Hipcamp and our community of Hipcampers subscribe to the idea that we should Leave no Trace, and if we do leave a trace, we should always leave things better. That said, we wouldn't recommend charging a Cleaning Fee for your Cabin & Lodging unless you clean linens or otherwise bring in a professional cleaning service between bookings.
We know hosting Hipcampers cabins and shelters may require a bit more care than usual, so we do allow our hosts to add a cleaning fee to these Units. Here's a rundown of how it works:
- The fee is incurred per booking, not per night
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The fee can only be applied to structures (Cabin & Lodging)
- If you have Units that aren't structures and state a cleaning fee in your rules, please check our guide here: Can I charge fines to campers who break rules?
- Hipcamp takes a commission on the fee
To add the fee to your structure, follow these steps:
- Head to your Property page or the Property tab on the app
- Click on Units
- Click on the unit you would like to edit
- Scroll down and click on Pricing
- Scroll down until you see Additional charges
- Click on ‘Cleaning fee’
- Adjust the price
- Don’t forget to click Save
Once you save your changes, any new bookings for this unit will incur the cleaning fee. Keep in mind if this is an established unit with bookings made previous to your update, those already-confirmed bookings will not incur the fee as they were guaranteed prior to the fee's existence.