What did Airbnb take from you last year?
Two numbers and you will know: what Airbnb keeps of your revenue every year, what that becomes over five years, and what the same bookings would cost on your own website. Uses the current 15.5% host-only fee and the 3% split fee — the real 2026 rates.
Fee rates as published in Airbnb's Help Center (article 1857), checked July 2026 — most hosts on the host-only structure pay 15.5%; yours may differ slightly, so check your host dashboard. Math runs in your browser.
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Where these numbers come from
Airbnb publishes its service fees in its own Help Center: hosts on the split fee pay 3% while their guests pay a service fee of roughly 14.1% to 16.5% on top of the nightly price; hosts on the host-only fee — which is mandatory for hotels and for anyone connected to property management software — mostly pay 15.5%, and their guests pay no separate service fee. All software-connected listings moved to the host-only structure on October 27, 2025.
For context on the other platforms: Vrbo's pay-per-booking plan runs a 5% commission plus 3% payment processing, and Booking.com's commission averages about 15%, varying by country and property type. A direct booking on your own website typically costs about 3% in card processing — the spread between that and your platform fee is the money this calculator counts.
None of this is an argument for leaving Airbnb. The platforms fill calendars, and for most hosts they always will. The argument is for a mix: hosts who add a direct channel keep the OTAs for discovery and keep the repeat guests — and the fee spread — for themselves. Run your listing through our free listing and website grader to see how ready your direct channel is, or compare the fee math across platforms with the direct-booking calculator.
