Pricing for hosts
Simple pricing for hosts
Pay as you go, or one monthly subscription for all your listings. Whichever you choose, your guests pay no hidden service fee.
Plans
Pay as you go
£0per month
8% fee per booking
No monthly cost. List your place and pay only when you get booked.
- First 3 bookings free for new hosts
- Listing on brilliantbooking.com
- Calendar sync with Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com
- Direct bookings
- Payments via Stripe
- Messaging
- Host app (iOS, Android, web)
Monthly
Best for regular bookingsHost
£39per month
Founding host price: £29 a month for your first 12 months, then £39. Open to the first 100 hosts who join while the offer runs.
0% on your first £2,000 of bookings each month
Then 8% only on the part above £2,000. For hosts taking regular bookings.
- Everything in Pay as you go
- One subscription covers all your listings
- 8% only on bookings above £2,000 a month
- Billed monthly, cancel or switch at any time
Pro
£99per month
0% on your first £10,000 of bookings each month
Then 8% only on the part above £10,000. For busy hosts and growing portfolios.
- Everything in Pay as you go
- One subscription covers all your listings
- 8% only on bookings above £10,000 a month
- Billed monthly, cancel or switch at any time
Business
£249per month
0% on every booking, with no limit
For up to 10 listings, then £19 a month for each extra listing. For agencies and larger portfolios.
- Everything in Pay as you go
- Up to 10 listings included
- £19 a month for each listing beyond 10
- Billed monthly, cancel or switch at any time
Branded website
Add-onfrom £499setup
then £20 a month for hosting
Your own booking site on your own domain, running on the platform, like parkviewbelfast.com. Bookings on it carry the fee your plan sets.
- Add to Pay as you go or any monthly plan
- Your own domain and branding
- Bookings, calendar and payments in one place
- Built and hosted for you
On every plan, bank charges come off your payout: what Stripe charges for the guest's card and for paying you, 2% + 30p on a standard UK card, varying with the guest's card, plus £2 in any month you're paid. Completed stays only. No VAT is added to our fees.
Calculator
What would I pay?
Put in a typical month's bookings to see what each plan would cost, and which comes out cheapest.
An example month: £2,000 of bookings on one listing.
Cheapest for £2,000 a month: Host, £39 a month.
Pay as you goCheapest
8% of £2,000
£160a month
HostCheapest
£39 a month, all of it within the £2,000 at 0%
As a founding host: £29 for your first 12 months
£39a month
ProCheapest
£99 a month, all of it within the £10,000 at 0%
£99a month
BusinessCheapest
£249 a month, 0% on every booking
£249a month
For comparison: Airbnb
18.6% host-only fee, with VAT, on £2,000
£372a month
Monthly plans at their list prices: a founding host pays £29 instead of £39 a month on Host for their first 12 months. Pay as you go is shown at 8% on every booking; a new host's first 3 bookings are free, which this leaves out. Bank charges are the same on every plan, so they are not in these figures.
Airbnb: 15.5%, the fee most hosts pay under its single-fee structure, plus 20% UK VAT, as a host who is not VAT registered pays it, from Airbnb service fees, checked on 14 November 2026. No VAT is added to our fees.
Compare
What is in each plan
| Feature | Pay as you go | Host | Pro | Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per monthMonthly price | £0 | £39£39, or £29 as a founding host | £99 | £249 |
| 0% fee onBookings at 0% each month | First 3A new host's first 3 bookings | £2,000First £2,000 | £10,000First £10,000 | AllAll bookings |
| ThenFee on the rest | 8% | 8% | 8% | None |
| Listings | Any number | Any number | Any number | 10, then £19 each10, then £19 a month each |
| Listing on our siteListing on brilliantbooking.com | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Calendar sync (iCal)Calendar sync (iCal) with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Direct bookings | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Payments via Stripe | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Messaging | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Host appHost app (iOS, Android, web) | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Own websiteYour own branded website and domain | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
The branded direct-booking website is an add-on to any plan, from £499 setup, then £20 a month for hosting.
