In Airbnb, the additional fees include the Community Fee, Linen Fee, Management Fee, Pet Fee, and Resort Fee.
For your additional fees to sync between Airbnb and Guesty when you create a new fee, you must choose to either set the calculation rate as a fixed fee (Per stay) or a percentage fee (of accommodation fare + cleaning fee) — depending on the fee type.
The fixed fees will be displayed in the listing's currency symbol (e.g., $, C$, Fr., etc.).
The percentage fee will be displayed with a percent sign (%).
Learn more about Airbnb's basic and additional fees and how to create them in Guesty.
Important:
For pet (additional fee), cleaning (basic fee), and extra person (basic fee), Airbnb sets a price restriction and will automatically adjust each of these fees to the nearest valid amount. If the automatic adjustment is done by Airbnb, there will be a disrepancy with the fee amount in Guesty.
Supported combinations for fee calculations
To sync additional fees from Guesty to your listings in Airbnb, the settings must follow certain conditions:
- The amount fee must be set as a “fixed fee ($) per stay” or as a “percentage fee (%) of accommodation fare + cleaning fee".
Example of fixed fee ($)
Example of percentage fee (%)
- The option “Sync to channel” must be toggled on, otherwise the fee won’t be applied to any Airbnb reservations.
Example
- The pet fee requires additional settings.
Learn more about pet fees and settings.
Supported combinations for each fee category
Each Airbnb fee type requires a certain calculation rate combination in order to sync with Guesty.
Learn more about how additional fees are mapped between Airbnb and Guesty.
Important:
Combinations for new and existing fees under the same category — for example, if you have two "Resort fee" types — must be "Fixed fee, per stay".
Learn more in the "Combinations for new and existing fees" section below.
Type of Airbnb fee |
Supported calculation rate combos in Guesty |
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Community Fee |
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Linen Fee |
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Management Fee |
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Resort Fee |
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Pet Fee |
The pet fee has additional settings and requirements. |
Unsupported combinations for fee calculations
If you pick any other combination for the calculation rate other than the supported combinations (explained above), the additional fees won’t sync.
Unsupported "fixed fee" combinations
If you choose to use a “fixed fee ($)" with "Per night, "Per guest", or "Per guest per night", your fees won't sync between Guesty and Airbnb.
In this case, you'll see the message: Channel only supports Per stay for fixed type.
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fixed fee ($) per guest: | fixed fee ($) per guest per night: | fixed fee ($) per night: |
Unsupported "percentage fee (%)" combinations
If you choose to use a “percentage fee (%)" either only the "cleaning fee" or "accommodation fare", your fees won't sync between Guesty and Airbnb.
In this case, you'll see the message: Channel only supports Per stay for fixed type and Payout for percentage type.
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Percentage fee of accommodation fare: |
Percentage fee of cleaning fee: |
Combinations for new and existing fees
It's possible to sync multiple fees (no matter the type).
However, to ensure that a new fee won't interfere with the syncing of an existing fee, the same category of fees must have a calculation rate of "fixed fee ($) per stay".
This means, if you're syncing the same category of fees (e.g., multiple Management fees, multiple Resort fees, etc.), you can't use the “percentage fee (%) of accommodation fare + cleaning fee", since it won't sync for this type of scenario.
Please note that the value of your fixed rates can be different for each fee, though.
For example: Let's say you want to add a "Damage Waiver" fee and an “Insurance” fee (both are categorized as a "Management fee" in Airbnb). |
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If the combination of the same types of fees doesn't match up, you'll be notified that syncing between Airbnb and Guesty will stop.
For example: It's not possible that one fee will have a fixed fee and the other a percentage fee, since both are considered a “Management fee” in Airbnb. |
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Insurance fee with "fixed fee ($) per stay): |
Damage waiver fee with "percentage fee (%) of accommodation fare + cleaning fee: |
Additional fees in the Guesty invoice
When an additional fee is synced to Airbnb as a certain fee type in Guesty, it doesn't necessarily mean the same fee type is available in Airbnb.
Learn more about how Airbnb's additional fees are mapped in Guesty.
When we receive the final invoice from Airbnb, we'll display the fee type the same way it was booked on Airbnb with the internal name you defined for the fee type in your additional fee settings.
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