Why · Hearthline
Online travel agencies have gotten very good at taking a slice of every booking. We built Hearthline around a different idea — one flat rate, so the room you run is the room you keep.
The marketplace reality
Every major booking platform takes a percentage of every reservation. The numbers below are the published ranges — roughly 15% to 20% per booking is the everyday reality for a small property.
Hosts typically pay a service fee of roughly 3% of the booking subtotal.
Commissions generally fall between 15% and 20% per booking, depending on property and region.
Hotels and vacation rentals commonly pay somewhere around 15%–20% per reservation.
Figures reflect commonly published host commission rates. Your exact rate may vary by property type, region, and any promotions the platform is running that month.
One full month, one room
Take a single room that earns about $100 a night. At full occupancy, that’s roughly $3,000 a month in bookings. Here is what happens to that money under each model.
Monthly revenue
$3,000
~$100/night × ~30 nights at full occupancy.
OTA fees (≈ 20%)
~$600/mo
The slice the marketplace keeps on every booking.
Hearthline Standard subscription
$39/mo
One flat fee, the same every month. No per-booking cut.
The rest stays where it belongs — with you, the host.
Why a flat rate
A percentage teaches the platform to optimize for its own cut. A flat rate lets you optimize for your own hallway.
One fee, every month. No surprises when the season turns busy, no clawback when it turns quiet.
No one demoting you in search for not paying more. Your room ranks on its merits, not on what the platform can extract.
Your guest list, your brand, your repeat business. When a guest books direct, they come back to you.
A flat rate keeps more money and more power in the host’s hands. Everything else is just a percentage of someone else’s room.
Run your own hallway
The pricing page shows the exact tiers. The signup page opens the door when you’re ready to put a room on Hearthline.