What is a booking fee?

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The Booking Fee is a separate fee added to every booking. Websites charge guests a booking fee when booking through their platform. This helps meet some of the costs of running websites, including:

• making sure transactions are secure

• developing the websites and improving user experience

• providing owners and travelers with 24-hour customer support

 
How is the booking fee calculated?
The booking fee is a percentage of the total rental cost. The fee is variable and ranges from 5% to 25% depending on who you book with, below is a list of sites you will find these homes on and that sites booking fee.

There will also be a link below the house “more info” description to that house on these sites

 

Direct with Happy Hibiscus : 5%

Airbnb : 

VRBO/Homeaway : 

TripAdvisor : 

Booking.com :

Is the booking fee refundable?

• If the traveler cancels their booking, your chosen cancellation policy will apply and the booking fee is not refundable.
  Note: if the traveler cancels within the cooling off period, they will receive a full refund including the booking fee.

• If the home owner has to cancel the booking, the traveler receives a full refund, including the booking fee.