If you specifically enter in dates, as most guests do, the results returned are a nightly rate that includes all of the taxes and fees. If you do a general search with no dates, then the current nightly price does pop up without factoring in the fees and taxes. This is no different from doing a hotel search, if you don’t put in exact dates it will give you a nightly rate, but then when you check availability with dates, then you always get a different, higher rate with all the stuff included. I charge a minimal cleaning fee of $25 because I am one of the few places which does not require a minimum stay in the summer, and in fact over half my guests are one night stays and they are always extremely happy to have found a place to do that. So think about it. If I don’t charge a cleaning fee and I rent my cottage out 20 single nights, I have to clean it 20 times. If I rent it out 20 nights and they are all two night stays, I only have to clean it 10 times, but my income is exactly the same as when I cleaned it 20 times. The cleaning fee makes it worth my while to rent single nights. Right now with my cleaning fee a single night $75 (excluding Airbnb fees and taxes), and if a person stays two nights their nightly fee is $67, if they stay 3 nights the nightly rate is $63, and it continues to get lower with a longer stay. If I did not charge a cleaning fee but instead just made my nightly rate enough to make single night stays worth the work, then the longer staying, more desirable guests who require less work because of fewer cleanings are actually paying more for their stay than if I charged a cleaning fee. Honestly if I could not charge a cleaning fee I would not rent single nights, which would eliminate a very valuable service to many guests who just need a place to sleep for the night. If Airbnb is going to feature places that don’t charge a fee, then they should also feature places on high tourist areas that offer single night stays, because that would “level the playing field” as someone else said.