OTA Channel Payout Comparator
Enter one booking and see what each channel takes and what you keep.
Your booking
Enter the amounts for one stay.
Nightly rate x number of nights.
Rent for stay + cleaning fee + pet fee + other host fees.
Taxes, security deposits and insurance are excluded and must not be entered here.
What you keep, side by side
Vrbo
Vrbo takes 12% of the booking base.
Turn on if Vrbo holds your payout. Adds a further 7.95% of the booking base to the fee (19.95% total).
Guest pays
$1,200
Channel fee
$144
You keep
$1,056
Rate used
12%
Legacy subscription break-even: a yearly subscription only pays for itself when the per-booking fees it replaces add up to more than its annual cost. In formula terms: (per-booking fees for the year) > (annual subscription cost).
Source: Expedia Group fee change FAQ
Airbnb single fee
You pay the whole fee. The guest pays nothing extra on top.
Allowed range: 14% to 16%.
Guest pays
$1,200
Channel fee
$186
You keep
$1,014
Rate used
15.5%
Source: Airbnb's help and resource pages
Airbnb split fee
The older Airbnb setup where the host and the guest each pay part of the fee.
Guest pays
$1,369 to $1,398
Host fee
$36
You keep
$1,164
Rate used
3% host
The guest also pays a service fee in the 14.1% to 16.5% range. It is paid separately by the guest and does not reduce what you keep.
Source: Airbnb's help and resource pages
Booking.com
Booking.com does not publish a rate. Enter the commission rate from your own agreement.
15% is a reported average, not a published rate.
Percentage points added to your commission rate.
Takes a discount off the booking base before commission is charged.
No published figure exists for this fee. If your contract states one, enter it here.
Guest pays
$1,200
Channel fee
$180
You keep
$1,020
Rate used
15%
Source: Booking.com's contract terms
Vrbo fee change: from 5% to 12%
Using your booking base of $1,200: what you were paid at the old rate, what you get if you absorb the change, and the price that keeps your payout whole.
Old rate
5%
New rate
12%
Payout at the old rate
$1,140
Payout if you absorb the change
$1,056
Hold-whole price
$1,295.45
Price increase to hold your payout whole
$95.45 (7.95%)
Yearly cost of absorbing the change
Extra commission per year if you absorb the change instead of holding your payout whole: (12% - 5%) x booking base x bookings per year.
$2,520
Source: Expedia Group fee change FAQ
The rate is the only number you still control
Each channel sets its own fee. You can't negotiate it per booking, and you can't make it go away. What you can set is your rate. If you know what each channel takes, you can price each listing so the amount you keep is the amount you planned for, wherever the guest books.