Understanding Airbnb’s Host-Only Fee Change
Airbnb offers two service fee setups: a host-only (single) fee and a split fee.
Starting October 27, 2025, all 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.
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%!
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
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.
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.
AQs About Airbnb Host-Only Fee and Markups
1. Who is charged the host-only fee?
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?
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?
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.
4. Is the markup applied to my cleaning fee or other fees?
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?
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?
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?
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.