Host fees
How our fee compares
| Fee | Brilliant Booking | Airbnb | Vrbo | Booking.com |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host feeHost fee per booking, VAT inclusive | 8%note 1 | 18.6%note 2 | 14.4%note 3 | 18%note 5 |
| Fees on £1,000Everything the host and guest pay in fees on a £1,000 booking (UK card) | £99.82 | £186 | £144 + guest feenote 4 | £196 |
| Card feeSeparate card fee for the host | 2% + 30pnote 1 | Nonenote 2 | Nonenote 3 | 1.6%note 5 |
| Guest service feeService fee added to the guest's price | None | Nonenote 2 | Yesnote 4 | None |
Standard published rates for UK hosts who are not VAT registered, checked on 14 November 2026 against each company's own help pages. A VAT-registered host can usually reclaim the VAT, so pays Airbnb 15.5% and Vrbo 12%. Rates can vary by country, listing type and plan, and each company may change them.
- Brilliant Booking: the Pay as you go plan. Bank charges are what Stripe charges for the guest’s card and the payout, taken from the payout on completed stays only: 2% + 30p on a standard UK card, varying with the guest’s card, plus £2 in any month the host is paid. On a £1,000 booking with a UK card that is £80 + £15.20 card fee + £4.62 payout fee (charged on the £904.80 paid out). Brilliant Booking is not VAT registered, so no VAT is added to its fee.
- Airbnb: 15.5% plus 20% UK VAT, which most hosts pay under its single-fee structure; others typically pay 14% to 16%. No separate card fee is charged to the host.
- Vrbo: a flat 12% commission plus 20% UK VAT on bookings made from 29 October 2026, which includes payment processing when Vrbo takes the payment. Vrbo says rates can range from 12% to 15% by region, and a host using their own payment processor pays that processor’s fees.
- Vrbo: the traveller also pays a service fee at checkout, a percentage of the reservation total that varies with the booking amount. Vrbo does not publish its range.
- Booking.com: 18% commission plus a 1.6% payments fee on the commissionable amount, from a Belfast host’s invoice. It bills UK hosts from the Netherlands with no VAT added. Booking.com sets each property’s commission in its contract, so yours may differ.
Sources: Airbnb service fees, Vrbo: the pay-per-booking model, Vrbo: the service fee, Vrbo compensation model changes, Stripe UK pricing.
Which plan suits me?
Pay as you go if you are starting out or take the odd booking: no monthly cost, and 8% only when you are booked. A monthly plan once bookings are regular, with one subscription for all your listings. Host costs less than pay as you go once you take more than £487.50 of bookings a month, Pro costs less than Host above £2,750, and Business (up to 10 listings) costs less than Pro above £11,875. Try your own figures in the calculator above.
What happens if my bookings go over the allowance?
You pay 8% only on the part above it, never on the whole month. On Host with £2,500 of bookings in a month, the first £2,000 are at 0% and the other £500 pay 8%: £40 on top of the £39 subscription. Business has no allowance: every booking is at 0%.
What is the founding host price?
Founding hosts pay £29 a month for Host, instead of £39, for their first 12 months. After that Host is £39 a month. Open to the first 100 hosts who join while the offer runs.
Do guests pay a service fee?
No. There is no hidden guest service fee: guests pay the nightly price you set, plus any cleaning fee or deposit you have set out on your listing.
What are bank charges?
What Stripe, our payment provider, charges for the guest's card and for paying you: 2% + 30p on a standard UK card, more on some other cards, plus £2 in any month you're paid. They come off your payout on every plan, including bookings with no fee, and only on completed stays: if a guest cancels and gets their money back, you pay nothing. A booking you take for a guest who pays you by bank transfer has no bank charges at all.
How and when do I get paid?
Guests pay by card and payouts are made by Stripe to your bank account through Stripe Connect; timing follows Stripe's standard payout schedule for your country.
Can I keep listing on Airbnb, Vrbo or Booking.com?
Yes. Connect their iCal feeds and dates booked on any platform block on all of them, so you never double-book.
Can I switch plans?
Yes. Start on pay as you go and move to a monthly plan when regular bookings make it worthwhile, move between Host, Pro and Business as your bookings change, or cancel and go back to pay as you go. You can switch in the host app at any time. A change only affects bookings made from then on: a booking already taken keeps the fee it was made under.
How does the branded website work with my plan?
It is an add-on to any plan: a booking website in your own branding on your own domain, built and hosted for you on the Brilliant Booking platform, so it runs on the same listing, calendar, payments and messaging as your Brilliant Booking listing. It costs from £499 setup, then £20 a month for hosting. The setup fee covers building the site and the monthly fee covers hosting and keeping it running. Bookings made on it carry the fee your plan sets: 8% on pay as you go, or 0% within your monthly plan's allowance.
Start with pay as you go
No monthly cost, 8% per booking, and your first 3 bookings are free. Move to a monthly plan when the bookings come in.