Revenue management
Airbnb host-only fee 15.5%: how to reprice your listing
Airbnb now takes a single 15.5% service fee from most hosts, and guests no longer pay a separate service fee (Airbnb Help Center). The switch came in waves. The last deadline was 13 October 2026, for hosts in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland (Airbnb Resource Center). If you leave your price alone, you keep less per night. To keep your old payout at exactly 15.5%, divide it by 0.845. If you pay a different percentage, use that one (see the method below).
Status as of 15 October 2026. Every source below was checked on that day.
Key takeaways
- The fee moved from the guest to you. The guest no longer pays a separate fee.
- Leave your price unchanged and you keep less. Airbnb's own example: at a price of 100 you earn 84.50 after the new fee.
- Divide, do not add. Your new price is the payout you want to keep divided by 1 minus your actual fee percentage. At exactly 15.5% that is 0.845.
- Cleaning and other fees you add are covered too. Reprice them the same way.
- Work per date and check after 2 to 4 weeks. Follow guest total, payout and booking pace.
What changed, and for whom?
Airbnb has two ways to charge service fees: split between host and guest, or paid entirely by the host. It is moving all home hosts to the second, which it calls the single fee or host-only fee. You cannot switch back (Airbnb Help Center).
- Old split fee: the host paid about 3% (4% in Brazil and Mexico) and the guest paid 14.1% to 16.5% on top.
- New single fee: most hosts pay 15.5%, remaining hosts typically 14% to 16%, and listings in Brazil and Mexico 16%. The guest pays no separate fee.
Who moved when:
- Hosts who manage prices through a PMS or channel manager moved first. The first waves were in 2025 (Rove lists 25 August and 27 October). Those not yet switched moved on 13 October 2026 (Airbnb Resource Center).
- For all other hosts Airbnb names two deadlines: 15 September 2026 outside the EEA and Switzerland and 13 October 2026 in the EEA and Switzerland (Airbnb Resource Center). VRM Intel also described this on 5 October 2026, based on Houfy and Airbnb.
Already on the single fee, for example through your PMS? Then nothing changes for you now. Bookings made before your switch keep the old fee, even for stays after it (Airbnb Help Center).
Which model are you on? Check the price breakdown for a date: Calendar, pick the date, Price per night, Guest price before taxes (Airbnb Help Center). Divide what you earn by your price: around 97% is the old fee, around 84.5% the new one, a little lower if VAT applies to the fee. The most direct proof is under Earnings: open a transaction and look at the Airbnb service fee. Old bookings keep their old rate, so they do not prove which model applies to new bookings.
How much should you raise your price?
Check your actual fee first. New price = payout you want ÷ (1 minus your effective fee percentage). Only at exactly 15.5% is the divisor 0.845 (100% minus 15.5%). To see the change against your old price: new price = old price × (1 minus old effective percentage) ÷ (1 minus new effective percentage).
Work out your effective fee like this: divide the total Airbnb host service fee, including any VAT Airbnb withholds, by the matching booking subtotal before taxes and guest service fees. Displayed service fees include applicable VAT (Airbnb Help Center), so do not add VAT again when it is already in that amount. Airbnb also has its own price adjustment tool (Airbnb Help Center). It does not cover every tax: income tax is out of scope, and hosts who declare VAT themselves are an exception (Airbnb Resource Center). The example below is one night and uses a nightly price of €120, before VAT and other taxes, and a 15% old guest fee, as in Airbnb's own example (the real range was 14.1% to 16.5%). It includes no extra fees or taxes.
| Old split fee | Now, same price | Now, new price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your price | €120.00 | €120.00 | €137.75 |
| Your fee | 3%: €3.60 | 15.5%: €18.60 | 15.5%: €21.35 |
| Your payout | €116.40 | €101.40 | €116.40 |
| Guest fee | 15%: €18.00 | none | none |
| Guest pays | €138.00 | €120.00 | €137.75 |
The arithmetic, so you can check it:
- Old: 120 × 0.97 = 116.40 payout. The guest pays 120 × 1.15 = 138.00.
- New, same price: 120 × 0.845 = 101.40. That is €15.00 less per night.
- New price for the same payout: 116.40 ÷ 0.845 = 137.75. That is 14.8% more. This holds for going from exactly 3% to exactly 15.5%, with no further deductions.
