Eleqia Calculator

A reserve seems profitable until you add up the commissions that go down the road

It's not about leaving Airbnb or Booking. It's about knowing how much it costs you to depend on them and what could change if a part of your reservations came directly.

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From Percentage to Actual Impact

Before investing in direct bookings, estimate whether the effort pays off.

The commission seems small when you look at it reserve to reserve. By accumulating nights, months and several houses, the context changes.

1 · Hook

Look at a normal month.

Enter reservations, average price and approximate commission percentage.

2 · The problem

See how much it comes out of the margin

Dependence on platforms has a cost that should be known before deciding how to grow.

3 · Discovery

Simulate a direct part

You don't need to replace all channels. Try what happens if a fraction of bookings arrive on your own website or repeater customers.

4 · Take action

Decide whether it is worth it

Use potential savings as a limit to value direct booking, marketing or automation tools.

Your details

Make a quick estimate

You don't have to have exact figures. You can start with approximations and then adjust the result.

How many nights are you busy a year?It adds, approximately, the reserved nights of a house for one year.

What's your average price per night?If a few nights cost 80 € and another 140 €, use an approximate average.

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What percentage of your bookings comes from Airbnb, Booking or other platforms?If almost all arrive on these platforms, you can use 80–100%.

What average commission do you figure you're paying those platforms?Enter a global estimate. Check your contracts if you want to refine the calculation.

What part of those reserves do you think you could get directly?We are not assuming that you can move them all. Try a cautious scenario, for example 10–20%.

What would be the approximate cost of getting those reservations on your own?It includes, for example, the cost of card charges or other variable expenses. We explain them separately in marketing and software.

Guidance result

In this scenario you could reduce variable costs around

404 € /year

That's roughly equivalent to 34 € per month before discounting software, marketing, web or other fixed costs.

Estimated gross income19.800 €

Reservations that arrive today by Airbnb, Booking or other platforms16.830 €

Estimated fees paid to these platforms2525 €

Reservations that you would try to get directly3366 €

Easy explained: the calculation compares the estimated commission you would pay Airbnb, Booking or other platform for those reservations with the variable cost you have indicated to get them directly.

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Guidance simulation. It does not include taxes, cost of getting new customers, campaigns, discounts, management software, web, fixed costs of payment, cancellations or other expenses of your business. It is not a promise of savings.

Next step

If the recoverable margin matters, compare tools by priority

Use the result as a limit to value PMS, channel manager, direct bookings or automation. Eleqia Match reduces options for homes and channels.

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