Both platforms changed how they charge hosts this fall. If your prices haven't moved, your payout has. Here's what changed, what it costs on a real booking, and how to reprice.
$250 a night, four nights, $150 cleaning fee. Same stay, same guest. Here's your payout.
PMS-connected Vrbo hosts go from 5% to 12%, so the same stay drops by $80.50.
Put in a typical stay. See what each platform takes now, what it costs you over a year, and the price that gets you back to where you were.
Airbnb's 15.5% applies to the cleaning fee too, so raise both, or fold some of the cleaning fee into your nightly rate.
Vrbo still adds its own guest service fee and doesn't publish the amount. Raising your price raises what guests pay there, so check your total against nearby Vrbo listings first.
What the same stay puts in your pocket on each channel:
Estimates only, using each platform's published host fee as of October 2026. Taxes, guest fees and regional differences aren't included. Check your own booking statements before changing prices.
I've hosted and managed short-term rentals in the Okanagan for over 20 years, across Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and direct. On Fully Booked Host I talk through what's actually working for independent hosts. I built this repricer because my own payouts dropped too.
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