Houfy Charges Hosts for Plans, Not Transactions
Houfy makes money through monthly and yearly ubscription plans. Some of our hosts pay for access to premium tools — including our website builder, widgets, and other host-focused services we've built over the years.
That's it. No booking commissions. No guest service fees. No taking a cut from your earnings every time someone books.
Our model is simple: we charge hosts a flat fee for powerful tools that help them run and grow their direct booking business. Guests never pay a platform fee. Hosts never lose a percentage of their income to us.
Current Plans
Free — List your property and get discovered. A one-time $5.99 host verification fee applies.
Lite — $7.99/listing/month. Unlock more tools to promote your listings and grow direct bookings.
Premium — $11.99/listing/month. Full access to all Houfy features, widgets, and services.
You can view full plan details on our pricing page.
What's Coming in Q2 2026: AI Website Builder
We've been building something big.
In Q2 2026, Houfy is launching a state-of-the-art AI website building tool — available exclusively to Houfy hosts. This isn't a basic template builder. It's a genuinely intelligent tool designed to help hosts create professional, high-converting direct booking websites without needing any technical skills.
More details are coming soon. If you're already a Houfy host, you'll be among the first to access it.
Why Does This Model Matter?
Because the alternative is what every major OTA does: take a percentage of your income on every single booking.
Airbnb charges guests 15.5% on top of your rate. VRBO adds its own stack of fees. Those numbers compound fast — and it's your guests paying more, or your margins shrinking, or both.
Houfy's subscription model means our incentives are aligned with yours. We succeed when hosts succeed. We grow when our tools are genuinely useful — not when we extract more from each transaction.
How You Can Help
Our mission is to give hosts and guests the freedom to book direct without commissions or service fees. Every host who lists on Houfy and shares their listing — with previous guests, on business cards, on social media — helps make that mission more sustainable.
The more Houfy grows, the better we can build. And the better we build, the more money stays in your pocket.
Thanks for being part of it.
— Thijs & the Houfy team
