Why are the service fees so expensive? Have they been raised?

Michaël2
Level 1
Espoo, Finland

Why are the service fees so expensive? Have they been raised?

I wanna book two nights at 30€/night + 5€ cleaning fee, so that's 65€ total. And Airbnb asks me to pay 11€ of service fees, which is huge in my opinion! I don't remember being them so high in the past. That's 17%! Seriously it's way too much. I'm gonna go book a hostel room instead. Airbnb please make the service fees at around 5%.

 

Michaël

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Larissa81
Level 2
Los Angeles, CA

I agree with you and Airbnb fee raised up so much.

Most guests pay a service fee that is under 14.2% of the booking subtotal (the nightly rate plus cleaning fee and additional guest fee, if applicable, but excluding Airbnb fees and taxes). The fee varies based on a variety of booking factors and is displayed to guests, including during checkout before they book a reservation.

before it was 6% to 12% max, but normally stayed in 8-10%.