Airbnb and Vrbo Fee Change Calculator
A free tool for San Antonio short-term rental hosts.
Airbnb moved most hosts to a single 15.5% host-paid fee on September 15, 2026, and Vrbo moves to a single 12% commission on October 29, 2026. Pick your platform, enter your nightly rate and cleaning fee, and see what price keeps your payout where you want it. It takes about a minute, and you don’t have to sign up for anything.
What should your new price be?
Airbnb and Vrbo are both moving hosts to a single host fee. Choose your platform, plug in your numbers, and see exactly where you land.
Starting September 15, 2026, Airbnb moves most hosts to a single 15.5% host-paid fee. Under the old split fee, you kept 97% of your price.
What changes for you
Out of every dollar guests pay for your listing, here is how much reaches you.
Not sure, or on Vrbo's older annual subscription? Your Vrbo Owner Dashboard shows the rate for each listing.
Your nightly rate
Enter what you currently charge per night.
Your cleaning fee
Enter what you currently charge guests for cleaning.
This is general information based on Airbnb's published fee structure, not tax or financial advice. Confirm your own numbers in your Airbnb account.
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How the math works
Both platforms now take one fee out of your payout, so whatever price you set, you take home a fixed share of it. Here are the same three questions for each platform: what if you do nothing, what if you want your old payout back, and what if you want your old listed price to become your new payout.
Airbnb: 15.5% host-paid fee, starting September 15, 2026
Airbnb keeps 15.5% of your price, so you take home 84.5%: payout = price × 0.845. Under the old
split-fee structure you kept 97% of your listed price.
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Do nothing: your price stays the same and your payout becomes
old price × 0.845. -
Keep my old payout the same:
new price = (old price × 0.97) ÷ 0.845, which is about 14.79% higher than your old price. -
Keep my old price as my new payout:
new price = old price ÷ 0.845, which is about 18.34% higher.
Vrbo: single 12% commission, starting October 29, 2026
Vrbo keeps 12% of the rental amount plus fees like cleaning and pet fees, so you take home 88%:
payout = price × 0.88. The new rate applies to bookings made on or after October 29, 2026;
earlier bookings keep their original fee. Traveler service fees are separate and not part of this math.
What you paid until now depends on your setup: about 5% if you connect through a property management system like Hospitable or Guesty (you kept 95%), or about 8% if you don't (a 5% commission plus 3% payment processing, so you kept 92%).
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Do nothing: your price stays the same and your payout becomes
old price × 0.88. -
Keep my old payout the same:
new price = (old price × 0.95) ÷ 0.88starting from 5% (about 7.95% higher), or(old price × 0.92) ÷ 0.88starting from 8% (about 4.55% higher). -
Keep my old price as my new payout:
new price = old price ÷ 0.88, which is about 13.64% higher.
Worked example, starting from a $100.00 nightly rate:
| If you choose to… | Airbnb new price | Airbnb payout | Vrbo new price (from 5%) | Vrbo payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do nothing | $100.00 | $84.50 | $100.00 | $88.00 |
| Keep my old payout the same | $114.79 | $97.00 | $107.95 | $95.00 |
| Keep my old price as my new payout | $118.34 | $100.00 | $113.64 | $100.00 |
If you were paying about 8% on Vrbo before, keeping your old payout the same works out to a new price of $104.55, which pays you $92.00. The calculator above runs this same math live for your own nightly rate and cleaning fee, plus any price you want to try.
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