Airbnb is banning hosts from asking guests to complete time-consuming checkout chores like washing dishes, doing laundry, and taking out trash, starting with reservations booked on or after November 20th.
<figure>
<img alt="An image showing the Airbnb logo" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Alex Castro / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/acastro_STK090_06.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100" />
<figcaption>
</figcaption>
</figure>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Checking out of your next Airbnb might be less of a hassle now that the company is banning hosts from <a href="https://www.airbnb.ca/resources/hosting-homes/a/important-changes-to-house-rules-21?locale=en">including time-consuming chores</a> in their house rules. Airbnb's <a href="https://www.airbnb.ca/help/article/4168">updated house rules policy</a>, which starts with reservations booked on or after November 20th, says hosts can't ask guests to "complete tasks that require significant effort or time, or would typically be performed by a cleaner." According to Airbnb, that includes:</p>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>Dishes:</strong> Guests shouldn't be asked to wash and put away dishes, but you can ask them to put used dishes in the sink.</li>
<li><strong>Laundry:</strong> Guests shouldn't be asked to remove sheets from the bed or start a load of laundry, but yo …</li></ul>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015844/airbnb-chores-house-rules-update">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
# Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash
Source: [https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015844/airbnb-chores-house-rules-update](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015844/airbnb-chores-house-rules-update)
[](https://www.theverge.com/authors/stevie-bonifield)
Stevie Bonifield
is a news writer covering all things consumer tech\. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI\.
Checking out of your next Airbnb might be less of a hassle now that the company is banning hosts from[including time\-consuming chores](https://airbnb.pvxt.net/c/482924/264339/4273?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.airbnb.ca%2Fresources%2Fhosting-homes%2Fa%2Fimportant-changes-to-house-rules-21%3Flocale%3Den)in their house rules\. Airbnb’s[updated house rules policy](https://airbnb.pvxt.net/c/482924/264339/4273?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.airbnb.ca%2Fhelp%2Farticle%2F4168), which starts with reservations booked on or after November 20th, says hosts can’t ask guests to “complete tasks that require significant effort or time, or would typically be performed by a cleaner\.” According to Airbnb, that includes:
- **Dishes:**Guests shouldn’t be asked to wash and put away dishes, but you can ask them to put used dishes in the sink\.
- **Laundry:**Guests shouldn’t be asked to remove sheets from the bed or start a load of laundry, but you can ask them to gather used towels\.
- **Trash:**Guests shouldn’t be asked to take garbage off\-site, but you can ask them to separate their trash and recycling into designated indoor bins\.
- **Utilities:**Guests shouldn’t be asked to avoid using a listed amenity like air conditioning, but you can ask them to turn it off when they leave\.
Airbnb is displaying hosts’ requests more prominently now in a new “rules and requests” section on listings\. You might see an “includes cleaning requests” warning if a host leaves chore requests in their listing after the new policy goes into effect\. Hosts aren’t allowed to sneak in extra rules in messages to guests or on signs around their property, either\.
Some hosts[pushed back](https://communitycenter.airbnb.com/forum/ae26c59b-17b5-4904-af06-3212bff8d693/post/c8e08042-b72c-474b-8fd6-22acba6585a4)on the house rules restrictions on Airbnb’s forums, saying they pose health risks and arguing that guests can simply choose not to stay at listings with[overly\-strict rules](https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/airbnb-host-rules-tiktoks-cassie-john-b3023148.html)\. Airbnb says there can be exceptions to the limits on checkout chores, like asking guests to “dispose of trash in an animal\-proof container in bear country\.”
**Follow topics and authors**from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates\.
- Stevie Bonifield
An Airbnb superhost who uses AI agents for the first time flips bullish to bearish, arguing that AI agents like Hark and Grok Bot will bypass Airbnb's walled garden by booking directly through property management APIs, saving 15% in fees and eroding Airbnb's middleman business model.
The tweet points out that Airbnb is raising its mandatory host commission to 15.5%, while AI agents such as Hark, Dot, Muse, and Grok Bot may bypass the platform’s closed ecosystem to avoid rising intermediary fees.
A robotics startup, The Bot Company, is being sued by an Airbnb host for allegedly causing extensive damage to his home while testing robotic prototypes.
Airbnb unveiled a fall product update adding AI-powered text and voice property search with dynamic filters, AI summaries and comparisons, expanded on-demand services, and new social trip-sharing features.
A property manager outlines practical AI implementations for Airbnb operations, focusing on automated messaging, review analysis, and integrated task workflows.