Airbnb now takes one fee from hosts instead of splitting it with guests, and the change looks bigger than it is. The 15.5% host-only fee replaced a 3% host fee plus a 14.1% to 16.5% guest fee, so the guest’s total barely moves while your payout drops unless you raise your prices. The fee is charged on the cleaning fee as well as the nights, VAT is added on top of it in many countries, and older bookings can still carry the split fee. The calculator above applies each rule to the base Airbnb names and shows what reaches your bank.
Every Airbnb fee at a glance
These are the fees for a host in the United States. Pick another country in the calculator to see its VAT and local rules.
| Fee | Amount | Charged on | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host-only service fee | 15.5% (others 14%–16%) | Nightly rate × nights + cleaning, pet and extra-guest fees (not taxes) | Every booking since your account moved to the single fee (all hosts by October 13, 2026)source |
| Split fee: host part | 3% (some pay more) | The same booking subtotal | Bookings made before your switch to the single feesource |
| Split fee: guest part | 14.1%–16.5%, paid by the guest | The same booking subtotal | Split-fee bookings; up to 16.5% when the guest pays in another currencysource |
| Co-host payouts | No Airbnb fee | Paid from your earnings after Airbnb’s fee | If you share payouts with a co-hostsource |
| Fast Pay | 1.5%, max $15 | Each payout | Only if you choose Fast Pay to a debit cardsource |
| Bank transfer (ACH) or PayPal payout | $0 from Airbnb | Each payout | PayPal may charge its own feessource |
| Occupancy and local taxes | Set by your city, state or country | Paid by the guest, not income for you | Where Airbnb collects themsource |
| Experiences | 20% | The price you set for the experience | Experience bookings (no guest fee)source |
| Services | 15%, min $6 | The price you set for the service | Service bookings (no guest fee)source |
Four things catch most hosts out:
- The fee is charged on the cleaning fee too. The 15.5% applies to the nightly rate × nights plus cleaning, pet and extra-guest fees. An $80 cleaning fee costs $12.40.
- Leaving your price alone costs you. On a $100 night you now keep $84.50, against $97.00 under the 3% split fee.
- VAT goes on top of the 15.5%. A UK host without a VAT number pays £18.60 on a £100 night, not £15.50.
- Old bookings keep the old fee. A reservation confirmed before your account switched keeps the split fee, even if the stay comes after the switch.
What you keep at common prices
Each row is a 3-night stay with an $80 cleaning fee for a US host on the host-only fee, paid out by bank transfer.
| Nightly rate (3 nights + $80 cleaning) | Total fees | Fee rate | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| $60.00 | $40.30 | 15.5% | $219.70 |
| $80.00 | $49.60 | 15.5% | $270.40 |
| $100.00 | $58.90 | 15.5% | $321.10 |
| $125.00 | $70.53 | 15.5% | $384.47 |
| $150.00 | $82.15 | 15.5% | $447.85 |
| $200.00 | $105.40 | 15.5% | $574.60 |
| $250.00 | $128.65 | 15.5% | $701.35 |
| $350.00 | $175.15 | 15.5% | $954.85 |
| $500.00 | $244.90 | 15.5% | $1,335.10 |
There is no fixed fee, so Airbnb keeps the same 15.5% at every price: $40.30 on a $260 stay and $244.90 on a $1,580 one.
How the fees add up on one booking
Three nights at $150 with an $80 cleaning fee, in a city that charges a 12% occupancy tax:
- Guest pays in total$593.60
- of which occupancy taxes (12%) (paid by the guest)12% × $530.00$63.60
- Sale amount$530.00
- Airbnb service fee (15.5%)15.5% × $530.00 (3 nights × $150.00 + $80.00 cleaning)−$82.15
- You keep$447.85
The subtotal is $530: three nights at $150 plus the $80 cleaning fee. Airbnb’s fee is 15.5% of that, $82.15, and you receive $447.85. The guest pays $593.60, because the 12% occupancy tax ($63.60) is added on top of your price. Airbnb passes the tax to the local authority, so it never touches your payout and is not income for you.
From the split fee to the host-only fee
For years most hosts paid 3% and their guests paid 14.1% to 16.5% on top. Airbnb moved hosts to the single fee in waves through 2026; the last ones, in the European Economic Area and Switzerland, switched on October 13, 2026. Guests now pay your listed price with no Airbnb service fee, and the whole fee comes out of your payout.
If you didn’t raise your prices, a $100 night that paid $97.00 now pays $84.50. To get back to exactly $97.00 you need $114.79, an increase of about 14.8%. Airbnb’s own example rounds it to $115, which pays $97.17. Under the split fee the same guest paid at least $114.10 for a $100 night, so a $115 price leaves their total almost unchanged.
Raise the cleaning fee by the same share, since it pays the same 15.5%. Where VAT is added to the fee the increase is bigger: about 18.4% in the UK and France and 18.2% in Germany. The note under the result gives the figure for your country.
