Airbnbs new cleaning protocols include 24-hour vacancies between bookings

Short-term home rental platform Airbnb is introducing a new “enhanced cleaning initiative” that will take effect in May and include a 24-hour vacancy period between bookings, according to a company blog post. The new cleaning protocol is not required for property hosts, but guests will be able to see which hosts are participating in the cleaning initiative in search results on the platform.

Airbnb claims that this is the “first overarching standardized protocol for cleaning and sanitization in the home sharing industry” and that its work to come up with the cleaning protocol is “informed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published standards; leading experts such as Dr. Vivek Murthy, former Surgeon General of the...

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