I am interested to know what most hosts are paying for their cleaning services, what those services include, and the size of their units. I am opening a second Airbnb and my original cleaner can not take on the second unit. I have looked for cleaners and am in shock as to the price. Also, once you add on HST the amount the cleaner is getting paid is more than what I am earning as a host at times. Of course I can increase my price for my cleaning fee, but the reality of that is that I then have to decrease my nightly price to be more competitive.
I have a 3bdrm 1 bthm unit, standard kitchen, living room, bathroom, in addition to the basics I require my cleaners to wash towels and sheets and remake the beds, I do have an extra set of sheets for each bed so they can clean & make the beds as the laundry is washing/drying. What I have found is in order to find someone dependable, (seems to be another issue as many cleaners say they understand airbnb cleaning but certainly dont because they say, oh I cant work Sundays, I cant do more than x hours, the last one I had here said she had been there long enough and needed to leave and left the home unfinished) you need to go with an agency or small group of cleaners and they all seem to charge around $130-140+HST. I have done the cleanings myself when needed and find it takes me alone 2-3 hours maximum, which is $47 to $70 an hour.....
What do you pay? What does it include? What is the size of your unit? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. As well as suggestions on who I could use that would be a reasonable rate.
