Every Airbnb host in Montreal learns the same lesson eventually: the cleaning is the business. Your photos get the booking, but the turnover keeps the reviews at five stars. A guest will forgive a lot, except a hair in the shower or a crumb under the toaster. Here is how to run turnovers that protect your rating, and when it makes sense to hand them off.
Why turnover cleaning is different from house cleaning
A turnover is not a regular clean. It has a hard deadline (checkout at 11, check in at 3), it has to reset the space to identical condition every single time, and it includes hotel style tasks a house cleaner never does: fresh linens on every bed, towels folded the same way, consumables topped up, and a staging pass so the space matches your listing photos. Miss the window and you have a guest standing in the hallway writing your next review in their head.
The turnover checklist that keeps ratings at five stars
Reset
- Strip and remake every bed with fresh linens, hotel corners, no wrinkles.
- Replace all towels, bath mats and dish cloths.
- Empty every trash bin, including the sneaky ones in bedrooms and bathrooms.
- Run and empty the dishwasher, put everything back in its photographed place.
Clean
- Bathrooms top to bottom: shower, toilet, sink, mirror, floor, zero hair anywhere.
- Kitchen: counters, stovetop, inside the microwave, sink, exterior of appliances.
- Floors throughout, under beds and sofas included, guests look.
- High touch points: remotes, switches, handles, thermostat.
Restock and stage
- Toilet paper, paper towels, soap, shampoo, coffee, salt and pepper, dish soap.
- Stage the space to match the listing photos exactly: cushions, throws, chairs, blinds.
- Check for damage and leftover items, photograph anything unusual, report it to the host right away.
The problems that kill listings
Three things sink short term rentals in Montreal. The first is inconsistency: a clean that is great one week and rushed the next, which reads as unreliable in reviews. The second is turnover failures, a cleaner cancels, a checkout runs late, and suddenly you are mopping floors yourself at 1pm on a Saturday. The third is slow escalation: damage or missing items that nobody notices until the next guest does. A professional turnover team solves all three with a fixed checklist, backup coverage, and a report after every clean.
Doing it yourself versus hiring a turnover service
If you host one unit and live nearby, doing your own turnovers can work until it does not: the back to back bookings, the sick day, the vacation you cannot take. Hosts with two or more units, or anyone treating this as real income, almost always end up delegating. The math is simple: a reliable turnover costs less than one bad review costs you in future bookings.
We handle hotel and Airbnb turnover cleaning across Montreal, with the same team, the same checklist, and timing built around your booking calendar. For hosts who also need a periodic reset, our deep cleaning between guest seasons keeps the unit at photo quality, and if you are furnishing a new unit, a post construction clean gets it guest ready the first time.
What it costs
Turnover pricing depends on the size of the unit and what the reset includes (linen service, restocking, staging). Most hosts build the cleaning fee into the booking, so the guest covers it and your margin stays intact. For how cleaning is priced in Montreal generally, see our price guide. For a turnover quote, tell us the unit size and your typical booking pace and we will give you a per turnover price.
Get your turnovers off your plate
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