Hosts outside the United States
The 15.5% is the same in most countries. What changes is tax on the fee and, in a few places, the rate itself or income tax withheld from your payout. Each row is one night at 100 in the local currency with no cleaning fee, with VAT or GST on the fee where Airbnb charges it.
| Market | Sale | Fees | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 United States | $100.00 | $15.50 15.5% | $84.50 |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | £100.00 | £18.60 18.6% | £81.40 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | CA$100.00 | CA$16.28 16.3% | CA$83.72 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | A$100.00 | A$17.05 17.1% | A$82.95 |
| 🇳🇿 New Zealand | NZ$100.00 | NZ$17.83 17.8% | NZ$82.17 |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | €100.00 | €19.07 19.1% | €80.93 |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 100,00 € | 18,45 € 18.4% | 81,55 € |
| 🇫🇷 France | 100,00 € | 18,60 € 18.6% | 81,40 € |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 100,00 € | 18,91 € 18.9% | 81,09 € |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 100,00 € | 18,76 € 18.8% | 81,24 € |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | € 100,00 | € 18,76 18.8% | € 81,24 |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | € 100,00 | € 18,60 18.6% | € 81,40 |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | 100,00 € | 19,07 € 19.1% | 80,93 € |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 100,00 € | 19,22 € 19.2% | 80,78 € |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | CHF 100.00 | CHF 16.76 16.8% | CHF 83.24 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | MX$100.00 | MX$18.56 18.6% | MX$81.44 |
- VAT or GST on the fee: 20% in the UK, France and Austria, 19% in Germany, 21% in Spain and the Netherlands, 22% in Italy, 23% in Portugal, 24% in Greece, 5% GST in Canada, 10% in Australia and 15% in New Zealand. Adding a VAT number to your Airbnb account stops it, except in Ireland (23%), Switzerland (8.1%) and Mexico (16%), where Airbnb charges it whatever your tax status.
- Mexico and Brazil: listings pay 16% instead of 15.5%, and 4% under the old split fee. Mexico moved to these rates in June 2026.
- Italy: Airbnb withholds 21% income tax from non-professional hosts on stays of up to 30 nights, on the gross amount before its fee, cleaning fee included. On a €100 night that is €21.00, and raising the price to €115 raises it to €24.15. Turn it on in the calculator to see what reaches your bank.
Co-hosts and payout fees
Airbnb charges nothing for sharing payouts with a co-host. The co-host is paid first out of your earnings after Airbnb’s fee and any VAT, and you receive what remains: a co-host on 20% of a $530 stay gets $89.57 of the $447.85. If your earnings fall short, co-hosts are paid before you in Airbnb’s fixed order, so your share can reach zero.
Bank transfers and PayPal payouts cost nothing from Airbnb, though PayPal may charge its own fees (see the PayPal fee calculator). Fast Pay, for US hosts, sends a payout to a debit card within 30 minutes for 1.5% of the payout, capped at $15, which it reaches on a $1,000 payout.
Ways to keep more of each booking
- Raise the cleaning fee with the nightly rate. Both pay the same 15.5%, so raising only the nightly rate leaves part of the gap open.
- Use Airbnb’s price adjustment tool to raise every rate by the same ratio at once instead of editing nights one by one.
- Add your VAT number if you’re registered, so Airbnb stops adding VAT to its fee (not possible in Ireland, Switzerland or Mexico).
- Choose a free payout method. A bank transfer costs nothing; Fast Pay costs up to $15 per payout.
- Check the rate on a recent booking. Airbnb says hosts outside the 15.5% typically pay 14% to 16%; if yours differs, enter it under the advanced options.
Recent Airbnb fee changes
- October 13, 2026Remaining hosts in the European Economic Area and Switzerland, and the last hosts using property management software, moved from the split fee (3% host + 14.1%–16.5% guest) to the 15.5% host-only fee. Airbnb now says it “moved from a split fee to a single fee structure in 2026”.source
- September 15, 2026Remaining hosts outside the European Economic Area moved from the split fee to the 15.5% host-only fee (deadline to adjust prices).source
- June 22, 2026Hosts living in Germany and the UK moved from the split fee (3% host fee) to the 15.5% single fee.source
- June 2026Listings in Mexico: host-only fee 15.5% → 16% and split host fee 3% → 4%, the same as Brazil.source
- May 25, 2026Hosts living in Peru and South Korea moved from the split fee to the 15.5% single fee.source
- April 20, 2026Hosts living in Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama moved from the split fee to the 15.5% single fee.source
- December 1, 2025Hosts already on the host-only fee who don’t use property management software: typically 14–16% → 15.5% (listings in Brazil stay at 16%).source
- October 27, 2025Most hosts using property management software were switched to the single fee, and those already on it moved from typically 14–16% to 15.5%.source
- April 1, 2024Split fee: guests paying in a different currency from the listing’s pay an extra amount, for a guest service fee of up to 16.5% of the subtotal.source
We re-check Airbnb’s fee pages every day and update this calculator when they change. If your payout shows something different, use the “Something’s off” button under the result.