Official math — you type the percent
RealRateCalc does not invent a host fee. Paste the percent from your listing, payout, or Help. Planning formula:
base = nights × nightly + cleaning + other host fees
host fee = base × (fee % ÷ 100)
payout = base − host fee
keep = payout − opex − tax buffer $
Help article 1857 (fetched 2 Sep 2026): the percent is of nightly price plus any fees charged by the host, excluding the guest service fee and taxes. That is why cleaning sits in the base unless you set it to $0.
Split fee vs single fee (Help 1857)
- Split-fee: most hosts 3%; Brazil and Mexico 4%. Deducted from the host payout. Guest pays a separate guest service fee (Airbnb lists a guest range of 14.1%–16.5% of booking subtotal — this planner does not add that guest fee onto host keep).
- Single fee: entire fee from the host payout. Most hosts 15.5%; remaining typically 14–16%; Brazil and Mexico 16%. Mandatory for traditional hospitality (hotels, serviced apartments, etc.), hosts who use property management software, and hosts in countries on this structure.
Resource 771: Airbnb is combining both fees into a single 15.5% host-paid fee (global average). Brazil/Mexico stay 16%.
Deadlines to adjust prices (Resource 771)
Deadline to adjust prices: September 15 if you live outside the EEA; October 13 if you live in the EEA or Switzerland. If you don’t act, $100 list still earns $84.50 and guests still see $100. Using their other example, if you adjust from $100 to $115 you still earn $97 and guests still see $115. The single fee applies to reservations made after you switch.
Cleaning and other host-charged fees
Do not invent Airbnb’s Q&A. Resource 771’s table of contents lists a cleaning-fee question; the answer body was not in the fetched HTML. Cite Help 1857 instead: the host service fee percent is on nightly price and any fees charged by the host. Cleaning is a host fee, so it is in the base unless you set cleaning to $0. Resource 771’s $84.50 / $97 examples exclude extra host-chosen fees and taxes.
Preset “$200 + $80 cleaning”: base $280, fee 15.5% = $43.40, payout $236.60, opex $80 (the cleaning cost you actually pay) → keep $156.60. That opex line is yours, not Airbnb’s.
VAT is not a tax engine on this page
Help 1857: VAT may apply to the fee; the service fee shown is VAT-inclusive where applicable. Resource 771 has a worked VAT example for a 20% VAT country when you are not VAT registered (adjusted price $119, payout $97.60 in their rounding). This page does not clone that into a 50-state or country VAT table. Type a dollar tax buffer if you want a set-aside.
What this page is not
- Not affiliated with Airbnb. Confirm every cut on the host payout / price-breakdown.
- Not a mortgage calculator, insurance quote, or occupancy-revenue mill.
- Not an AirDNA clone. Occupied nights in the extra tool are numbers you type.
- Not a 50-state tax engine.
- Not the homepage freelance rate calculator. Hosts who also freelance can still use that floor; this URL is host-fee keep.
- Not Stripe vs Wise. If you move payout off Airbnb to a bank rail, that math lives on Stripe vs Wise — no invented Wise partner URL.
Sources (fetched 2 Sep 2026)
Airbnb Help article 1857 — service fees
Airbnb Resource 771 — simplifying service fees (By Airbnb Jul 7 2026, updated Aug 24 2026)
FAQ
How much does an Airbnb host keep on a $100 listing after the 15.5% single fee?
Airbnb’s official example: list $100, earn $84.50 after 15.5%. Guests still see $100 if you do not adjust. Most hosts pay 15.5% on the single-fee structure (Help 1857). Confirm on the payout. Not affiliated with Airbnb.
What is the single host service fee versus the split fee?
Split: most hosts 3% (Brazil/Mexico 4%) of nightly + host-charged fees, excluding guest service fee and taxes. Single: entire fee from host payout — most 15.5%, remaining typically 14–16%, Brazil and Mexico 16%. Mandatory for traditional hospitality, PMS users, and hosts in countries on that structure. Resource 771: combining into a single 15.5% host-paid fee (global average).
Does the host fee apply to cleaning?
Help 1857: the percent is on nightly price and any fees charged by the host. Cleaning is a host fee, so it is in the base unless you set cleaning to $0. We do not invent Airbnb’s cleaning Q&A from Resource 771’s table of contents.
When do I have to adjust prices?
September 15 outside the EEA; October 13 in the EEA or Switzerland (Resource 771). If you don’t act, $100 still earns $84.50 and guests still see $100.
Is this a tax or occupancy tool?
No. VAT may apply to the fee and is shown VAT-inclusive where applicable (Help 1857). Type a dollar tax buffer if you want a set-aside. Occupied nights are numbers you type — not AirDNA.
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