Self Catering Accommodation & Holiday Homes

0% host commission · straight from the owner

Self catering holiday homes with 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.*

3.9% cost contribution already included in the total
Every listing checked by hand
No account needed to inquire

* The 3.9% contributes towards Stripe payment fees and refunds. BookNoFees earns nothing from it. Nothing is added at checkout.

Do you rent out a holiday home?

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.

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What do platform fees actually cost?

Take a simple example: an owner who wants to earn R 18 688 for a week.

What each platform takes	Airbnb	Booking.com	BookNoFees
Platform commission	15,5%	15%–25%	0%
Payment processing & protection	included	contract-specific	3,9%
Owner keepson a R 18 688 listing	R 15 792	R 14 016–R 15 885	R 18 688
Guest paysfor R 18 688 to reach the owner	R 22 108	R 21 977–R 24 911	R 19 417

Over 18 weeks let, that is more than R 46 721 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 3,9% cost contribution is included in the displayed total and contributes towards Stripe payment fees and refunds. BookNoFees earns nothing from it. 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.

Why zero per cent

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.

You name what you want to receive and get it in full. The guest sees your figure plus a 3.9% cost contribution for Stripe payment fees and refunds. BookNoFees earns nothing from it, and nothing is added at checkout.

What I am not promising you

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.

So what do we live on?

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.

The ordinary listing stays free. On your booking, BookNoFees earns no commission.

Why I started BookNoFees

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

It starts in Sardinia

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 holiday. 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.

Before you list your place …

… 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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