@Parker50 "Turning your home into an investment involves costs, monetarily and through labor."
Exactly. A host bases their pricing on a combination of factors- what other comparable places rent for in the area, how many guests it accommodates, and the expenses involved in running the business.
Hosts price with the intention to get bookings, so they aren't going to come up with some unreasonable rate. It's a business- bills have to paid, cleaners have to be paid, regular maintenance has to be performed, towels and sheets have to replaced on a regular basis, soap, toilet paper, shampoo, coffee, tea, and whatever else the host provides have to be purchased. Hosts also spend considerable labor time answering guest messages, sending them all the check-in information, etc.
After all that is deducted, there has to be enough profit left over for it to be a worthwhile endeavor.
Cleaning fees are commensurate with how long it takes to clean a place and what the going rate for cleaning is.
How you can possibly think that if the host simply picks up the used bedding and towels and leaves clean ones cuts down on the cleaning time for each booking, is bamboozling. If it takes 5 hours to clean a place between bookings, it doesn't matter if that happens on Tuesday or Saturday.
If you think tidying up after yourself, washing your dirty dishes and not leaving garbage strewn around constitutes cleaning the place for the next guest, you've obviously never cleaned a house to the standards required for the hospitality industry.
And if you think that hotels aren't charging guests for cleaning, just because you don't see it as a separate line item, you are deluded. I can assure you the hotel owner doesn't pay the cleaners out of his own pocket.
All businesses pass the costs and cost of labor on to the consumer. What world do you live in where that doesn't happen?
BTW, it's rather curious that you feel qualified to weigh in on this, when you have not one review on your profile as a guest, nor a host.