Vrbo Payout Calculator
Vrbo's host fees change on October 29, 2026: the current 5% commission + 3% payment processing is replaced by a single 12% commission for every host. Enter a booking and compare your payout today vs after the change.
| Booking subtotal (rent + fees) | |
| Your payout today — pay-per-booking (5% + 3%) | |
| Your payout today — connected via PMS (5%) | |
| Your payout from Oct 29, 2026 (12%) |
The change costs you about more per booking than today's pay-per-booking — a year at your booking pace.
To keep today's payout after Oct 29, you would need to raise your prices by about .
How Vrbo fees work
Until Oct 28, 2026, pay-per-booking hosts pay a 5% commission on the rental amount plus mandatory fees (cleaning, pet and similar), and a 3% payment processing fee; hosts connected through property management software pay the 5% commission and process payments themselves. Guests separately pay Vrbo a service fee (roughly 6–15%), which does not come out of your payout. From Oct 29, 2026, Vrbo has told hosts all models move to a single 12% commission on the rental amount plus fees. The legacy $699/year subscription is not available to new hosts.
Processing is calculated here on the booking subtotal; on real bookings it applies to the full transaction (including taxes and refundable deposits where applicable), so treat these as close estimates and confirm your rates in Vrbo's own fee summary. Percentages checked against Vrbo's published fee structure, October 2026.
Listing on both platforms? Compare with the Airbnb payout calculator — or see what the same booking earns as a direct booking.
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