New Airbnb rules: What’s changing and how to update your listings
Everything vacation rental hosts and property managers need to know about Airbnb’s November 2026 update.
Inside the guide
Find out what you can ask guests to do and what penalties you risk under Airbnb’s new rules. Learn how to update your listings, reorganize cleaning, and assess the impact on your operating costs.
From dishes to linens, find out which tasks you can still ask guests to do and which you need to remove. The guide covers Airbnb’s exceptions, sample wording for your listings, and the new requirements for amenities, additional fees, and contracts.
Find out how Airbnb flags violations and what happens if you don't comply. Follow the steps to update listings, messages, and guest guides, check your PMS integrations, and use the final checklist to make sure nothing gets overlooked.
Who will handle the tasks your guests previously took care of? Find out how to assign them to your team and measure the extra work. Use formulas and a worked example to calculate additional costs per checkout and per month, then decide whether you need to adjust your cleaning fees.
Get answers to your questions
Yes. You'll find clear examples of what guests can and can't be asked to do, along with the exceptions Airbnb allows. The guide also includes sample wording you can use in your listings and explains what you need to know about amenities, additional fees, and separate contracts.
The guide shows you how to review listings, automated messages, guest guides, and translations while keeping your team involved. If you use a PMS or channel manager, you'll also find out which Airbnb integrations and sync settings to check. A final checklist helps you make sure every listing has been updated.
Not necessarily. If your cleaning team already handles the tasks you can no longer ask guests to do, you may only need to update your instructions. Otherwise, the guide shows you how to measure the extra work and calculate costs per checkout and per month, so you can decide whether your cleaning fees need to change.