How-to guides
How to reprice your Vrbo listing for the 12% fee
Vrbo's new Host Terms start Oct 29, 2026, with a flat 12% pay-per-booking fee. Here is the formula, a worked example, and what to change first.
Read guide →Airbnb's 15.5% host-only fee: how to keep your payout
Airbnb is moving every home host to a single 15.5% host fee. You cannot opt out. Here is the formula to keep your payout, with a worked example.
Read guide →How to price Airbnb, Vrbo, and direct for the same take-home
Set Airbnb, Vrbo, and direct booking prices that pay you the same per night. The fee math, a worked example, and Vrbo's parity clause explained.
Read guide →Vrbo's 30-day rule: when a direct booking owes Vrbo a fee
Vrbo's new Host Terms (Oct 29, 2026) let Vrbo charge commission on direct bookings made within 30 days of a Vrbo lead. What section 4.8 says and how to log leads.
Read guide →Airbnb damage claim deadlines: the 14-day and 30-day rules
Airbnb gives hosts 14 days from checkout to ask the guest to pay and 30 days to file a damage claim. What to do on each day, with a worked example.
Read guide →What to do about a retaliatory Airbnb review
When Airbnb treats a review as retaliatory, how to ask for removal, what proof to attach, and how to write a calm public reply. Based on Airbnb's Reviews Policy.
Read guide →Airbnb checkout chores: what you can ask guests to do
Airbnb's checkout list has five simple tasks, and cleaning fees cover laundry and vacuuming. See what to keep, cut, or soften, with a worked example.
Read guide →How to use AI assistants for short-term rental host work
Use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Grok for host work without wrong fee math. Copy-paste prompts, a free API and MCP server, and Airbnb's AI rules.
Read guide →About these guides
Each guide answers one question hosts ask, with a worked example and a link to the matching free tool. Every fact is checked against Vrbo or Airbnb help pages and terms, linked at the bottom of each guide.
General information, not legal, tax, or financial advice. Last checked Oct 17, 2026. Agents: each guide has a .md copy, and all are listed in llms.txt.