Airbnb's new rules limit cleaning chores for guests

BUSINESSThe new policy applies to reservations booked on or after Nov. 20. ByShafiq Najib Wednesday, October 21, 2026 9:51PMAirbnb is changing its house rules, including limiting the cleaning tasks hosts can ask guests to complete during their stay. Airbnb is changing its house rules, including limiting the cleaning tasks hosts can ask guests to complete during their stay. Under the new policy, which applies to reservations booked on or after Nov. 20, hosts generally will no longer be allowed to require guests to strip beds, wash and put away dishes or take trash offsite, the company announced on its website. Hosts can still ask guests to complete simpler tasks, such as placing used dishes in the sink. "House rules help guests understand what hosts expect, but we've heard from our community that they can be confusing, onerous and hard to manage," Airbnb said in a statement. "So we've redesigned them to make them easier to discover and clearer to set, alongside a new policy that keeps requests reasonable, with no surprises.

BUSINESSThe new policy applies to reservations booked on or after Nov. 20. Airbnb is changing its house rules, including limiting the cleaning tasks hosts can ask guests to complete during their stay. ByShafiq Najib Wednesday, October 21, 2026 9:51PMAirbnb is changing its house rules, including limiting the cleaning tasks hosts can ask guests to complete during their stay. Under the new policy, which applies to reservations booked on or after Nov. 20, hosts generally will no longer be allowed to require guests to strip beds, wash and put away dishes or take trash offsite, the company announced on its website. Hosts can still ask guests to complete simpler tasks, such as placing used dishes in the sink. "House rules help guests understand what hosts expect, but we've heard from our community that they can be confusing, onerous and hard to manage," Airbnb said in a statement. "So we've redesigned them to make them easier to discover and clearer to set, alongside a new policy that keeps requests reasonable, with no surprises.

BUSINESSThe new policy applies to reservations booked on or after Nov. 20. Airbnb is changing its house rules, including limiting the cleaning tasks hosts can ask guests to complete during their stay. ByShafiq Najib Wednesday, October 21, 2026 9:51PMAirbnb is changing its house rules, including limiting the cleaning tasks hosts can ask guests to complete during their stay. Under the new policy, which applies to reservations booked on or after Nov. 20, hosts generally will no longer be allowed to require guests to strip beds, wash and put away dishes or take trash offsite, the company announced on its website. Hosts can still ask guests to complete simpler tasks, such as placing used dishes in the sink. "House rules help guests understand what hosts expect, but we've heard from our community that they can be confusing, onerous and hard to manage," Airbnb said in a statement. "So we've redesigned them to make them easier to discover and clearer to set, alongside a new policy that keeps requests reasonable, with no surprises.

ROME -- A truckers' protest in southern Italy has halted the production of the famed buffalo mozzarella, causing an estimated loss of 3 million euros in just 24 hours as the milk cannot reach dairies in the Naples region and the finished cheese cannot reach customers, an official said. The weeklong strike by truck drivers over the high cost of diesel driven up by the Iran war has also blocked deliveries of other basic goods to supermarkets and left gas pumps empty in much of southern Italy. The government approved new tax breaks for truckers Thursday, but it was too early to tell whether they were enough to end the protest. The disruption is particularly damaging to buffalo mozzarella because the production of the protected cheese depends on a tightly timed supply chain. Buffaloes have to be milked regardless of whether dairies are operating, while production rules require that their milk be turned into mozzarella within 60 hours. Buffalo mozzarella is softer, creamier and richer than cow’s-milk mozzarella.

ROME -- A truckers' protest in southern Italy has halted the production of the famed buffalo mozzarella, causing an estimated loss of 3 million euros in just 24 hours as the milk cannot reach dairies in the Naples region and the finished cheese cannot reach customers, an official said. The weeklong strike by truck drivers over the high cost of diesel driven up by the Iran war has also blocked deliveries of other basic goods to supermarkets and left gas pumps empty in much of southern Italy. The government approved new tax breaks for truckers Thursday, but it was too early to tell whether they were enough to end the protest. The disruption is particularly damaging to buffalo mozzarella because the production of the protected cheese depends on a tightly timed supply chain. Buffaloes have to be milked regardless of whether dairies are operating, while production rules require that their milk be turned into mozzarella within 60 hours. Buffalo mozzarella is softer, creamier and richer than cow’s-milk mozzarella.

ROME -- A truckers' protest in southern Italy has halted the production of the famed buffalo mozzarella, causing an estimated loss of 3 million euros in just 24 hours as the milk cannot reach dairies in the Naples region and the finished cheese cannot reach customers, an official said. The weeklong strike by truck drivers over the high cost of diesel driven up by the Iran war has also blocked deliveries of other basic goods to supermarkets and left gas pumps empty in much of southern Italy. The government approved new tax breaks for truckers Thursday, but it was too early to tell whether they were enough to end the protest. The disruption is particularly damaging to buffalo mozzarella because the production of the protected cheese depends on a tightly timed supply chain. Buffaloes have to be milked regardless of whether dairies are operating, while production rules require that their milk be turned into mozzarella within 60 hours. Buffalo mozzarella is softer, creamier and richer than cow’s-milk mozzarella.