FOR OWNERS

WHAT THE LETTING SITES CHARGE OWNERS

Most letting sites take a share of every booking. Static Stays is £79 a year, with no commission. Here is what the others charge, from their own pages where they publish it, as at 25 October 2026.

Site	What owners pay	Where the figure comes from
Airbnb	A single fee of 15.5% of each booking for most UK hosts, taken from what the guest pays. Guests pay no separate Airbnb fee.	Airbnb's own pages
Vrbo	12% of the rental and any fees you charge, such as cleaning, including payment processing. VAT is added where it applies.	Vrbo's own UK help page
Booking.com	Does not publish one rate for everyone. Commonly reported as 15% to 18% of each booking for UK holiday homes.	Beyond Pricing, 17 October 2026
UK Caravans 4 Hire	Does not publish its commission on its page for owners. Guests pay the site, which pays the owner afterwards.	UK Caravans 4 Hire's own pages
Sykes, Hoseasons	They do not publish their commission. Ask them for it in writing.
Static Stays	£79 a year. No commission and no booking fee. Guests pay you direct.

Fees change. These are the figures as at 25 October 2026, for UK hosts. Your own account or contract may differ, so check it. Where a site charges VAT on its fee and you are not VAT-registered, the fee costs you more.

WHAT THE PERCENTAGE MEANS IN POUNDS

Put in your weeks, your weekly price and the site's percentage.

COMMISSION CALCULATOR

WHAT DOES COMMISSION COST YOU?

Use the figures from your own statements. Nothing you type here leaves your device.

Weeks let a year

Average price a week (£)

Commission or fee (%)

Lettings a year £10,000

Paid in commission £1,000

Static Stays £79

You would keep £921 more a year

Commission only. It leaves out anything else an agency charges, such as a fee to block your own weeks or to cancel.

WHAT YOU GET FOR THE FEE

The big sites bring a lot of guests, take the payment and deal with some of the admin. That has a value, and for some owners it is worth the share. Static Stays is a listing site: guests contact you and pay you, and you handle the booking yourself, the way private owners always have. Many owners use both.

MOVING FROM ANOTHER SITE?

Paste the address of your listing there and we bring your photos and description across.

MOVE MY LISTING

STARTING FRESH?

£79 a year. No commission, ever. About ten minutes on your phone.

LIST MY HOLIDAY HOME

Correct as at 25 October 2026. Every figure about another company on this page is quoted from the source linked below, as it read on that date, and we keep a dated copy. We recheck them every month.

If anything here is out of date or wrong, email hello@staticstays.co.uk and we will correct it within two working days.

Sources: Airbnb: service fees · Airbnb: simplifying service fees (29 July 2026, updated 13 October 2026) · Vrbo: how the booking fee is calculated · UK Caravans 4 Hire: let your caravan · Beyond Pricing: what booking channels charge UK hosts (17 October 2026). Checked 25 October 2026.

QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK

Does Airbnb still charge guests a service fee?

For most UK listings, no. Airbnb moved UK hosts to a single host-only fee of 15.5% in 2026, so the fee comes out of the price the guest pays.

What does Booking.com charge for holiday homes?

Booking.com does not publish one rate for everyone. UK hosts are commonly reported to pay 15% to 18% per booking. Check your own partner account.

Can I list on Static Stays and Airbnb at the same time?

Yes, unless a contract says otherwise. Keep both diaries up to date so a week is never booked twice.