Airbnb 14% Service Fee Option

[Chase Hoover]

By default, Airbnb charges hosts a 3% service fee then charges the guest an additional service fee.  Airbnb gives hosts the option to be charged a 14% service fee so that guests do not have to pay one.  Has anyone experimented with this option?  Obviously you'd need to raise your nightly rate to help offset this cost.  Have you noticed any differences in demand?

[Rachel Hughes]

@Chase Hoover "No fees" might grab some attention in the list view but you also have to consider a lot of people search in map view where you can only see the nightly rate - and yours would stand out as being much higher. 

People that are new to Airbnb are often aghast when they see a big gap between the advertised nightly rate and their total out of pocket cost - so I think your question is a valid one. 

Perhaps you should try it out and let us know how it goes :)