Checkout

Checkout is the moment a guest leaves and the clock on a turnover starts. In Malta it usually falls around eleven in the morning, and everything that follows, the clean, the photos, the next guest's arrival, is timed against that single moment.

Why eleven is the default, not a rule

Eleven in the morning is Airbnb's platform default, and most Malta hosts simply keep it rather than pick something else. It is not fixed by law or by the platform, a host can set their own time, but changing it has a ripple effect on the other side of the booking too, since check-in times are usually set to leave a gap for a turnover to happen in between.

What has to happen the moment it passes

Checkout is not the end of anything from a cleaner's side, it is the start. The clock on the gap to the next check-in begins the instant it passes, whether or not the guest has actually left the building. A cleaner working from a connected calendar knows the moment checkout time arrives that a flat is theoretically ready to enter, which matters most on a tight same-day turnover.

Conclusion

Checkout is the single fixed point everything else in a turnover is scheduled against. See the full price list and coverage areas for how that timing is handled across Malta.