Airbnb offers two service fee setups: a host-only (single) fee and a split fee.

Starting October 27, 2025, most hosts who use a property management software (PMS), including Hospitable, will automatically transition to Airbnb's host-only fee structure. You can learn more about this fee on Airbnb.

Note that this change applies only to new reservations made on or after October 27, 2025, and does not affect bookings confirmed prior to this date.

On a host-only fee, the host is responsible for paying the full service fee. However, you can use markups to offset this cost!

With this structure, the entire 15.5% fee is deducted from the host payout. On October 27, we’ll begin applying a 15.5% service fee to your listing price to determine your payout. This one fee reflects Airbnb’s current worldwide average service charges, which are usually divided between hosts and guests.

A split fee structure means the fee is split between both guests and hosts.

This usually means a 3% fee for the host and between 14.1-16.5% for the guest.

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

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

In preparation for Airbnb's shift on October 27, Hospitable has created a handy transition tool to automatically increase your markups for you. We'll automatically apply your new markups at the time of the switch.

Look for the tool on your account dashboard, or under Properties > Pricing:

We're automatically recalculating your markup rate for you. You can keep our suggestions, or make changes!

The service fee is taken from the total post markup, so the math isn't as simple as adding 15.5% to your current markup. Here's an example:

If your nightly rate is $100 and you have a 15.5% markup, Hospitable will push $115.50 to Airbnb.

However, Airbnb's service fee is charged from the total of $115.50 (not $100).

For this reason, the markup needs to be greater to account for the difference. In this case, with a nightly rate of $110 and a markup of 17.39%, Hospitable will push $117 to Airbnb.

With a 15.5% service fee, Airbnb will take $18.20. This means your earnings are $99.

Let's compare that to a Split-Fee. With a $100 night rate:

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.