How is the OTA commission calculator worked out?

It multiplies your rooms by 365 nights, your occupancy and your average rate, takes the share booked through OTAs and applies the commission rate you set. The saving shows what 20% of those OTA bookings would keep as direct bookings at 0% commission. It is an estimate for illustration, not a quote, and needs no account.

Can I stop paying OTA commission completely?

Not entirely, if you rely on OTAs for reach. The realistic goal is to move more stays to commission-free direct bookings. A fast, bookable website plus a direct booking engine like Tribii lets guests book with you instead of through a paid channel.

Are OTA commissions negotiable?

The headline rate is mostly fixed by property type and market, but your total cost depends on how many optional visibility programs you join. Every direct booking you win back avoids the commission entirely, usually the biggest lever an independent property has.

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OTA commission calculator

How much are they really taking? Enter five figures and see, in euros, what Booking.com, Expedia and Airbnb keep from your property every year.

Your property

five quick figures

Number of rooms

Average daily rate (€ per night)

Annual occupancy rate (%)

Bookings via OTAs (%)

OTA commission

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Numbers update live as you type. Nothing is saved or sent unless you ask for the full breakdown.

What OTAs cost you this year

updated live

€ 107.617

Every year. Before you turn a profit.

Over five years

€ 538.083

A renovation. A second property. Years off the mortgage.

Saved by moving 20% of OTA bookings to direct

€ 21.523

€ 119.574 in OTA bookings moved to direct × 18% commission.

Every year, money that stays with you.

OTAs take

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You keep

82,0%

18,0%

€ 107.617€ 597.870 OTA-channel revenue€ 490.253

Tailored PDF: your numbers, peer benchmarks, and five specific actions to reduce OTA dependency.

All numbers above are estimates based on what you entered, not guaranteed outcomes. Actual savings depend on your specific channel contracts, market conditions, and execution.

How much commission do OTAs charge hotels?

Online travel agencies typically charge 15 to 25% commission on every reservation. Booking.com's standard rate starts near 15% and often reaches 18 to 22% with visibility programs, Expedia commonly runs 15 to 25%, and Airbnb charges most hosts a 15.5% host-only fee. With Tribii, direct bookings carry 0% commission, because guests pay your own payment gateway directly.

With a commission-free booking engine on your own website, that commission goes back into your pocket.

Figures from the Booking.com Partner Hub, Expedia Group and the Airbnb Help Centre (checked October 2026), Cloudbeds State of Independent Hotels (2026) and the D-EDGE Hotel Distribution Report (2025).

By platform

OTA commission by platform in 2026

Typical rates. Your contract sets yours: enter it in the calculator.

Platform	Typical rate	What the platform publishes
Booking.com	15 to 18%	Set per contract, by country and property type. Preferred Partner and Visibility Booster cost extra. Source
Expedia	15 to 25%	Not published. Expedia agrees it per market when you sign. Source
Airbnb	15.5%	Host-only fee for most hosts. 16% in Brazil and Mexico. Source

Checked on each platform's own pages, October 2026.

Worked examples

Three properties, run through the calculator

Same formula as above, every figure shown.

10-room B&B

€95/night · 65% full70% via OTAs at 17%

Room revenue a year: €225,388
Booked through OTAs: €157,771
OTAs keep, every year: €26,821
Move 20% direct: +€5,364

The calculator's defaults

30-room hotel

€120/night · 70% full65% via OTAs at 18%

Room revenue a year: €919,800
Booked through OTAs: €597,870
OTAs keep, every year: €107,617
Move 20% direct: +€21,523

4 Airbnb apartments

€140/night · 60% full80% via OTAs at 15.5%

Room revenue a year: €122,640
Booked through OTAs: €98,112
OTAs keep, every year: €15,207
Move 20% direct: +€3,041

The bigger picture

What the numbers say about OTA commissions

63%
Share of independent-hotel bookings that came through OTAs in 2025.: 3.5%
The cost of a direct booking: a fraction of the OTA commission on the same stay.

The fine print

How much are OTAs really costing your hotel?

No surprises. Here's exactly what we count, what we leave out, and what changes when more guests book direct.

01 / Method

How we calculate this

Rooms × 365 nights × occupancy × ADR gives your room revenue. Your OTA share and commission give what the OTAs keep. The saving is 20% of those OTA bookings coming to you direct, at 0% commission.

02 / Honest disclosure

What's not in the number

An estimate, not a guarantee. We leave out channel manager fees, metasearch ad spend and tax, so the real cost is higher: this is the floor. Card fees are left out on both sides, since a guest's card is charged either way.

03 / Direct booking

What you gain by going direct

Every direct booking is yours. You keep the full rate. You own the guest relationship and communicate with them on your own terms, so you can invite them back. Their next stay books at your price, with no middleman taking a cut. That's how a hotel actually compounds revenue.

Questions about OTA commission

Booking.com's standard commission starts around 15% of each reservation and commonly rises to 18 to 22% when you join visibility programs like the Preferred Partner Programme or Genius. The exact rate depends on your country, property type and how prominently you want to appear.

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