Airbnb fee calculator,
line by line.

On the single (host-only) fee, which most hosts now pay, Airbnb takes 15.5% from the host and charges the guest no separate service fee. It's calculated on the bookable subtotal: nightly rate × nights, plus cleaning fee and other host fees, but not taxes.

On the older split fee, which Airbnb is phasing out, the host pays 3% and the guest pays a 14.1–16.5% service fee on the same subtotal.

Increasingly, Airbnb decides for you. It is moving all home hosts to the single fee, and the single fee is already mandatory for hotels and serviced apartments, hosts who use property management software, and hosts in some countries. Once you're on it, you can't go back.

To check which fee you're on, open a recent payout and divide the host service fee by the booking subtotal: about 3% means split fee, about 14–16% means single fee. For how Airbnb's cut compares to other OTAs, see the OTA fee comparison table.

Airbnb's service fees are VAT-inclusive where VAT applies, so you won't see VAT as a separate line on top of the fee. That VAT is on Airbnb's fee, not on your rental. The rental is yours to declare separately to local tax authorities at whatever rate applies.

Turn on the VAT toggle to see how much of each fee is VAT. It defaults to 25%, the rate used in Croatia; change it if your country's rate differs.

Airbnb releases the payout 24 hours after check-in. From there, time-to-bank depends on payout method:

• PayPal / Payoneer — usually same business day
• SEPA / ACH bank transfer — 3–5 business days
• International wire — up to 7 business days

This is not configurable per booking. Hosts working week-to-week on cleaner / co-host payments tend to set up an instant-payout option (PayPal/Payoneer) and a buffer fund.

Only by taking the booking direct. Every confirmed booking through Airbnb's platform incurs commission — there's no plan, tier, or special status that removes it. The two real moves are:

1. Build a direct-booking site with a widget, route returning guests and word-of-mouth there.
2. Reduce single-channel dependency by listing on Airbnb + Booking.com + a direct widget — a channel manager keeps availability in one calendar per unit and reduces manual calendar work.

BookBed runs both. The direct widget is commission-free; channel sync uses two-way iCal with Airbnb and Booking.com, and each platform imports on its own schedule.