0% host commission · straight from the owner
0 % commission for hosts. The price you see is the price you pay. The owner names what he wants to receive, and receives it in full.*
* A guest cost contribution of 6.9% of the host amount is already included in the displayed total. It contributes to payment processing, refund handling and payment loss costs. No further mandatory fee is added at checkout. Optional extras are shown separately.
List it for free. 0 % commission — permanently.
Already listing on Airbnb, Booking.com or Vrbo? Stay there. BookNoFees simply comes along as one more channel. Your calendars are synced, so dates booked elsewhere are blocked here too. That sync runs at intervals — which is why instant booking is off by default and you confirm every request yourself.
We are not something you have to choose instead. We come in addition.
And for as long as BookNoFees brings you no booking, your listing here has cost you nothing.
Take a simple example: an owner who wants to earn RM 4,531 for a week.
| What each platform takes | Airbnb | Booking.com | BookNoFees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host booking commission | 15.5% | 15%–25% | 0% |
| Payment processing & protection | included | contract-specific | 6.9% |
| Owner keepson a RM 4,531 listing | RM 3,828 | RM 3,398–RM 3,851 | RM 4,531 |
| Guest paysfor RM 4,531 to reach the owner | RM 5,360 | RM 5,328–RM 6,039 | RM 4,843 |
Over 18 weeks let, that is more than RM 9,061 a year in this example — money that stays with the guest or reaches the owner.
More for guests. More for hosts. Less for platforms.
Rates checked in September 2026. Under its single-fee structure, Airbnb charges most hosts 15.5%; Airbnb says other hosts typically pay between 14% and 16%. Exceptions depend on country and account type. Booking.com sets the commission rate in each accommodation agreement, and visibility programmes may increase it. This worked example uses a possible range of 15% to 25%. If Booking.com facilitates payment, the applicable payment terms and transaction cost are contract-specific. Our 6.9% cost contribution is included in the displayed total and contributes towards Stripe payment fees and refunds. Nothing is added at checkout and nothing is deducted from the owner. Fee models can change, so please check each platform’s current terms. Sources: Airbnb Help Center and Booking.com General Delivery Terms.
0 % commission for hosts. One price for guests.
The listing costs nothing. Nothing is deducted from the figure you set, and nothing is added at checkout.
What you charge as a host should be what reaches you.
Hosts pay no booking commission and receive their host amount in full. A guest cost contribution of 6.9% of the host amount is already included in the displayed total. It contributes to payment processing, refund handling and payment loss costs.
BookNoFees is new. So I am not going to tell you that from day one you will get as many bookings as you do on platforms that have been around for years. At the start there will be few. The first booking may come quickly, or it may take a while.
That is exactly why the listing costs nothing.
Stay on the platforms you already use and try BookNoFees alongside them. If we bring you no extra booking, you will have paid nothing for it.
I am not building BookNoFees out of pure charity — it is meant to become a profitable business. But I do not want to take a cut of every booking of yours automatically.
Later, hosts should be able to buy extra visibility voluntarily — highlighted listings or advertising placements, for instance. Such placements will be clearly marked as advertising.
If you want more visibility, you can pay for it. If you do not, you pay nothing.
Listing is free. Hosts pay no booking commission and receive their host amount in full.
I am Jens Scafarti. I have rented out property myself for years and today hold more than forty apartments. Now I am getting into short-term rentals myself, with my first vacation home in Sardinia.
Along the way I spoke to owners who have been doing this for many years. And sooner or later the conversation almost always turns to the same subject: the fees.
I am an entrepreneur and have built several companies. Doing the arithmetic comes with the job. So I did the arithmetic.
Why must a platform automatically take a cut of every single booking?
BookNoFees is my answer to that. The whole story
BookNoFees starts there because that is where I am getting into vacation rentals myself. I want to prove first, in one place, that the principle works. Anyone, anywhere, can list here from day one.
But the idea does not end in Sardinia. Sardinia, Mallorca, Florida or the North Sea — the host sets the price for their place, the guest wants to book a good vacation. Why should a platform automatically take a percentage of every booking in between?
So BookNoFees begins in Sardinia. It is not meant to stay there.
… I would like to hear from you. What bothers you about the platforms you use? What is missing? What would you do differently? That feedback goes straight into how BookNoFees is built.
And for as long as that is still possible, you will not reach an anonymous queue here.
You reach me.
Jens Scafarti
Founder of BookNoFees
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