Airbnb's host-only fee becomes mandatory for US hosts on September 15, 2026. Enter your numbers to see what you take home today, what happens if you change nothing, and what the right price increase does — including what your guest ends up paying.
*Guest total today estimated using a typical ~14% guest service fee, before taxes; per-night guest rows reflect your nightly rate only. Airbnb's host fee applies to your whole booking subtotal — nightly rate plus cleaning, pet, and extra-guest fees (taxes excluded) — so include those fees above for accurate dollars. The repriced scenario assumes you raise those fees by the same percentage as your rate. Fees per Airbnb's announced host-only fee model, mandatory for US hosts Sept 15, 2026 (EEA: Oct 13).
Black Cat Analytics tracks your actual payouts, fees, and expenses per property — so September's change (and your 1099-K) reconciles to the penny, automatically.
Track your real numbers free →Today: Airbnb deducts a 3% host fee from your payout, and your guest pays a ~14% service fee on top of your price at checkout. From September 15, 2026: one 15.5% fee comes out of your payout and the guest-side fee disappears — so an unchanged price is a ~12-point pay cut that also hands your guests a discount. The break-even price increase is +14.8% (your payout ÷ 0.845), not the +18.3% often shared online — that larger figure nets you your full current listed price, which is a raise. The full math, including what the change does to your 1099-K and Schedule E, is in our 15.5% host fee explainer.
One honest caveat: these numbers hold if your occupancy holds. Nobody knows exactly how demand shifts when every US listing's sticker price rises at once while checkout totals stay flat — watch your bookings for a few weeks after repricing and adjust with data, not vibes. To model your full picture including expenses, use the Airbnb profit & income calculator. And if a co-host manages your listing, the fee change hits their percentage math too — sanity-check the arrangement with the co-host fee calculator.