Airbnb co-hosting toolkit: win owners and report every month
Free tools for Airbnb co-hosts: a proposal page to send prospective owners, and a monthly owner report with nights booked, occupancy and arrivals from the listing's calendars.
Operations · · 3 min read · By StayPerk Team · Updated
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Open a sample owner proposal and a sample monthly owner report, both for made-up places. On the report, change the commission and watch the owner payout update. Then work out your fee with the calculator on this page.
Quick answer
Two things owners ask a co-host for
Before they say yes, owners want to know what you will do and what it costs. Once you start, they want to know how the month went. StayPerk gives you a proposal page for the first and a monthly owner report for the second, free.
An owner proposal on one page
In the property manager workspace, open Owner proposals and fill in your name or business, the services you offer, your fee as a percentage of revenue or a flat monthly amount, a short pitch and your contact email. You can add a link to a StayPerk guest manual you have built, so the owner sees the standard of guest information they will get.
- Services to choose from: listing setup, guest messaging, cleaning coordination, pricing, and a guest manual with a printed welcome book.
- Each proposal gets its own private link with a random address. Anyone with the link can read it without an account; nobody can find it by searching.
- The page has a Contact me button that opens an email to you.
- Edit or delete a proposal at any time. Deleting it takes the page down.
A monthly owner report
Connect each listing's calendar export links from Airbnb, Vrbo or Booking.com once. Then open Owner reports, pick the property and the month, and StayPerk counts the nights booked, the occupancy, the number of stays and every arrival. Calendar links carry dates only, so type in the gross revenue and expenses; the report works out your fee from your percentage and the owner's payout.
- Print it, or save it as a PDF from the print dialogue.
- Copy it as plain text and paste it into an email or message to the owner.
- Nights that span two months are counted in the month they fall in.
Before you take on an owner
Agree in writing what you will do, what you charge and how you are paid. On Airbnb, the owner adds you as a co-host on the listing and can share part of each booking's payout with you, depending on location. Airbnb's Co-Host Network also matches experienced local hosts with owners in some countries; a proposal page and a sample manual help you stand out there too.
Airbnb co-host fee calculator
Enter the listing's numbers and the commission you charge. The calculator shows what you earn as co-host and what the owner keeps after fees and costs. Use your own currency; results update as you type.
nights
nights
%
15.5% on Airbnb's single fee
%
Of the payout after the platform fee
Cleaner, supplies, utilities, software
Booking revenue a month
3,533
Platform fees
548
Payout after fees
2,986
Co-host earnings a month
507
Co-host earnings a year
6,084
Owner keeps a month
1,579
Owner keeps a year
18,944
Frequently asked questions
Do owners need a StayPerk account to read a proposal?
No. The proposal is a read-only page at a private link. The owner opens it, reads it and can email you from it.
Where do the report numbers come from?
From the calendar export links of the listing on Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. They carry dates, not prices, so revenue and expenses are the figures you type in.
Is the co-hosting toolkit free?
Yes. Proposals, owner reports, the bookings calendar and guest manuals are free for property managers and co-hosts.
Still have a question?
Write to us and a person will reply, or look it up in the Help Center.
Useful StayPerk pages
- Co-host fee calculator
Your earnings and the owner's payout.
- Free bookings calendar
Every site on one calendar.
- For property managers
Calendars, booking pages, owner reports and guest guides for every property.
Sources for this page
- Co-Host Network: An introduction - Airbnb Help Center
- Add co-hosts to your home listing - Airbnb Help Center
- Find the right co-host on Airbnb - Airbnb Resource Center
- How co-host payouts work - Airbnb Help Center