Airbnb Cleaning Checklist

Utilizing our extensive Airbnb cleaning checklist guarantees a thorough cleaning of all areas.

Staying Organized With an Airbnb Cleaning Checklist

Given the potential high turnover rate of your Airbnb vacation unit, you can’t afford to waste a lot of time cleaning the unit. Your task at hand is to get in and get out so the next guests will have access to a clean home. The best way to ensure speed and efficiency is to create and adhere to a cleaning checklist for your Airbnb unit, just like professional services such as MaidThis.

The purpose of utilizing a checklist is to simplify your life, whether you’re engaging in daily, weekly, monthly, or seasonal cleaning tasks. We’ll break it down for you.

How You Can Benefit From Using an Airbnb Cleaning Checklist

If guests are leaving in the morning with new guests arriving later that same afternoon, there won’t be much time to handle the cleaning responsibilities. If you want that coveted Airbnb rating of 4.8 or above, the unit has to be clean and ready on time. With no time to waste, you need a tool that will keep you on track. You need the same kind of cleaning checklist that a professional Airbnb cleaning service like MaidThis would use.

Let’s take a look at how you can benefit from having your own Airbnb chore list:

• Keeps you directed from the time you arrive to clean
• Ensures that no major chores get missed
• Increases your cleaning effectives
• Increases your cleaning efficiency
• You’ll know upfront which cleaning supplies you will need

How a Cleaning Checklist for Airbnb Creates Benefits for Hosts

Your number one goal as an Airbnb host is to keep unit occupancy as high as possible. To do that, potential guests have to choose your unit over other units that are available in the area. Assuming the size and location are ideal, potential guests often go to the listed ratings and select the unit with the highest one.

Two key things that will keep your unit high in the ratings are having a consistently clean unit that is always ready on time. Whether you do the cleaning yourself or hand that responsibility to an Airbnb cleaning service like MaidThis, you will learn how important that checklist is to ensure your unit is always cleaned properly and ready on time.

Cleaning Supplies Required to Clean an Airbnb Unit

Not always knowing what to expect, a professional maid service will show up at every job with a complete arsenal of cleaning supplies. You might not have that luxury due to budget issues and time constraints. To assist you, MaidThis recommends a list of cleaning supplies that are generally needed to clean an Airbnb unit:

• Safe and eco-friendly cleaning chemicals for countertops, plumbing fixtures, and cabinets
• Reliable vacuum cleaner and bags for carpets
• Brooms and mops for hard floor surfaces
• Glass cleaner for windows and mirrors
• Furniture polish for wood furniture
• Soap scum removal foam for shower and tub
• Toilet and scrubbing brushes
• Dust cloths and feather duster
• Detergent and dishwashing soap
• Trash bags
• Sponges

Your Airbnb Cleaning Checklist

As you are creating your house cleaning list, everything should be broken down by room. MaidThis, a trusted professional cleaning service, understands the importance of meticulous cleaning and can streamline the process with their expertise and specialized tools. Incorporating MaidThis into your cleaning routine ensures a thorough and efficient cleaning experience for every room in your Airbnb unit.

Kitchen

Be prepared for the likelihood that your kitchen requires attention to detail and a bit of extra effort. Ensure your kitchen cleaning checklist includes:

• Clean out the refrigerator of things left by prior guests
• Wipe down countertops and cabinets
• Clean appliances small and large
• Clean the sink and polish the facet
• Sweep, mop, and wax kitchen floor
• Clean kitchen table and chairs
• Take out trash

Bathroom

Since the bathroom is where you will be cleaning yourself, you want it to be clean and smelling fresh. To elevate the cleanliness and freshness of your bathroom, consider enlisting the one time cleaning services of MaidThis, a professional cleaning service with expertise in maintaining impeccable standards.

Your bathroom cleaning checklist should include:

• Scrubbing and disinfecting plumbing fixtures (sinks, tub, and shower enclosure)
• Clean mirrors
• Wipe down and organize cabinets and closets
• Mop and wax bathroom floors
• Clean baseboards
• Clean light fixtures and towel handing software
• Change towels and washcloths regularly

Bedroom

Once you’ve tackled the bathrooms and kitchen with a good scrub, tidying up a bedroom will feel like a stroll in the park. Your room-specific bedroom cleaning checklist should encompass. MaidThis house cleaning services can handle the meticulous cleaning details, ensuring that your bedrooms are not only clean but also welcoming for your Airbnb guests.

• Scrub and disinfect tub and shower enclosure
• Scrub and sterilize the toilet
• Clean countertops, cabinets, and vanity
• Clean mirrors and other bathroom hardware
• Gather old towels and put out new towels
• Clean shower curtain and mat
• Sweep, mop, and wax bathroom floor
• Take out trash

Living Room

As you head out the door, your living room may be the final space to receive a cleaning. Ensure your living room cleaning checklist includes:

• Dust and polish furniture, light fixtures, and trinkets
• Clean flooring, including throw rugs
• Clean leather and upholstery
• Clean baseboards and doors/doorjambs
• Clean fireplace area
• Clean windows and window covering
• Organize tabletop and display cabinets

Laundry Room/Utility Room

• Wipe down the appliances
• Clean the dryer vents and dust trap
• sweep and mop floor
  

Bedrooms

• Change the linens and make the beds
• Feather dust light fixtures
• Straighten up the room
• Dust and polish the furniture and trinkets
• Vacuum carpets or sweep and mop hard floor surfaces
• Take out trash
  

Off-Season Cleaning Checklist

Depending on your unit location, there will likely be times of the year that your unit will be idle. This happens a lot during the wintertime. In such cases, regular cleanings are not required. Just the same, you want to keep your unit reasonably clean to avoid the buildup of dust/dirt.

Reasonable cleaning alternatives would include periodic maintenance tasks and check-ins, ensuring that your Airbnb unit remains in good condition even during periods of low activity. Professional deep cleaning services like MaidThis can offer specialized seasonal cleaning solutions, ensuring your property is well-maintained and ready for guests whenever needed.

• Once a month
• Every 3-6 months
• Once a year
  

Why Choose MaidThis Philadelphia

It might be that you live a busy life and don’t have time to clean your Airbnb. It’s also possible you don’t live in the Philly area. Those are two great reasons to contact MaidThis Philadelphia and let us remove this burden off your back. We have a great reputation for providing top-quality services at affordable prices with the work always guaranteed.