I will break this down from my business view point and personal view point.
As a Superhost:
First as a Superhost, cleaner and designer of all of my Airbnb’s wearing shoes in all my units is a NO NO. Not only is it disgusting but it makes it way harder to clean when there is a guest checking out (12pm) and another checking in (3pm) in just 3 hours.
I once had a horrid couple completely ignore the no shoes rule in my home and when they left the place was wrecked. The hard wood floors were so scuffed up and filthy that I had to hire a maid.
After the maid left I had to RE-CLEAN the entire unit AGAIN because it was STILL dirty and I had a family with a infant checking in.
As Personal Experience:
I strongly believe weating shoes in a home is tacky and disrespectful to the home.
I would rather have bare feet then shoes on my couch or even walking to my couch with shoes on. Wearing shoes in a home was NEVER allowed in my upbringing and I could remember the dirty nasty carpets and “bad” energy from the filth of a home when I visited friends and distant family members that wore shoes in their “homes.”
Needless to say it stuck with me.
When I come home I want to leave the drama of the day AT THE DOOR. Not track all my footsteps from outside into my home. Think about it: Do you REALLY know what you are stepping on!???!!! You have for sure stepped on one or more of these.....
spit,urine, dried up vomit,etc.)
The streets are NASTYYYYYY. Especially if you are taking the metro or walking downtown. (Any downtown, still nasty: more people/more traffic/more filth under your soles)
I honestly don’t understand people who walk right into their homes after stepping on who knows what from the outside. Eek!
I also enjoy a good smelling home and I have noticed in various different cases homes that appear clean but the odor is a tinge of “shoe street smelling” because they walk in their homes with their shoes on. Not to mention the horrid dirt stains on the carpet. I mean GROSS.
Anyway this is my opinion.
End Rant*