If your rate is 60 per day, then charge 60 per day. If the cleaning is 15 (which is very reasonable as a side point and not really the type of fee that is the point of contention in my case) then that gets charged once per stay. I literally would not think twice about a cleaning fee at that rate. I, as a renter, am absolutely not saying no fees should be charged. There are unreasonable amounts that people ask for that are not along the same vein.
For example, I need to go to a town that is near a college. I am not going there to party but when I look at rooms the rates I find are around 120 for a room and an additional 200 cleaning fee, for one night. I presume they have had to clean up after a lot of parties so now the rest of us get slammed with that cleaning fee. For nearly 400 including taxes I can stay at a really nice actual B&B that won’t expect me to take out the trash or vacuum under a bed that I can clearly tell nobody vacuumed under before me.
When the fee makes it cost more than a nice hotel, what becomes the point? Often, the stay is shorter because they have no early in or late out because the hosts need to clean, again time and service which I am charged for. There are no amenities to partake, are you feeding me breakfast or letting me use the pool like a hotel?
I have had some great Air B&B experiences throughout the world, this is an issue I have only had in the United States. To a point that it feels more like they are just trying to make money off of the cleaning fee and still advertise a lower rate.
I want to mention that I absolutely believe cleaning services are worth their weight in gold. But there comes a point where it feels opportunistic for some hosts to pass along more than a reasonable fee to their guests.