Airbnb Superhost looking to check average cleaning

Joann1912
Level 2
New York, NY

Airbnb Superhost looking to check average cleaning

My spouse and I have a beautiful 1 floor home in Davenport. 4 bedrooms/ 2 bath , living/ dining combo , kitchen and pool. We have been airbnb hosts for about 10 months . Now we have a question, we hired a cleaning lady referred by a family member who charges about 160 in cleaning fee for check outs , putting supplies like pods / Landry soap and mini soaps for the bathroom, and sponge. But today she sends a message that she is upping it to 180 as of now each cleaning. Our question is what is the average cleaning fee for a property like ours? In Orlando area  . Its in Davenport and she spends about 4 hours cleaning in each check out . We want to make sure it is an average, and really did not want to increase cleaning fee for guests because we lowered nightly from Jan- March due to competitive prices in area . 
Any feedback is greatly appreciated. 
thanks 

3 Replies 3
Deb216
Level 10
Newport, RI

@Joann1912,

 

I suggest searching Airbnb for properties similar to yours, in your surrounding area.

Select one listing at a time and look at their fees.  This is how I stay competitive in my area.  

Bettye6
Level 10
McHenry, IL

Hi @Joann1912 ,

I tried cleaners & to much dismay just wasn’t worth the aggravation. I live in the Chicagoland area & $130 is the average for a 1000-2000sq.ft. home. They never did my kind of clean, sometimes no show so I clean myself & get great reviews. I do hire professionally to have all walls, ceilings, carpeting & upholstered furniture cleaned every 6 months which costs me about $800. 
I look at it as a workout instead of going to the gym. 
Talking with many other SuperHost the first topic is finding & keeping a great cleaning person but I refuse to loose $ on my listing as $130 is about what I charge per night. 
Bettye6

Paula
Community Manager
Community Manager
Port Moody, Canada

Hello @Joann1912, I just came across your post and noticed that Bettye and Deb have shared their suggestions. Let us know if you plan to implement any of them.

 

All the best,

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