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Commission savings calculator
See what OTA commissions cost your listing each year. Enter your nightly rate and booked nights, then set the rate you see on your payout statements.
Any currency works.
Nights actually booked in a year, not nights listed.
Commission structures vary by platform, listing type, and market - set this to match what you actually see on your own payout statements.
Annual booking revenue
27,000
Estimated annual commission
4,050
That is
27.0 nights
of revenue a year
A booking taken on your own website pays no OTA commission. Booking widget
What OTA commissions are. A percentage of every booking, set by each platform for each listing type and market.
Most online travel agencies (OTAs) charge a commission on every booking made through them. The rate is not one fixed number: it varies by platform, listing type and market, and some platforms combine a host-side fee with a guest-side service fee that never shows up in your payout total.
The commission is a percentage, so it grows when your bookings or your rates grow.
Why direct bookings avoid the commission. A guest who books on your own website never passes through the platform that charges it.
A booking made through an OTA pays that OTA's commission because the OTA brought the guest to you and processed the reservation. A repeat guest who already knows you, or someone who found you through search or a referral, can book with you directly, and there is no commission to take from that booking.
RentalBeam's calendar and booking form let a guest check your dates and book on your site instead of going back to an OTA.
Where RentalBeam Pro fits in. Pro adds the booking form, and RentalBeam never takes a cut of what guests pay you.
RentalBeam Pro is a single direct-booking plan with no commission and no booking fee. It adds the booking form widget, guest-payment workflow, coupon codes, seasonal pricing, custom fields, booking rules, host email tools, and reply-from-inbox guest messaging. RentalBeam never takes a cut of your booking revenue. When a guest chooses to pay by card through RentalBeam, the only deduction is the standard Stripe card-processing fee, which is paid to Stripe - not RentalBeam. Inquiry-only, pay-later, and off-platform bookings (such as bank transfer) carry no per-transaction cost at all.
This calculator only estimates the OTA commission cost above. It does not add or subtract a RentalBeam plan cost, since plan pricing is set on the pricing page and can change independently of this tool.
Related guides. How hosts take bookings on their own website, and keep the fees off them.
Commission calculator FAQ.
How accurate is the commission rate in this calculator?
It is an estimate, not a quote. Commission structures vary by platform, listing type, and market, and many platforms combine host and guest fees in ways that are not fully public. Use the slider to match the rate you actually see on your own payout statements for the most accurate result.
Does this calculator include RentalBeam fees?
No. This tool only estimates what a percentage-based OTA commission costs on the booking revenue and nights you enter - it does not model any RentalBeam plan cost.
Does RentalBeam charge a commission or booking fee on Pro?
No. RentalBeam Pro takes no commission and no booking fee, so nothing from a direct booking goes to RentalBeam. The booking form widget, guest payment workflow, coupon codes, seasonal pricing, custom fields, and booking rules are all included. The only cost when a guest pays by card through RentalBeam is the standard Stripe card-processing fee, which is paid to Stripe, not RentalBeam. Inquiry-only and pay-later flows have no per-transaction cost.
Can I lower my OTA commission without leaving Airbnb or Vrbo?
Some platforms offer reduced rates for certain listing tiers. The more direct way is to route your repeat and referral guests to a direct booking option on your own website, so those stays never pay a platform commission at all.
What currency does the calculator use?
None specifically. Enter your average nightly rate in whatever currency you normally think in - the results use the same units, since the math is just your rate multiplied by nights and commission rate.
Turn direct bookings into a real channel.
Add a synced availability calendar and a commission-free booking form to your own website, and see current plans on the pricing page.