The average UK holiday let pays over £8,000/year in OTA commissions

How much are you giving to Airbnb?

Every booking through an OTA costs you up to 15.5% in commission. See exactly how much you could save with your own direct booking website.

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5
150
£175
£50£500
60%
20%90%
Current OTA
25%
10%100%

Based on Lettiva Growth plan at £20/property/month. No commission. No transaction fees. Just a flat subscription.

You could save

£6,225

per year

That's £18,676 over 3 years

Where your money goes

Airbnb takes15.5% of direct revenue
£7,425
£7.4K
Lettiva costsflat subscription only
£1,200
£1.2K
You keepthe difference
£6,225
£6.2K
Based on £47,906 in direct bookings (25% of £191,625 annual revenue)
Break-even

Month 2

Pays for itself fast

Return on investment

6.2x

Every £1 spent saves £6

Monthly saving

£519

Direct bookings

~69

of 274 total per year

Even at just 10% direct bookings...

You'd still save £1,770/year. That's only ~27 bookings going through your own website instead of Airbnb.

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The maths doesn't lie. OTAs are expensive.

15.5%

Airbnb host-only fee

Mandatory for PMS hosts since Dec 2025

15%

Booking.com commission

Up to 20% with Preferred Partner

0%

Lettiva commission

Just a flat subscription

You don't need to leave OTAs overnight.

Start by converting just 10-20% of your bookings to direct. Keep your OTA listings as a discovery channel while building your own brand.

1

Get your website

We build a unique, high-converting property website in 30 minutes. Your brand, your domain.

2

Convert repeat guests

Past guests book direct next time — no OTA commission. Include your website URL in guest communications.

3

Grow direct share

As your website ranks on Google and word spreads, more bookings come direct. Your commission savings compound.

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