I disagree. I exchange my two places frequently and I need to have every guest have a wonderful experience in a clean house. If I allow the guests to clean before they leave, they have different standards of cleanliness, and some donāt have time to clean due to catching a flight, etc. since these are second homes I am not there personally to clean so I must hire a cleaning crew to clean and make sure that it is to the same cleaning standard that I mandate. I also donāt mind paying cleaning fees during my stays, as I respect the homeowners decision to do so and deliver a similar clean experience for all of their guests. The only time I would waive a cleaning fee is if it is reciprocal.
Because with are on the ocean front with near constant wind bring dust and salt, our secondary home takes several hours to clean properly, including the pool, hot tub, windows, terraces, etc, as well as changing the bed linens and usual domestic cleaning. Because we are not there, it costs us a few hundred euro every time. We charge HE points guests about half the cost to us and we never charge reciprocal guests.
Hello Home Exchange community. I become a member since jan 2023. And been very active ( 127 exchange since then ) Been gaining lots of respect both way as guest and as a host.
I list my primary home and my secondary home on home exchange.
Direct answer : i wouldnt mind paying for cleaning fees that apply by my home ownerā¦
Cleaning fees should be mentioned in "additional information page ". Host have the responsibility to mentioned again before the both partij finalize the exchange. And as a guest " do read all the information / description of the property it self.
I never really bother so much to pay for it as long its been informed. and its not my place to judge how much it should cost. I wouldnt have the time to check minimum wage in every places that i want to visit.
I had a trip to istanbul. It was 5 bedrooms property. And i travel on my own. Only using 1 bedrooms and cleaning fees was 250 euro per exchange. It was mentioned by the owner before we finalize and its also listed in their home exchange page and if i aggreed. Why it should be a problem?
If u donāt aggree regarding the number simply donāt take it.
Im a very very clean person in general as i had OCD my self. and checking in in place that not clean by my standard never been an issues eitherā¦ i never made any single complaints to my home owner and i rather do it my self as i enjoy doing it.
I always able to leave the house in perfect condition.
I more than grateful that the home owner already able to share their house for me to use so i can have my holiday
Im sure each of you must experiance how difficult to secure your stay ( sending multiple messages to inquire the place )ā¦ so if anyone been welcoming to open their door for meā¦ that means im lucky enough to receive this opportunity. And i need to ensure their lucky enough to have me as their guest!!
If they have some regulation/ rules by the home owner and its in their house description / mentioned by the owner. Once you finalized that means its final. At the end its their house its their rules.
If you disagree about something simply find another one that suit you best.
Regards
Antonius
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totally agree with that. i mentioned that before on homexchange Facebook page and most people didnāt like that. Some people asks for a lot of money and its like its a paid stay. Its a no from me