to put used dishes in the sink. Guests also shouldn't be asked to remove sheets from the bed or start a load of laundry.\n\nThe cutoff is tied to the booking date, not the stay date. A reservation made before November 20 falls outside the new rules, even if the guest checks out afterward.\n\nThe policy answers a familiar complaint. Guests already pay a cleaning fee on most listings, so a checkout list that reads like a shift handover feels like paying twice. Airbnb's test, whether a cleaner would normally do the job, ties the rule to that logic: if the fee covers it, the host shouldn't hand it to the guest.\n\nThe dishes example shows where the line sits. Stacking plates in the sink is a courtesy. Washing and putting them away is labor. Most disputes will fall between those two poles, and \"significant effort or time\" is a judgment call that a host and a guest can easily read differently. The policy sets a principle, and the harder question is who decides when a host's \"quick tidy\" crosses it.","[\"airbnb\",\"house-rules\",\"short-term-rentals\"]","2026-10-21T19:54:00.000Z","2026-10-21T20:27:59.244Z","2026-10-21T20:28:01.640Z","published",null,[],"consumer-tech",[26,27,28],"airbnb","house-rules","short-term-rentals",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Ftech\u002F1015844\u002Fairbnb-chores-house-rules-update",0,{"sections":35},[36,41,46,51,56,61,64,69,74,79,84,89,94,99],{"name":37,"slug":38,"count":39,"latest_published_at":40},"AI","ai",7054,"2026-10-21T19:53:20.000Z",{"name":42,"slug":43,"count":44,"latest_published_at":45},"Security","security",1032,"2026-10-21T18:26:38.000Z",{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Policy","policy",563,"2026-10-21T19:02:49.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Deals","deals",550,"2026-10-21T15:41:35.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Hardware","hardware",282,"2026-10-21T15:51:59.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":24,"count":63,"latest_published_at":18},"Consumer Tech",271,{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Science","science",211,"2026-10-21T09:00:00.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Startups","startups",140,"2026-10-21T18:51:56.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Software","software",136,"2026-10-21T15:00:00.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",122,"2026-10-21T16:00:00.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":87,"latest_published_at":88},"General","general",94,"2026-10-21T18:31:15.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":92,"latest_published_at":93},"Gaming","gaming",85,"2026-10-21T18:39:52.000Z",{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]