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by jedberg 1070 days ago
I just stayed at two AirBnBs. I'm not sure what "doing chores" means. Sure I had to tidy up a bit when I left, but I would do that regardless because I'm a decent human being. Even when I stay at a hotel I wipe down the sink and strip the bed before I leave.

In the meantime I had a condo next to the beach with a kitchen and beach toys in both locations for less than the hotel next door cost (which would not have a kitchen, meaning that I'd have to eat out every meal, which gets pricy with two kids).

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> Even when I stay at a hotel I wipe down the sink and strip the bed before I leave.

That's not normal.

Ok I guess I'm special then. It takes all of 20 seconds to wipe down the sink after I've picked up all my stuff, and maybe 10 seconds to strip the sheets. I mostly strip the sheets to make sure the next person gets a fresh set.
I've exclusively lived in hotels/corporate rentals for over 20 years and wipe the sinks/counters every day because I like clean sinks and counters.

and I strip the bed mainly in case one of my phones/chargers/earring is accidentally inside (beds make excellent auxiliary desks...)

as a surprising aside, during off-season housekeeping sometimes hate guests that are overly considerate, because they need the hours!

"I don't understand why anyone ever uses AirBnB" is definitely a "tell me you don't have kids without telling me you don't have kids" kind of thing.