Airbnb in Marrakech: what is left of the listed amount

You own a riad or a villa in Marrakech, let on Airbnb and entrusted to a concierge company: here is what you keep. In the example of this article, 16 nights listed at 1,000 MAD leave between 9,326 and 10,382 MAD after Airbnb’s fees, the concierge commission and the cleaning, before fixed charges and tax. The gap between those two figures does not come from the commission rate, which is 20% in both cases: it comes from the base that rate is applied to. The cleaning fee re-billed to your guests, the tourist tax and the running costs of the property complete the calculation. It is an assumption made to reason with, not a market average and not a promise of income. Every rate quoted carries its source and its date; what is not published is written “not established”.

What is left of a month of nights at 1,000 MAD, from booking to transfer?

Between 9,326 and 10,382 MAD remain out of 16,000 MAD of listed nights, or 58% to 65%, before fixed charges. The calculation follows the order in which the money leaves. Your guests pay 18,800 MAD: 16 nights at 1,000 MAD and four cleaning fees of 700 MAD. Airbnb takes 15.5% of that total, or 2,914 MAD, and the payout comes to 15,886 MAD. The concierge company then takes 20% of a base that changes from one company to the next, and the cleaning contractor is paid 2,800 MAD. The 20% rate is the only one to appear in all twelve fee schedules published by concierge companies in Marrakech as at 21/08/2026. The table gives the four possible readings depending on the base each company states, with the rate brought back to 20% throughout so that only the effect of the base shows. To compare two offers on the percentage alone is to compare two numbers that do not apply to the same sum.

Why is the cleaning fee re-billed to your guests not neutral?

Because Airbnb takes its 15.5% on cleaning fees as it does on nights. Its help page describes its fees as “a percentage of your nightly price, to which are added any fees you charge, such as cleaning fees” (Airbnb, consulted on 19/09/2026). On 2,800 MAD of cleaning billed to your guests and then paid unchanged to the contractor, Airbnb keeps 434 MAD a month. If the concierge company’s commission also applies to that cleaning, as YourHostHelper writes (“20% on gross revenue, to which are added the cleaning fees paid by the tenant”), it adds 560 MAD: 994 MAD a month, 11,928 MAD a year, on an item that is supposed to cancel out. For a riad, hanae.ma counts “half a day more than an apartment of the same surface: patio, stairs and terrace are added”. The cleaning of one turnover ranges from 400 to 700 MAD for a small riad, and from 700 to 1,200 MAD for a medium one (bclik.ma, 07/06/2026).

Does the same 20% give the same commission from one concierge company to another?

No: on this month, the same 20% gives between 2,704 and 3,760 MAD, a gap of 1,056 MAD a month and 12,672 MAD a year. Two points of rate are worth 320 MAD on 16,000: the base weighs more than three times as much. Nomad Living calculates “on the accommodation revenue generated, before Airbnb, Booking or other distribution channel commissions, and excluding cleaning fees, tourist tax, deposits and refunds”. YourHostHelper adds the cleaning. Morokeys, which publishes 15% including tax for a villa or a riad, calculates “on the Airbnb payout” and does not say whether the cleaning is part of it: hence the last two columns. Before believing a figure, put four questions to it: on what sum, before or after Airbnb, cleaning in or out, tourist tax in or out? A mandate that writes “20%” without answering them does not tell you what you will pay.

Does the tourist tax come out of your payout?

Only if you absorb it. The tourist tax is due “on top of the accommodation price” (law no. 47-06, article 70), and Airbnb does not collect it in Morocco: the country is not on its list of collection locations (consulted on 19/09/2026). It is therefore for the operator to collect it from the guest, then to pay it over to the municipality. In the example, at 15 dirhams per person per night for a riad (local tax decision no. 109 of 17/02/2021, chapter 14), two adults over 16 nights come to 480 MAD a month; with the tourism promotion tax of a guest house, 8 to 11 dirhams, the total rises to 736 or 832 MAD. Collected on top, it is neutral; not collected, it takes 480 to 832 MAD off what you keep. It enters no commission base and is paid each quarter (article 76). Detail in our article on the tourist tax.

Which maintenance and caretaking charges stay with you, let or not?

From 4,350 to 8,000 MAD a month for a riad, according to the only published schedule that adds them up (Miraj Management, “April 2026”): caretaker or house handyman from 3,000 to 5,000 MAD, water and electricity from 800 to 2,000 MAD, internet and home automation from 300 to 500 MAD, comprehensive home insurance from 3,000 to 6,000 MAD a year. The caretaker and the insurance run whether you let or not: letting funds the property, it does not create it. A villa adds the pool and the garden, which our riad and villa comparison sets out. In the example, each night sold leaves 583 to 649 MAD: these charges are covered from 7 to 14 nights a month. Two reservations: this schedule comes from a concierge company and is not tied to any particular property, and the caretaker may overlap with services the concierge company already provides. Garden, pond, local taxes, linen and consumables do not appear in it.

What cannot be priced without your accountant?

Five lines remain unpriced, for lack of a verified source. Income tax first: two published sources describe two different regimes for a seasonal let in Marrakech (Upsilon Consulting, 15/05/2026; Marrakech Expert, 28/08/2026); only a French-Moroccan chartered accountant can settle it, and we do not advise on Moroccan taxation. Then VAT on Airbnb’s fees: Airbnb’s help centre writes that the fees shown “include VAT, where applicable” and, on its dedicated page, that in Morocco they are “subject to 20% VAT”. If 20% were added to the 15.5%, Airbnb would take 18.6%, or 583 MAD more a month in the example; this is not established for a non-resident owner. Housing tax and municipal services tax depend on a rental value specific to each property. Linen: not established, no price published. Consumables: a single published price, the SM Conciergerie pack at €17 a month (21/08/2026).

How do you check your statement when you live thousands of kilometres from your riad?

By requiring a monthly statement in which every line can be matched to your bank statement, supporting documents attached. It sets out, in this order, the nights listed, the cleaning collected, Airbnb’s fees, their payout, the base and the amount of the commission, the cleaning paid, the tourist tax collected then paid over, and the provision for charges. From a distance, those lines stand in for your presence: article 908 of the Code of Obligations and Contracts requires every agent to present “a detailed account of their expenditure and receipts, with all supporting evidence”. With us, expenses incurred for your property are re-billed at their exact amount, without margin, and appear in the monthly report (pricing page). A water bill that doubles is the first sign of a buried leak, and it is often the statement that reveals it. Finally, check the fee regime of each booking: Airbnb specifies that the change “will only apply to new bookings”, so a single statement can mix 3% and 15.5%.

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