My requests re long-term bookings would be
1) to allow recurring cleaning fees (so that don't have a filthy wreck of a place on my hands at the end of a several months);
2) some protection for hosts who has banked on a long-term stay (e.g. 6 months or a year) and has a guest decide to leave mid-way though the booking (it could take weeks or months to replace that guest);
3) to hold the security deposit for a month after the booking so that hosts can resolve any claims ; and
4) a (steep?) reduction in AirBnB's fees (more in line with what they charge hosts or a bit more) for long-term stays (I have a guest currently who wants to book for 8 months and AirBnB's fee is the equivalent of almost a full month's rent! That's absurd and unnecessary and really impacts hosts' ability to rent their places at decent rates (guests are forever asking me what I can do about the fee and I have to respond that my listing is already discounted by 35% for long-term stays.) Since AirBnB is encouraging hosts to reduce their fees for longer term stays, it's reasonable to expect that they would reduce theirs (which are much higher) as well. .