Pricing tools: Pet fees, cleaning fees, and price previews

To make life as a Host a little easier, we offer hosting tools to support three specific tasks: adding a pet fee, offering lower cleaning fees for shorter stays, and previewing the price guests will pay.

Add a pet fee

Guests love traveling with their pets—they’re part of the family. To make it even easier for Hosts to welcome pets, you can now add a pet fee to your pricing. If you choose to charge a pet fee, it’ll be spread out equally over the course of the stay and shown both as part of the nightly rate, and in the total price at checkout.

Service animals always stay for free. For more information about service animals, emotional support animals, and fees, read about our Accessibility Policy.

Customize your cleaning fee

Our pricing tools give you the flexibility to customize your cleaning fee. So, you can now offer a lower fee to guests who stay only 1 or 2 nights. If you opt in, your regular cleaning fee for longer stays remains the same unless you change it.

Pricing strategies to attract guests

As you know, your nightly rate can vary with seasonality, length of stay, and other factors. If you’re thinking about adding fees or offering discounts, you may want to run some numbers to keep your pricing strategy on track.

You can specify the number of guests and pets, and any range of dates, to preview the total price (including taxes and fees) for that particular booking. You’ll get a breakdown of the cost to a guest—and your payout—right from your hosting account. Depending on what you learn, you can always update your pricing.

Preview what guests pay

To find out what guests would pay for a stay before it's booked, you can check your Calendar for the total price. Selected dates must be consecutive to see Guest total.