Airbnb’s 15.5% fee changes the math for hosts.

Sean RakidzichAug 13, 20260m 38s2.2K viewsScore 88
Pricing & Profitability
intermediate
Pricing Strategy
Profitability
Cleaning Systems
Airbnb
Revenue Management
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Summary

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Sean Rakidzich explains how Airbnb's 15.5% fee deduction (Simplified Pricing) applies to the entire booking total, including cleaning fees. Hosts must adjust their pricing to ensure they net enough to cover their actual costs, particularly for cleaning services, to avoid losing money on every turnover.

Key insights

  • If you pay a housekeeper $150 and charge the guest exactly $150, you will only receive approximately $125, resulting in a $25 loss per stay.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Setting a cleaning fee that matches your out-of-pocket cleaning cost exactly, which ignores the platform fee and creates a deficit on every booking.

Tools & resources

  • Airbnbapp

    The primary platform where these fee structures and pricing changes are applied.

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