How do hosts afford a cleaning service?

[Inna22]

I have always had my own cleaner that I hired directly but the one I have had for almost a year went back to her country. I have been struggling for a month to find someone (they all want a set schedule) and so called a few services. The charge minimum $30 per hour and their assessment of how much time is needed to clean the place is well above what it took my cleaning person. For my two bedroom property, the cheapest I could find was $90 which is way beyond a reasonable cleaning fee I could get away with. Also, they like to send a team of two which means for smaller properties it is just not enough time for washer and dryer to run as they are done twice as fast. I see posts about looking for a cleaning service or hosts mentioning they use one all the time. I am trying to understand how it works for others. I would much rather get a service even if it is just a little more expensive as it is peace of mind of not relying on one person. I know and respect that those cleaners have to make a living and the company deserves a cut. I just don’t understand how others make it work.

[Mark116]

@Lisa723   Not everyone's property is going to offer a unique, and higher end experience like your properties, which attract people who are less price sensitive.  We got rid of the cleaning fee this year because we had dropped to bottom of the search results, and in no way could we afford to spend $90 to have the place cleaned professional or have a $90 cleaning fee.  

[Lisa723]

@Mark116 yes, I get that (thus my disclaimer about different markets)-- but I think @Inna22's rentals are pretty high-end. And in all markets, if downward price pressure results in the enterprise being unprofitable, rational hosts will drop out of it. It doesn't make sense to try to compete on price with hosts who are losing money. (And time is money.) Anyway, I was just answering Inna's original question.