@Michelle3221 Yes fees are the bane of everyone's existence for both host and traveler. Even if your guest stayed at a hotel they will be paying local and state taxes, parking fee, resort fee, pet fee etc. Not all hotels have all of these fees but many do.
Are you using a pricing software such as Price Labs? That can really help you to understand where your rates are in comparison to others. I keep my rates on par with a Hampton Inn that is right down the street from me.
What I did about a month ago is got rid of my cleaning fee. I sat down and tallyed up every expense tied to the property including my cleaning fee if I were to not charge guest for it. I then divided that total by 30. That gave me the amount of my daily expenses. I then muliplied my daily expenses by 3.50. This gave me my absolute lowest nightly rate I can rent for that covers my expenses and not charge a cleaning fee and be profitable. It has helped as bookings have picked up quite a bit. Sometimes you just have to put it on paper for it to make sense.
Karen