Multi-Channel Rate Tester A · Quote Compare

Same stay, every channel, guest total and your net side by side. Sample data. All flavors · See Radar (B)

Verdict: Airbnb guests pay $98 more (5.3%) than Booking.com for this stay. You still net more on Airbnb, so this is a conversion leak, not a margin leak: the priciest shelf loses clicks. One line causes it: your Airbnb-only +15% rate adjuster (Booking.com at 18% commission carries none). Suggested parity: Airbnb +12% or Booking.com +3 points over Airbnb.

4 nights · 8 guests	Airbnb	Vrbo	Booking.com	Direct
Base rent (4 × $340)	$1,360	$1,360	$1,360	$1,360
Rate adjuster	+15% → $1,564	+8% → $1,469	none → $1,360	−5% direct → $1,292
Length-of-stay / promo discounts	−$117 (HRG 15% on 2 of 4n, blackout Dec 20–21)	−$44 (OneKey)	$0	−$65 (return guest)
Cleaning + fees (host-set)	$275	$275	$275	$275
Channel service fee (guest-paid where split)	$0 (host-only 15.5%)	$0 (host fee 12%)	$0 (18% comm.)	$0
Taxes (12.5% lodging)	$215	$213	$204	$188
Guest pays	$1,937 +5.3% vs cheapest OTA	$1,913 +4.0%	$1,839 cheapest OTA	$1,690 direct wins
Channel cut	−$267 (15.5%)	−$204 (12%)	−$294 (18%)	−$44 (card 2.9%)
You net (ex-tax)	$1,455	$1,496	$1,341	$1,458

Blackout note: Dec 20–21 are HRG blackout nights on this listing (slider-protected peaks), so the 15% applies to 2 of 4 nights only. The tester reads live discount criteria, Stay Dates, adjusters, fees, and tax setup per channel; nothing is estimated except channel fee schedules, which are labelled.

What-if: Airbnb adjuster +15%

Guest pays $1,937 · You net $1,455 · vs Booking.com +5.3%

Drag to +12% for rough guest parity at equal net. Parity math: Booking.com at 18% needs about +3 points over Airbnb at 15.5% for the same guest price. A ±5% guest-total band is the Radar’s alert threshold.

Flavor A thesis: when a human asks “why is Airbnb expensive on my place?”, answer with one stay and one culprit line. Too much homework as an always-on tool, which is why Radar leads. Back to flavors