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The Cleaning Fee

The Cleaning Fee

By: The Cleaning Fee
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The Cleaning Fee turns short-term-rental chaos into useful host training: parties, broken furniture, fake guests, noise complaints, bad turnovers, and insurance surprises. Each episode delivers the story, the operational failure, and the prevention checklist — dark-comedic edutainment for Airbnb and VRBO operators that always ends on a host lesson.© 2026 The Cleaning Fee Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • The guest who held the review hostage

    The guest who held the review hostage
    Jul 8 2026
    A spotless five-star stay turns into a ransom note: refund the cleaning fee, or the review reflects damage that never happened. How to refuse extortion, document it, and protect your rating.
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    5 mins
  • The guests who wouldn't leave

    The guests who wouldn't leave
    Jul 8 2026
    The cleaner opens the door for turnover and the last guests are still there - asleep, suitcases open, next arrival four hours out. The overstay nightmare, and how to enforce checkout without a standoff.
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    6 mins
  • The chargeback that beat the host

    The chargeback that beat the host
    Jul 8 2026
    A guest checks out, then files a chargeback claiming the booking never happened - and nearly wins. How the fraud works, the paper trail that beats it, and the cleaning-fee checklist that keeps you covered.
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    6 mins
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