When evaluating whether you want to opt for the VRBO subscription vs pay per booking it comes down to one question:

Q: Should I choose the VRBO Annual Subscription for $699 + 3%, or should i choose the Pay Per Booking plan for 8% per booking?

A: This financial decision by VRBO should compel owners to make their own financial decisions. Owners are now faced with the question, “Should I pay the $699+3% per year or switch to pay-per-booking with the 8% fee?” There are only two correct answers to this question:

1st Correct Answer: If you book less than $14,000 per year in nightly rentals, and you believe you will continue to book $14,000 per year or less in nighly rentals, then you should choose pay-per-booking with the 8% fee. The reason I include the part about “and you believe you will continue..” is because once you decide to stop using the subscription service and switch to pay-per-booking, you can never go back. In fact VRBO doesn’t even allow new listings to have the option of a yearly subscription.

2nd Correct Answer: If you book more than $14,000 per year in nightly rentals then you should pay the $699+3% subscription fee.

Below is the old answer from 2021

Q: Should I choose the VRBO Annual Subscription for $499 + 3%, or should i choose the Pay Per Booking plan for 8% per booking?

A: If your earnings on VRBO are less than $10,000 you should choose the Pay Per Booking Plan. Anything over $10,000 choose the Annual Subscription Plan. If you take a look at the spreadsheet below you can see the point at which the two plans are equal is right at $10,000.

Subscription vs Pay Per Booking – Going Forward

As you can see by comparing both the 2021 and 2024 situations for VRBO subscription vs pay per booking, VRBO is definately wanting to go for the 8% fee structure. If you need your