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
© {year} HostPage · Calculations as of {month}
Made with <em>care</em> — not spreadsheets.