I'm an Airbnb host, AMA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
- Biggest negative surprise has been how truly hairy people are.
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- We allow instant booking but only with several days' notice. Before we did that, we had a couple of same-day inquiries that gave me pause -- people that just seemed...off. I decided that if you can't plan ahead where you're going to stay tonight, you can stay at a motel. I prefer people who have a plan.

LOL - I'm always shocked at how much hair is all over my house too. WHERE IS IT ALL COMING FROM? How am I not bald?

Great point on Instant Booking, filing that away in case we ever decide to get into hosting.

Thanks for the answers!

Don't get me started on the hair. A PP asked if we ever discriminated against anyone. I'm sometimes tempted to decline requests from people with long or huge amounts of hair. "Bald people especially welcome!"

[Anonymous]

Do you wash the comforters too after every visitor? Or just the sheets?

[Anonymous]

We do not wash the comforter after every visitor. We wash it about once a month or when it becomes clearly dirty (some people put their shoes or luggage on the bed). We have several blankets which we wash weekly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We do not wash the comforter after every visitor. We wash it about once a month or when it becomes clearly dirty (some people put their shoes or luggage on the bed). We have several blankets which we wash weekly.

EWWWWWWWWW

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We do not wash the comforter after every visitor. We wash it about once a month or when it becomes clearly dirty (some people put their shoes or luggage on the bed). We have several blankets which we wash weekly.

I hope you make your guests aware because this is disgusting. Do you at least use a duvet on it and wash that?

[Anonymous]

You're kidding right? Do you wash your comforter every day? No, you don't. You probably NEVER have.

PSA? Don't lick comforters when you're staying somewhere other than your BioHazard4 sterile bedroom.

It's an Airbnb. Not an OR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're kidding right? Do you wash your comforter every day? No, you don't. You probably NEVER have.

PSA? Don't lick comforters when you're staying somewhere other than your BioHazard4 sterile bedroom.

It's an Airbnb. Not an OR.

PSA? You're gross. Wash the damn comforter

[Anonymous]

Every day? It would disintegrate.

Feel free to stay at Holiday Inn or a Hilton or freaking Trump Plaza. I'm SURE they wash every comforter in every room every day. That's why you see piles of comforters on the housekeeping carts in the hallways. Daily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're kidding right? Do you wash your comforter every day? No, you don't. You probably NEVER have.

PSA? Don't lick comforters when you're staying somewhere other than your BioHazard4 sterile bedroom.

It's an Airbnb. Not an OR.

I wash mine regularly. Most hotels don't wash theirs either. I'd prefer a duvet be washed after each guest. More professional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're kidding right? Do you wash your comforter every day? No, you don't. You probably NEVER have.

PSA? Don't lick comforters when you're staying somewhere other than your BioHazard4 sterile bedroom.

It's an Airbnb. Not an OR.

I wash mine regularly. Most hotels don't wash theirs either. I'd prefer a duvet be washed after each guest. More professional.

More wasteful, too. Washing comforters -- which never come into contact with a guest's skin unless they choose that -- is a waste of resources.

Don't want to touch a surface that was touched by the last guest? Don't go anywhere ever. Because you're kidding yourself if you think hotels wash everything after every guest.

[Anonymous]

I realize hotels don't wash comforters which is why I find them disgusting and immediately remove them from the bed. But why don't you just use a duvet and then you wash the duvet cover after every guest?

[Anonymous]

From the "I think AirBNB is gross" thread:
"how is it as gross as a hotel??? Most hotels do not wash comforters.... Did you know that? There is so much traffic through hotels. The door knob, the remotes, the phones, the desk and dresses are never wipe down with disinfectant."

Wow.... guess AirBNBs don't either! And worse is that people seem to have a false sense of security in AirBNBs, where they assume the hosts will wash the comforter, if the other thread is any indication! At least in a hotel you know what you're getting and always toss the comforter to the ground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're kidding right? Do you wash your comforter every day? No, you don't. You probably NEVER have.

PSA? Don't lick comforters when you're staying somewhere other than your BioHazard4 sterile bedroom.

It's an Airbnb. Not an OR.

I wash mine regularly. Most hotels don't wash theirs either. I'd prefer a duvet be washed after each guest. More professional.

More wasteful, too. Washing comforters -- which never come into contact with a guest's skin unless they choose that -- is a waste of resources.

Don't want to touch a surface that was touched by the last guest? Don't go anywhere ever. Because you're kidding yourself if you think hotels wash everything after every guest.

How is this possible? Are all your guests wearing burkas at all times?

[Anonymous]

Your cleaning fee seems much lower than properties I've used.

Do you also list on vrbo or other sites? In curious about what makes people choose air b and b over other sites, or how they all compare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I realize hotels don't wash comforters which is why I find them disgusting and immediately remove them from the bed. But why don't you just use a duvet and then you wash the duvet cover after every guest?

Why don't you stay home? I would rather you not do whatever it is you do on hotel comforters that makes them disgusting. My guests don't.