How much are you giving to Airbnb?

Airbnb takes 15.5% of each booking from most hosts. See how much you could keep with your own direct booking website.

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20%90%
Current OTA
25%
10%100%
Your Lettiva plan

Based on the Lettiva Growth plan at £29 a property a month, excluding VAT. Lettiva takes no commission and no transaction fee. Figures are before card fees, which go to Stripe.

You could save

£5,685

per year

That's £17,056 over 3 years

Where your money goes

Airbnb takes15.5% of direct revenue
£7,425
£7.4K
Lettiva costsflat subscription only
£1,740
£1.7K
You keepthe difference
£5,685
£5.7K
Based on £47,906 in direct bookings (25% of £191,625 annual revenue)
Return on investment

4.3x

Every £1 spent saves £4

Monthly saving

£474

Direct bookings

~69

of 274 total per year

Even at just 10% direct bookings...

You'd still save £1,230/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 fee for most hosts

Some pay 14% to 16%. Airbnb’s UK help centre, checked 12 October 2026

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 you a free demo of your property website within 2 working days. 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.

Start keeping more of your revenue.

A free demo of your site within 2 working days, with no card needed. Your first month is free from the day your site goes live.