Guest Service Fee

The guest service fee is the charge Airbnb adds on top of a host's price at checkout under its split fee: 14.1% to 16.5% of the booking subtotal, kept entirely by Airbnb. Under the single 15.5% fee that Airbnb is moving every host to, guests pay no separate service fee, and the host pays the whole fee instead.

	Guest service fee
Who pays it	The guest, at checkout
Rate	14.1% to 16.5% of the booking subtotal; the top end applies to cross-currency bookings
Charged on	The nightly price plus the host's cleaning, pet and extra-guest fees, excluding taxes
Who keeps it	Airbnb
Status	Being phased out with the split fee; none under the single fee

Rates are from Airbnb's Help Center.

How it worked on a booking

Take three nights at $200 with a $100 cleaning fee, a $700 subtotal. Under the split fee, the guest paid $98.70 to $115.50 in guest service fee on top, or $798.70 to $815.50 before taxes, and the host kept $679 after the 3% host fee. Under the single fee, the guest pays $700 plus taxes, and the host keeps $591.50 after Airbnb's 15.5%.

Guest service fee vs host service fee

Under the split fee, Airbnb's cut came from both sides: most hosts paid 3% (4% in Brazil and Mexico), and guests paid the guest service fee. The single fee folds both into one fee paid by hosts, 15.5% for most listings and 16% in Brazil and Mexico. "To simplify pricing, we're combining both fees into a single 15.5% service fee paid by hosts," Airbnb says.

Hosts outside the European Economic Area had a September 15, 2026 deadline to adjust their prices, and hosts in the EEA and Switzerland have an October 13, 2026 deadline. The switch dates, worked payouts and how much to reprice are in how much Airbnb takes from hosts.