Question 1

How much does Airbnb take from hosts?

Accepted Answer

Under Airbnb's single service-fee structure, most hosts pay 15.5% and hosts in Brazil and Mexico pay 16%, deducted from the payout and charged on the entire subtotal, cleaning fee included. Once an account migrates, the guest sees no separate service-fee line. PMS-connected hosts migrated by 13 April 2026 (27 October 2025 in the US and Canada); self-managed repricing deadlines are 15 September 2026 outside the European Economic Area and 13 October 2026 inside it. The host's own account notice governs.

Question 2

Does the guest see my cleaning fee?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Since 21 April 2025 Airbnb shows the total price by default, so cleaning forms part of the total rather than appearing only as a checkout surprise. This calculator models rate plus cleaning divided across the stay, before taxes and other booking charges. Airbnb's current Help Center says the price-range filter can include taxes, so the output may not match every live search exactly. A higher cleaning fee can still raise the applicable total, reduce filter eligibility and lower conversion once the listing is shown.

Question 3

Why does my displayed price change with stay length?

Accepted Answer

Because the cleaning fee is flat and the search divides it across the nights of the stay. A $150 rate with an $80 fee shows at $190 a night on a two-night search and $230 on a one-night search. The one-night card is 53% above the $150 base rate and about 21% above the two-night card. That's why a high cleaning fee quietly erases short stays first.

Question 4

Is the Airbnb fee calculator free?

Accepted Answer

Yes — free, no signup, no listing access, and it never asks for your account. It runs only on the numbers you type in, against Airbnb's published fee structure. We never sell your data.

Question 5

What should I do if my payout dropped after the fee change?

Accepted Answer

If your old split-fee booking used a 3% host fee and a 14.1% guest fee, moving to a 15.5% host-only fee without repricing is a worked scenario in which the displayed price falls about 12.4% and payout about 12.9%. Restoring the old payout requires about a 14.8% increase to the host-set subtotal in that scenario, leaving the guest total about 0.6% above the old total before taxes. Your actual result depends on the prior fee, taxes and other charges, and the repricing choice. The calculator shows your numbers; the service-fee page walks the arithmetic.

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