Free tool · Updated for the Oct 27, 2025 Airbnb fee change

The new host-only fee is quietly eating your margin.

Enter your nightly rate and how many nights you're booked each month. See exactly what the 15.5% fee takes — per month, per year — then compare four honest options for what to do about it. No email, no PDF, no pitch.

Calculate your lossSee your 4 options
A $180/night host with 15 nights booked/month loses
$5,468/yr

…to Airbnb's 15.5% fee on every night, including cleaning.

01 — calculator

Your numbers, your math.

All three fields are pre-filled with a realistic default. Tweak them to match your listing — every number is visible on your Airbnb earnings page. Math updates live. Your inputs encode into the URL — share the link and friends see your numbers first.

Your annual loss to the 15.5% fee
$0/year

That's $456/month going straight to Airbnb.

Monthly breakdown
Monthly guest total (nightly × nights + cleaning)$2,940
Airbnb host-only fee — 15.5%−$456
↳ includes 15.5% on your $240/month cleaning−$37
You net per month$2,484
Before · Oct 2025
$88
Lost per month at the old 3% split-fee model.
Now · Post Oct 27, 2025
$456
Lost per month at 15.5% host-only.
Airbnb's fee on you went up ×5.2 overnight.

Who takes what, per month

Airbnb15.5% of your monthly total
$456
HostPage$144/yr ÷ 12 months
$12
Stripe2.9% + $0.30 — cost on any platform
$86

Math check: HostPage's $144/yr works out to $12/month — your direct savings cover it the first month. Everything after that stays in your pocket.

"Airbnb rolled this out as 'transparency for guests.' The guest sees one price. The host absorbs the fee."

02 — your options

Four paths, with honest math.

No single answer fits every host. Here are the four real options — with the numbers pulled from your inputs, not ours. We don't hide the cases where we're not the right choice.

i. Do nothing

Keep absorbing the fee

$16,405
cumulative loss over 3 years (flat rate assumption)
Year 1$5,468
Year 2$5,468
Year 3$5,468
The simplest choice. Also the most expensive one.
ii. Raise prices

Offset the fee by charging more

+20.0%
rate increase to net the same, before elasticity
New nightly$216
Likely bookings drop8–15%
Net vs. absorbing~same
Mathematically closes the gap. Practically, elasticity eats most of the gain.
iii. Partial shift

Send 25% of bookings direct

$1,223
recovered per year at 25% direct shift
Direct share25%
Breakevenmonth #1
Year 1 ROI9×
Realistic for year one. Keep Airbnb as your top-of-funnel; shift repeat guests to direct.
iv. Go fully direct

Recover the whole 15.5%

$5,468
max recovery per year (fees minus Stripe + $144/yr)
Annual gain$4,298
Transition window12–18 months
Breakevenmonth #1
Biggest upside, longest ramp. Most hosts stair-step here from Option iii.
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03 — our take

Our honest recommendation, for you.

A rule-based read on your numbers — not a pitch. If a direct booking tool isn't right for your volume yet, we'll tell you that.

Clear direct winner

Direct booking is
the obvious move.

RULE · 04

Direct bookings save you $5,468/year. HostPage's $144/yr Starter pays for itself in the first month — everything after that stays in your pocket.

See your direct site →60 seconds. No credit card.
04 — if direct sounds right

Your direct site, in 60 seconds.

Paste your Airbnb link. We pull your photos, amenities, and calendar and generate a direct booking site you own. Your coffee won't even get cold.

  • $144/yr flat — not a per-booking fee. Pays for itself on booking one.
  • Stripe handles payments direct to your account. Same 2.9% + $0.30 you'd pay anywhere.
  • Keep Airbnb alongside. Most hosts stair-step: Airbnb for new guests, direct for repeats.
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05 — methodology

Math is shown for every number. We don't hide our own costs.

From hosts, unedited
It doesn't appear that Airbnb will automatically adjust a host's pricing, so any host that doesn't follow the 'guide' will be losing about 12% until they adjust.Brian_R170 · airhostsforum.com · Sept 2025
If hosts don't raise prices fast, we'll be absorbing a double-digit hit every booking.RentalScaleUp, 2025
Assumptions
  • Airbnb host-only fee: 15.5% (effective Oct 27, 2025 for most hosts)
  • Fee base: (nightly × nights booked per month) + monthly cleaning. Excludes taxes & security deposits.
  • Old fee for comparison: 3% split-fee host share (pre-Oct 27, 2025)
  • Stripe: 2.9% + $0.30 on any direct platform — not unique to us
  • HostPage Starter: $144/yr, referenced from our pricing page
  • Currency: USD. EUR variant in ~2 weeks.
Sources
© 2026 HostPage · Calculations as of April 2026
Made with care — not spreadsheets.