The new announcement has included a change that is going to chase off many (if not most) of vacation rentals in several markets. We rent a coastal property in South Carolina, where we've been coming for 30 years. Very, very few houses offer linens. The numbers of beds, the numbers of houses, and the rapid turn around required in peak season make it all but impossible for the cleaning crews to wash and remake. Even if we can find someone to do it, we will have to increase the rental amount by $300-400. This will scare away most renters who would prefer save the money. We tell them where there is a place to rent linens should they prefer not bring them. In 6 years of renting, I've not had one complaint about not providing linens. But if it is going to be required on Airbnb, I will have to leave the site as I suspect will thousands of other hosts. We love to provide a great, well-furnished place for a price affordable to common folk. We have way more than "the essentials" - but washing linens is a deal-breaker in this market.
(I put this here after hosting a very lively thread on the community that confirms my expectation that this is not a situation unique to me or even to coastal SC).
