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The OTA Fee
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See exactly how much Airbnb, Booking.com, and VRBO take from your bookings each year — and what you'd save with direct bookings.

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Year-round STRs usually run 55–75%

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Gross annual revenue

$35,588

Annual fees by channel

Airbnb

15.5% · Split fee (~14% guest + ~3% host)

$5,516

per year

Booking.com

15.0% · Standard commission

$5,338

per year

VRBO

8.0% · Pay-per-booking

$2,847

per year

Direct booking

You keep this

3.0% · Stripe payment processing

$1,068

per year

Switching from Airbnb to direct saves

$4,448 / year

How the math works

No black boxes. Here's exactly what we calculate.

Gross annual revenue is your nightly rate × 365 × occupancy rate × number of properties. So a $150 nightly rate at 65% occupancy on one property = $35,588 in a year.

Airbnb (15.5%) uses the split-fee model: guests pay roughly 14% on top of your nightly rate, and you pay roughly 3% — but it all comes out of the booking value the guest is willing to pay, so we model it as ~15.5% off the top. Host-only-fee accounts (less common) work out similarly.

Booking.com (15%) and VRBO (8%) charge their commission as a flat percentage of the booking value. Direct booking (3%) is what you'd pay Stripe (or any modern payment processor) to take the booking directly on your own site.

Why this calculator is different

Built by hosts, for hosts — not by the OTAs

Side-by-side OTA comparison

See Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO, and direct booking fees in one view. Spot the gap instantly.

Annual savings, not monthly

Most fee calculators show per-booking costs. We show what these fees really add up to over a full year.

Multi-property scaling

Manage three rentals? Ten? Set the property count and see your portfolio-level commission burn.

No signup, no tracking

All math runs in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, nothing is saved, no email required.

Who uses this

Hosts and property managers run these numbers before every channel decision

Hosts considering direct bookings

If you've ever wondered whether building a direct-booking site is worth it, this calculator answers in one number: yes, by exactly this much.

Property managers benchmarking margin

Run the numbers for the whole portfolio before your next quarterly review. Useful for owner reports and channel-mix decisions.

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