Every night booked through an OTA hands over a slice of the rate. Put in your own properties, rate and occupancy to see the annual figure — and what moving a fifth of those nights to direct bookings would keep.
About 60% occupancy
Booking.com and similar OTAs typically charge hosts 15–18%. On Airbnb it depends on your fee structure — around 3% under the split fee, or roughly 14–16% if you use the host-only fee. Set the slider to match your own statements.
Booking revenue a year
₹19,44,000
Paid in platform commission a year
−₹2,91,600
Kept if just 20% of nights came direct
₹58,320
Hostivate for 2 properties costs ₹23,976 a year — you'd still be ₹34,344 ahead.
Estimates only, based on the numbers you enter. They are not a forecast of your earnings.
It depends on which fee structure your listing uses. Under the split fee — the default for most hosts — Airbnb takes roughly 3% from the host and charges the guest a service fee of around 14%. Under the host-only fee, the whole charge lands on you at roughly 14–16% and the guest sees no separate fee. Both come out of what the booking is worth to you, which is why the calculator lets you set the rate rather than assuming one.
Booking.com commission for Indian properties is commonly in the 15–18% range, negotiated per property and raised further if you opt into visibility programmes. MakeMyTrip and Goibibo work on similar commission terms. Check your own statements — headline rates and what you actually pay often differ.
It is deliberately conservative. Hosts who ask past guests to rebook directly, put a booking link in their Instagram bio, and hand out a card at checkout usually get there within a season. Hosts who do nothing get zero, which is exactly why the slider is there — set it to what you think you can actually do.
No, and you probably should not. OTAs are how new guests find you. The play is to keep the listings for discovery and convert repeat guests to direct, where you keep the commission and own the relationship. Calendar sync is what makes running both safe.
No. Everything here is arithmetic on the figures you type in — it does not know your market, your seasonality, or your listing quality. Treat it as a way to size the opportunity, not a projection.