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What are Airbnb service fees?

Updated: Jun 23, 2021

Fees for booking a place to stay

We have two different service fee structures for booking a place to stay: split-fee where both hosts and guests pay a service fee, and host-only fee where only the host pays a service fee.


1. Split-fee

This fee structure is the most common. A service fee is deducted from the host payout, and a service fee is charged to guests.


Host service fee

Most hosts pay a service fee of 3%, but Airbnb Plus hosts, hosts with listings in Italy, and hosts who use Super Strict cancellation policies may pay more. This fee is calculated from the booking subtotal (the nightly rate plus cleaning fee and additional guest fee, if applicable, but excluding Airbnb fees and taxes) and is automatically deducted from the host payout.


To review the service fee charged for a particular booking:

  1. Go to Transaction history

  2. Next to the reservation that you want to review, select the reservation code

  3. Under Payout, you'll find the Airbnb Service Fee


Guest service fee

Most guests pay a service fee that is under 14.2% of the booking subtotal (the nightly rate plus cleaning fee and additional guest fee, if applicable, but excluding Airbnb fees and taxes). The fee varies based on a variety of booking factors and is displayed to guests, including during checkout before they book a reservation.



2. Host-only fee (least common) The entire service fee is deducted from the host payout, and no Airbnb service fee is paid by guests.

The host-only fee typically ranges from 14% to 16% and is mandatory for hotels and some other hosts. It’s also mandatory for software-connected hosts, unless those hosts have a majority of their listings in the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Mexico, Argentina, Taiwan, or Uruguay. Airbnb Plus hosts, and hosts who use Super Strict cancellation policies may pay more. The service fee paid by hosts for listings located in Mainland China is 10%.




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