Guides
Guides for vacation-rental owners.
The full arithmetic and the sources behind our posts. Each guide is dated, and we update it when the facts change.
- Fees ·
Airbnb’s single 15.5% host fee: what changed on 13 October
Who moved to the single fee and when, the payout on a €1,000 booking, the price that keeps your payout, and what VAT adds for hosts without a VAT ID.
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Booking direct: what guests check first, and the arithmetic
What 3,342 surveyed travellers want before booking direct, what card processing costs on one booking, and what that comparison leaves out.
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Shoulder season: the September and October numbers, and what to change
What official figures show for September and October, what September 2026 changed, why early bookings mislead, and what to change on your listing.
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