Rental Fees and Taxes (BETA)

In the section Fees and Rental Taxes, you can configure additional charges that are not included in the nightly price. These charges, such as cleaning fees or additional regional taxes, are automatically added to the booking cost and displayed in the cost breakdown during the check-out.

In this article, we will see how to set up and manage fees and taxes on your Lodgify account.
Learn more about the fees and taxes sent to the channel manager.

Read about:

• Create a fee
• Set up taxes
• Linked resources

Create a fee

You may wish to charge guests for services not included in the nightly price, such as a cleaning or service fee. The fees section allows you to add these charges either as a percentage of the booking amount or as a fixed amount.

Unlike add-ons, fees are mandatory and will be automatically added to the amount of the reservation.

To set up fees:

1. Go to your left-hand menu and select Rentals.
2. Select the rental that you want to create the fee for, and select Pricing.
3. Scroll down to the Fees section and select the fee type you want to add by clicking the pen icon.
4. Choose the fee calculation type and enter a value.
5. Enable Custom setup per channel if you want to set a different amount for a specific channel. If you don’t want to apply this fee to a specific channel, set the amount to 0 for this channel.
6. Amount per short stay: You can apply this fee when the stay is shorter than a specified number of nights. For example, a short-stay cleaning fee applied to stays of 5 nights or fewer.
   💡 Note: If a rental has both a Short Stay cleaning fee (for stays of 3 nights or fewer) and a Regular cleaning fee, only the short-stay fee will be added to reservations lasting 3 nights or fewer.
7. Click Save.
8. To add Sales tax / VAT to your fee, go to Taxes, select Sales tax / VAT, and apply it to this specific fee.

Set up taxes

You may need to charge guests mandatory taxes, such as a city tax, tourism tax, or other applicable local taxes. The Taxes section allows you to configure these charges and apply them to reservations as a percentage or a fixed amount.

To create a tax:

1. Go to your left-hand menu and select Rentals.
2. Select the rental that you want to create the tax for, and select Pricing. 
3. Scroll down to the Taxes section and select the tax type you want to add by clicking the pen icon. 
4. If you select Sales tax / VAT, you can apply it to the base price and also assign it to the different fees you have created.
   💡 Note: Sales tax / VAT is always excluded from your prices. Please take this into account when setting your prices.
5. Choose the Calculation Model and enter a value.
6. Enable Custom setup per channel if you want to set a different amount for a specific channel. If you don’t want to apply this tax to a specific channel, set the amount to 0 for this channel.
7. Then Save.