Simplifying service fees

We’re simplifying our fee structure in select countries. This makes it easier to know what guests pay so you can price competitively. Find out what’s changing and how to keep payouts the same if you live in Peru, South Korea, Germany, or the UK.

Today, hosts and guests both typically pay service fees. As a result, you set one price but your guests see a higher price that includes their service fee.

Many hosts tell us this makes pricing difficult. For example, if you set your price at $100 USD, guests see $115 after the guest fee is added and you earn $97 after the host fee is deducted.*

To simplify pricing, we’re combining both fees into a single 15.5% service fee paid by hosts. For example, if you set your price at $115, guests see $115 and you earn $97 after the single fee is deducted.

Hosts who live in Peru or South Korea switch to the single service fee on May 25. Hosts who live in Germany or the UK switch on June 22.

The 15.5% fee is based on Airbnb’s global average service fees.

We built a tool that helps you adjust the prices across all your listings at once to account for the single service fee.

You’ll need to adjust your prices to keep your payouts per night the same. Using the previous example, if you adjust your price from $100 to $115, you’ll still earn $97 and guests will still see $115.

The single service fee will only apply to reservations made after you switch from a split fee to a single fee.

If you don’t take action before your deadline, your prices and payouts per night will be lower. For example, if you keep your price at $100, you’ll earn $84.50 after the 15.5% fee is deducted and guests will see $100.

Learn more about Airbnb service fees and the price adjustment tool.

*These are examples only and do not account for fees hosts choose to add or taxes.

Some hosts pay higher service fees, including those who have listings in Brazil.

In some countries and regions, taxes are included in the total price displayed on listings. Taxes are always included in the total price shown to guests prior to checkout.

Information contained in this article may have changed since publication.