Free 2026 booking fees cheat sheet
What every platform really takes from your bookings.
Airbnb and Vrbo both rewrote their host fees this year. Here is every platform on one page, and how to price for it.
- What you keep from a $1,000 booking on Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, Agoda, Trip.com and Google
- Airbnb’s 15.5% and Vrbo’s new 12%, and what they mean for your prices
- How much higher to list on each platform so a direct booking always pays you most
- The small print: payment fees, VAT, growth programmes and payout holds
$845is what you keep from a $1,000 Airbnb booking, after the 15.5% single fee.
12%is Vrbo’s new host fee from 29 October 2026. Software connected hosts paid 5%.
0%is the commission on your own direct booking website. Every repeat guest there is a fee you keep.