--- title: Airbnb Is Finally Getting More Transparent About Rental Prices and Fees description: Airbnb has new policies that make it easier for guests to see total rental prices, with all fees included. , and checkout requirements are more reasonable. authors: - name: Mary Ellen Cagnassola role: Reporter url: https://money.com/author/mary-ellen-cagnassola/ bio: Mary Ellen (M.E.) Cagnassola is a former reporter at Money, where she covered Social Security, retirement, housing, and employment. Her work reflects her commitment to service and equity in consumer finance. education: Rutgers University, BA Journalism at_money_since: 2021 articles: 205 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes former_staff: true editors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2022-11-09T16:12:39.000Z' modified: '2024-04-24T14:24:06.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - News word_count: 452 canonical: https://money.com/airbnb-policies-prices-fees-changes/ type: NewsArticle source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Photo collage of a hand holding a smartphone with the Airbnb app and a woman cleaning a house in the background](https://img.money.com/2022/11/News-2022-Airbnb-Cleaning-Fees.jpg?crop=0px%2C179px%2C2320px%2C1305px&quality=85) Airbnb guests can say farewell to hidden fees that pop up late in the rental booking process and potentially send the final price far higher they expected. The company said in a recent [blog post](https://news.airbnb.com/airbnb-is-introducing-total-price-display-and-updating-guest-checkout/) that come December, it would roll out the option to display the total price for rentals on its rental platform — including all fees before taxes. Some users have decried Airbnb's display prices as misleading, saying the full cost breakdown for rentals only appears at the end of the booking process. While rentals may appear in search results with an affordable list price per night, service fees and additional charges for cleaning can increase the total cost significantly. These fees are set at a host's discretion and vary widely, but it's fairly common to find one-week rentals with cleaning fees of $200 to $450 and service fees that are even more costly. Airbnb's new push for pricing transparency is also setting new guidelines to make hosts' checkout instructions more reasonable. Guests will no longer be required to handle chores like doing the laundry or stripping the beds in their rentals. “I’ve heard you loud and clear — you feel like prices aren’t transparent and checkout tasks are a pain,” Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky [tweeted](https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/1589541705921212416) Monday. ## New Airbnb policies on pricing and checkouts Guests will now be able to view the total price of Airbnb rentals in search results, the platform’s map, and its filter and listing page. The platform will also prioritize total price over the price per night in its search ranking algorithm. That means similar listings with the best quality will appear higher in users’ search results and show their total price rather than just the per-night price. Airbnb is also updating its checkout guidelines. Some customers have criticized Airbnb for not exercising more oversight as to what hosts can require from guests during checkout. Before the changes, guests could be charged additional fees for not completing a host's required checkout tasks. Airbnb said it’s providing guidance to ensure checkout requests are “reasonable” and displayed to guests before they book. Airbnb hosts will no longer be able to require guests to perform tasks like stripping beds, vacuuming and doing laundry before leaving a rental. That said, guests will still be expected to practice common courtesy and not leave the place a mess. “We think it’s reasonable to ask guests to turn off the lights, throw food in the trash, and lock the doors — just like they would when leaving their own home,” the company said. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/airbnb-policies-prices-fees-changes/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Travel", "item": "https://money.com/travel/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Airbnb Is Finally Getting More Transparent About Rental Prices and Fees" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/airbnb-policies-prices-fees-changes/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/airbnb-policies-prices-fees-changes/", "name": "Airbnb Is Finally Getting More Transparent About Rental Prices and Fees", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2022-11-09T16:12:39.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/airbnb-policies-prices-fees-changes/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/airbnb-policies-prices-fees-changes/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-24T14:24:06.000Z" }, { "@type": "NewsArticle", "headline": "Airbnb Is Finally Getting More Transparent About Rental Prices and Fees", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2022/11/News-2022-Airbnb-Cleaning-Fees.jpg?crop=0px%2C179px%2C2320px%2C1305px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "News-2022-Airbnb-Cleaning-Fees" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary Ellen Cagnassola", "url": "https://money.com/author/mary-ellen-cagnassola/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/mary-ellen-cagnassola/#author", "description": "Mary Ellen (M.E.) 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