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I think if you specify your dates and length of stay you can search by the total cost but I agree its certainly frustrating and for short trips makes the service annoying and nearly useless/cost prohibitive.

Overall, I think its better to have the cleaning fee separate, otherwise you penalize people who stay long and don't get cleaning service during their stay.

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The cleaning fees charged by hosts are not optional. You cannot opt out of them. If Airbnb wanted to empower users, they could permit enabling/disabling those fees while querying.

>I think if you specify your dates and length of stay you can search by the total cost but I agree its certainly frustrating and for short trips makes the service annoying and nearly useless/cost prohibitive.

Unfortunately, they leave out taxes in these "totals", so you're not quite getting the full picture in the search results.

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