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[ad_1] Family members of three tourists who died while staying at an Airbnb in Mexico City, urged the short-term rental company to require detectors in properties. Family members of three tourists who died while staying at an Airbnb in Mexico City, apparently of , urged the short-term rental company on Thursday to require detectors in properties it lists to prevent future tragedies.“Our main goal is to try to get the word out to those planning to use short-term rentals like Airbnb,” said Jennifer Marshall, whose son, Jordan Marshall, was one of the travellers. “We want to put pressure on Airbnb to regulate and mandate carbon monoxide detectors going forward. It's the only way we could think of to honour our children." Lawyer L Chris Stewart of the Atlanta-based firm Stewart Miller Sim...

[ad_1] Airbnb is set to roll out big changes that won’t end cleaning fees but could make them more transparent for customers and incentivize hosts to reduce or forgo them altogether. Pretty much everyone hates Airbnb cleaning fees — those pesky charges tacked on to your vacation rental bill that supposedly cover the costs to get the place ready for the next visitors. Travelers don't like the expense, and hosts don't like charging them, either. Dennis Shirshikov, an Airbnb host who owns a rental property in upstate New York, says cleaning fees are the most common complaint he gets from customers. “We are strongly considering cutting them off,” he says. And Shirshikov might get his way. Airbnb is set to roll out big changes that won't end cleaning fees but could make them more tr...

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After 3 die, Airbnb urged to insist on carbon monoxide devices

Airbnb has a plan to fix cleaning fees