Why make it so complicated and convoluted?
I do think that ultimately this will discourage rather than encourage people to make their listings pet friendly. We had been considering it, but if the new policy is that 1) the pet fee makes the listing itself look more expensive 2) the pet fee isn't per pet 3) guests are only suggested to tell the host when they're bringing MORE THAN two pets...those are disincentives.
Why didn't they make it like the cleaning fee? Something that is easy, visible and transparent. The pet fee would be per animal and you would add in the number and it would then calculate the cost, just as is done for the extra guest fees.
I simply don't get it.