Understanding Airbnb’s Host-Only Fee Change

❗ Airbnb is transitioning all hosts - including those not using a PMS - from the split-fee structure to the host-only fee structure.

You can learn more about this fee on Airbnb.

As of September 17, 2026, Airbnb has moved almost all hosts outside the European Economic Area (EEA) to the host-only fee structure. Because most affected hosts have already adjusted their pricing to reflect the new fee, Hospitable no longer automatically bumps your markup when Airbnb changes your fee structure.

Hosts in EEA countries remain on the split fee until Airbnb migrates them (expected mid-October 2026) and will continue to receive the automatic markup adjustment until that transition.

If you switched to the host-only fee and your take-home looks lower than expected, review your markup in Settings → Preferences → Properties, or on the individual property under Properties → select your property → Pricing → Markups, and adjust as needed.

Note that this change only applies to reservations booked after the aforementioned dates. Reservations booked before the change are subject to the fee structure you used on Airbnb before the change.

Airbnb's Single Host-Only Fee

With a host-only fee, you can gain a competitive advantage as the total fee is 15.5% (paid by the host), whereas the split fee between host and guest can be as high as 19.5%!

Under the host-only fee structure, Airbnb does not charge your guest a separate service fee. The host is responsible for paying the full service fee. You can use Hospitable's Markup feature to offset this cost!

You can read more about markups here.

Marking up your prices to account for the change does not disadvantage your guests and will not make your pricing less competitive.

With this structure, the entire 15.5% fee is deducted from the host payout. This one fee reflects Airbnb’s current worldwide average service charges, which are usually divided between hosts and guests.

Airbnb's Split Fee

🚨 This fee structure has been permanently removed for most hosts by Airbnb.

See more here: You can learn more about this fee on Airbnb

A split fee structure means the fee is split between the guest and host.

This usually means a 3% fee (hosts with one or more listings in Brazil pay 4%) for the host and between 14.1% and 16.5% for the guest.

This is a higher total fee than the host-only fee!

The split fee can range from 17.1% to 20.5%, compared to the host-only fee of 15.5%.

Marking up your prices to account for the change does not disadvantage your guests and will not make your pricing less competitive.

Review your markup on Hospitable

Hospitable no longer automatically applies or updates a markup when Airbnb switches your fee structure (except for hosts still on the split fee in the EEA — see the note above). To review and, if needed, adjust the markup on your Airbnb rates:

Open the property in Hospitable.
Go to Pricing → Markups.
Review the markup percentage currently applied to Airbnb.
Adjust the percentage if your take-home has changed and you want to offset the new fee. A markup of ~18.34% neutralizes the standard 15.5% host-only fee; some countries (for example, Italy and Brazil) use a different fee percentage, so verify yours in Airbnb under Payments and Payouts → Service fee.

The following video gives a good overview of the different fee structures and the benefits of switching to the host-only fee.

This video was recorded before Airbnb's announcement that all PMS-connected accounts must switch to the host-only fee on October 27, 2025.

FAQs About Airbnb Host-Only Fee and Markups

1. Who is charged the host-only fee?

As of October 27, the host-only fee will be mandatory for software-connected hosts, regardless of where they're located. You can learn more here. These hosts will not be able to opt out of the host-only fee.

2. What is the percentage of the host-only fee?

After October 27, 2025: The Host-only fee will be increased to 15.5% (Some pay more, including some hosts with listings in Italy and Brazil). See more about this here.
You can look up your percentage in Airbnb account settings > Payments and Payouts > Service fee or by checking a reservation in Earnings.
Airbnb Plus hosts, and hosts who use Super Strict cancellation "may pay more."

3. Will I lose money with a host-only fee?

It may look like you're making less with a host-only fee, but you're not. This change gives you more control since you'll set the guest-facing price. This also means no surprise fees for your guests.

If you switched to the host-only fee before September 17, 2026, and your Airbnb prices already include a markup that offsets the fee, no action is required. If your take-home looks lower than expected after switching, check your Airbnb markup in Hospitable (Properties → select your property → Pricing → Markups) and increase it to offset the 15.5% fee (a markup of ~18.34% is the standard neutralising value).

4. Is the markup applied to my cleaning fee or other fees?

No! Markups are not applied to any fees pushed to your booking channels.

Markups were applied to all fees from the 27th of October 2025 to and including the 29th of October 2025. Reservations booked during that time may include marked-up fees.

5. I'm a Mogul customer using your Owner Statements or invoicing products. How will this change impact me?

Markups were temporarily applied to fees, like the cleaning fee, from the 27th of October 2025 to and including the 29th of October 2025.

If you use our Owner Statements or invoicing features, we’ll adjust how markups are represented in statements which contain reservations booked during that time, to ensure this is accounted for. We’ll report all fees by their base rates and service fees.

For example:

You set a cleaning fee of $100 and have a markup rate of 18.3%, so Hospitable marks up the cleaning fee to $118.
- Cleaning fee = $100
- Cleaning fee service fee = $18
On Owner Statements/Invoices, Hospitable will display only the base rate of the fee to the Owner, and the service fee from that fee will roll into the ‘Host service fees' column.
- Cleaning fee = $100
- Host service fees = $18

The result is that the owner still pays 100% of the service fee (if that is what you’ve configured), but they do not also pay the markup on the fee, which was done for the purpose of covering said service fee.

For more details, you can check out our Community post on Owner Statement changes.

6. I'm using PriceLabs to manage my nightly rates. How can I ensure my prices account for the host-only fee change on Airbnb?

PriceLabs manages your nightly rates, while markups are applied in Hospitable.

To make sure your rates properly reflect Airbnb’s host-only fee structure, we recommend verifying that:

Your PriceLabs base rates are before Airbnb fees.
Your Hospitable markup percentage accounts for those fees so that your payout remains stable.

We do not recommend increasing your prices on PriceLabs, as this would apply the increase to all booking platforms you have connected to Hospitable.

7. How will the host-only fee change impact any Airbnb promotions that I currently have running?

We do not have full visibility on how Airbnb is managing promotions and whether they will account for the host-only fee change. We'd recommend reaching out to Airbnb directly for clarification here.

Airbnb Service Fees: Split Fee vs Host-Only Fee