Question 1

How much commission do OTAs like Booking.com and Airbnb charge?

Accepted Answer

Booking.com and Expedia typically charge 15–18% commission per booking, while Airbnb charges hosts around 3% plus a separate guest service fee that inflates the price guests see. On a ₦100,000 booking, that is ₦15,000–₦18,000 gone before you cover staff, utilities, or maintenance.

Question 2

How does LodgeRev reduce OTA commission?

Accepted Answer

LodgeRev gives every property a custom branded booking engine that guests can book directly through — with zero OTA commission on those bookings. AI dynamic pricing keeps your direct rate competitive automatically, so you are not manually chasing OTA price parity.

Question 3

Is LodgeRev better than managing bookings on a spreadsheet?

Accepted Answer

For anything beyond a single unit, yes. Spreadsheets do not prevent double-bookings across channels, cannot adjust pricing automatically for demand, and give you no guest history to build repeat business from. LodgeRev handles all three in one dashboard.

	LodgeRev	OTA-only	Spreadsheet / manual
Commission on direct bookings	0%	3–18% every booking	N/A — but no bookings either
AI dynamic pricing	Automatic, daily	OTA sets the terms	Manual guesswork
Guest data ownership	Yours, for CRM & repeat bookings	Owned by the platform	Yours, but unstructured
Double-booking risk across channels	Synced in real time	Low, single channel	High — manual reconciliation
Food, services & payments on one bill	Unified folio	Not supported	Tracked separately, error-prone

How much is Booking.com, Airbnb, or a spreadsheet really costing you?

What a ₦100,000 booking actually nets you

LodgeRev vs. OTA-only vs. spreadsheets

Keep the commission. Keep the guest data. Keep growing.