While it can be helpful to see the nightly price of a rental, especially if the length of your stay is fluid, not knowing how much you’re actually going to pay in full can be frustrating. That is why this is such a significant upgrade for the service.will also prioritize search results by total price instead of nightly price. Previously, it was possible to game the system by setting a lower nightly price and then tacking on a bunch of fees at the end.
Other changes Chesky announced include new pricing and discount tools for hosts and making checkout tasks more reasonable. Chesky says that guests shouldn’t have to do laundry, strips the beds, or vacuum, but it’s reasonable for hosts to expect their guests to throw away food, turn off the lights, and lock the door before they leave.
Chesky didn’t share a precise date, but all of these changes should make their way to Airbnb at some point before the end of the year.Jacob Siegal is Associate Editor at BGR, having joined the news team in 2013. He has over a decade of professional writing and editing experience, and helps to lead our technology and entertainment product launch and movie release coverage.