Airbnb fee calculator

Split fee vs. host-only fee: which one are you on?

Airbnb still runs two fee structures, but not for much longer. The classic split fee charges hosts 3% of the booking subtotal and adds a separate guest service fee of 14.1% to 16.5% at checkout (most bookings sit near the low end). Your listed nightly price looks lower, but your guest's total is meaningfully higher than the price they clicked on.

The host-only (simplified) structure replaces both charges with a single fee of about 15.5% taken from the host's payout. Guests see no separate Airbnb service fee, so the price they see is essentially the price they pay. Hosts who connect via property management software and traditional hospitality listings were moved to host-only pricing by April 2026, and Airbnb has announced the split fee retires for everyone else on September 15, 2026 (October 13, 2026 in the EEA).

The practical difference for your pricing: on host-only you need to raise your nightly rate by roughly the size of the old guest fee to keep the same payout, otherwise the switch comes straight out of your margin. The toggle above shows how each structure plays out for your numbers.

Whichever structure you are on, remember that fees are charged on the cleaning fee too, and that taxes are handled separately. If you list on several channels, the comparison table above shows why no single platform is dramatically cheaper: the real lever is spreading demand across channels and growing commission-free direct bookings.