You will also see 18.3% quoted ((1 ÷ 0.845 minus 1) × 100%), for example by Rove. That holds if your payout must equal your old price. Your old payout was 97% of your price, so you land on 14.8%, as in the example from Houfy: €970 divided by 0.845 is about €1,148.
Work it out for your own price
Enter your nightly price to see your payout.
Uses 3% for you in the old model and 15.5% in the new one, on your price per night. Source: Airbnb Help Center.
Why is repricing a per-date question?
There is no separate Airbnb service fee for the guest on top any more. The guest total still consists of the stay cost, any extra fees and applicable taxes. In the one-night example, without extra fees or taxes, the guest saw €138.00 before and sees €137.75 after the adjustment. A higher listed price can therefore mean a similar total for the guest.
The formula gives an arithmetic reference point for the same payout, not a maximum or optimal selling price, and not a flat increase for the whole year. Then look per date at demand, comparable available listings, your booking pace and your costs. Even on busy dates, check which guest price fits. An empty night earns you zero, so compare with listings that have the same dates open.
Does the fee apply to cleaning fees and extra guest fees?
Yes. According to Airbnb, the single fee applies to your nightly price and any fees you add, like a cleaning, pet or extra guest fee (Airbnb Resource Center). Airbnb's price adjustment tool adjusts those fees too (Airbnb Help Center).
Example with a €60 cleaning fee. On the old split fee you kept €58.20 (60 × 0.97). Unadjusted, you now keep €50.70 (60 × 0.845). To keep €58.20, set 58.20 ÷ 0.845 = €68.88. Folding the cleaning fee into your nightly price gives the same math: read absorb your cleaning fee.
Checklist: what to check this week
- Check your fee model. See above. Airbnb says a co-host cannot make the one-time price adjustment (Airbnb Resource Center). If you work with a co-host, make sure the account owner has adjusted the prices.
- Recalculate your base and minimum price. Target payout divided by (1 minus your effective percentage), so by 0.845 at exactly 15.5%. On Airbnb Smart Pricing, check your minimum and maximum too (Airbnb Help Center). Build the floor from your costs: set your minimum price as a floor.
- Recalculate your cleaning fee and other fees. Same math.
- Check your pricing tool or channel manager. Look at your minimum price, the fee setting and any markup. A PMS can change a markup by itself when Airbnb moves you (Hospitable describes this for the EEA). Do not count the fee twice, and apply a markup to Airbnb only (Rove). Airbnb also advises checking your discounts and promotions (Airbnb Resource Center).
- Check after 2 to 4 weeks. That is a first check-in, not a proven measurement period. Follow guest total, payout and booking pace, and where possible compare similar stay dates and booking windows.
- Keep other settings as unchanged as you can. Holding photos, title and minimum stay makes the comparison easier to interpret, though demand, season and competition keep moving. See change one thing at a time.
Want to know whether your price and your listing still fit together? The free listing check gives a score from 0 to 100 and three improvement points, no account needed.
How many hosts use dynamic pricing?
According to NextPax's report of 14 October 2026, AirDNA presented at the Vacation Rental World Summit in Lyon (8 and 9 October 2026) that 12% of European listings use dynamic pricing, against 31% in the US. Dynamically priced listings earned 8% to 26% more RevPAR (revenue per available night) than comparable homes (NextPax, 14 October 2026).
A one-off increase of 14.8% is not dynamic pricing. It is a new flat level. For prices that move per date, read Airbnb revenue management.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Airbnb charge hosts now?
For most hosts Airbnb takes 15.5% of the nightly price and any fees you add. Remaining hosts typically pay 14% to 16%, and listings in Brazil and Mexico pay 16%. Guests pay no separate fee (Airbnb Help Center, checked on 15 October 2026).
How much should I raise my Airbnb price after the 15.5% fee?
Check your actual fee first. New price = payout you want ÷ (1 minus your effective fee percentage). Only at exactly 15.5% is the divisor 0.845. Going from exactly 3% to exactly 15.5% is 14.8% more: at a price of €120 the new price is €137.75 (116.40 divided by 0.845), in an example without extra fees or taxes.
Does the fee apply to cleaning fees and extra guest fees?
Yes. According to Airbnb it applies to your nightly price and any fees you add, such as a cleaning fee, a pet fee or an extra guest fee. Reprice those like your nightly price.
Does the new fee apply to bookings I already have?
No. It only applies to bookings made after you switch. Earlier bookings keep the old fee, even if the stay is later (Airbnb Help Center).
