Hotel OTA Commission Calculator

How OTA Commission Leakage Works

Online Travel Agencies bring you bookings, but every reservation they send carries a commission, typically between 15% and 25% of the room rate. On paper that feels like a fair cost of acquisition. In practice, it compounds. The more nights you sell through OTAs, the larger the slice of your revenue that leaves the business, and the less control you keep over pricing, guest data and the relationship itself.

The calculator below turns that abstract percentage into a real annual figure for your property. Set your currency and region, choose the platforms you sell through, and adjust your OTA share, visibility programmes and payout terms. It also shows the cash tied up waiting for OTA payouts and how much you could save by shifting a portion of those bookings direct. Most operators are surprised by how much a single year of commission adds up to, and by how much of it could be redirected into marketing that drives direct bookings instead.