The new policy prevents hosts from asking guests to strip beds, start a load of laundry and other tasks that "require significant effort or time."

Airbnb is restricting checkout chores and other house rules, prompting some hosts to question whether they still have enough control.

Airbnb guests may soon have fewer chores to tackle before checking out. The short-term rental platform says it is changing its rules to limit what hosts can require of guests.

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In the Reasonable House Rules and requests page on its website, Airbnb says hosts cannot “ask guests to complete tasks that require significant effort or time, or would typically be performed by a cleaner, including stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.”

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Airbnb is set to change its checkout policies, banning hosts from mandating guests to handle cleaning chores starting November 20. This new rule will prevent hosts from imposing charges related to incomplete tasks.