I have enjoyed the airbnb koolaid.
I have stayed at places with shared bathrooms.
i have expected a clean room, reasonably clean bathroom and have been grateful to lightly use a kitchen,
because in a reasonably priced budget hotel I WOULD NOT HAVE a kitchen.
If the room were clean and the bathroom functional I would leave a 5 star rating.
I liked the experience so much that I now am an airbnb host.
I now have the problem of budget priced guests expecting a super clean kitchen with a comet cleaned sink and a refridgerator shelf cleared for their perishables.
Mind you when they arrive, they get a spotless room and bathroom. For this they pay a $10 cleaning fee.
But because the bathroom is shared it is not always spotless. And while my kithchen is clean, it is not always tidy.
What should I do? Raise my rates and clean the bathroom and kitchen daily? I prefer the budget service because this is what most guest want, but I am getting fatigued by guests rating me on the tidiness of my kitchen silverware drawer.
How do other manage guests expectations of sharing a bathroom and kitchen?
While I am happy with my 4 star average, I am getting afraid of Airbnb insistence that my house be perfect
(of courese, they don't do the work...)