The extreme high charges by Airbnb which includes the 3% charged to hosts plus the user fee charged to guests adds up to a HUGE Airbnb take (almost $90 extra for me) that ultimately comes from those guests wanting to use an Airbnb stay.
I thought the 3% cut by Airbnb was to cover potential guests using the site? So why the enormous add on seeking another 13%?
How can Airbnb justify such a huge combined take? It is having an impact on bookings and potential profits for hosting? When I subtract all my costs to maintain my Superhost services, costs of maintenance n supplies, my profits are so small, to the point of only two sad choices; either charge more and end up with little bookings all year or stop hosting altogether 😞
Are other hosts having a similar issue?
Why couldn’t Airbnb simply increase the 3% fee to 6% to include a smaller but fair user fee to both hosts and potential guests?