Free tool · Updated for the <emph>Oct 27, 2025</emph> Airbnb fee change

Airbnb's new 15.5% fee quietly eating your margin.

See exactly what it's costing you — and what to do about it.

Calculate your loss →See 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.

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Monthly breakdown
Monthly guest total ToolsFeeCalculator.breakdownMonthlyTotalNote$2,940
Airbnb host-only fee (15.5%)−$456
ToolsFeeCalculator.breakdownCleaningSub−$37
You net per month$2,484
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Who takes what, per month

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$456
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$12
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$86

ToolsFeeCalculator.paysForItselfLabel Math check: HostPage's $144/yr works out to $12/month — your direct savings cover it the first month.

Airbnb called this '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

Raise your prices

+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

Shift some bookings direct (25%)

$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

Go fully direct

$5,468
max recovery per year (fees minus Stripe + ${yearly}/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.

  • ${yearly}/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: ${yearly}/yr, referenced from our pricing page
  • Currency: USD. EUR variant in ~2 weeks.
Sources
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Made with <em>care</em> — not spreadsheets.

Combien Airbnb prend-il aux propriétaires en 2026 ?

En 2026, Airbnb prélève 15,5 % sur chaque réservation côté hôte, sous le modèle « host-only ». Sur une nuit à 100 €, vous touchez 84,50 € avant frais de paiement (~3 %) et taxe de séjour. L'ancien modèle (3 % côté hôte + 14 % côté voyageur) est progressivement remplacé pour les hôtes professionnels. Utilisez le calculateur ci-dessus pour voir votre perte annuelle réelle, et la section ci-dessous explique chaque ligne du décompte.

Ancien modèle (split) vs nouveau modèle (host-only)

Airbnb a introduit le modèle « host-only » en 2020 et l'a déployé progressivement jusqu'en 2025. Jusqu'au 27 octobre 2025, la plupart des hôtes professionnels payaient encore le modèle « split » : 3 % côté hôte, environ 14 % côté voyageur, soit ~17 % cumulés. Depuis le 27 octobre 2025, le modèle « host-only » consolide tout côté hôte à 15,5 %. Le coût total reste similaire ; seule la visibilité change. Les voyageurs ne voient plus de commission Airbnb séparée au paiement, ce qui aide la conversion sur l'annonce, mais déplace tout le poids des frais sur l'hôte.

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