When you’re renting out timeshare points, it’s reasonable to wonder if there are hidden costs waiting on the other side. Guest confirmation fees are one of the few real costs in the system, so here’s exactly what they are and who actually pays them.
A guest confirmation fee is a charge tied to confirming a guest’s reservation once it’s booked. Every ownership includes a set number of free guest confirmations. Once those are used up, each additional confirmation carries a fee, which currently runs $99 per confirmation.
Your ownership includes a set number of free guest confirmations, and how quickly they get used depends on the reservations themselves. A guest requesting a 2-night stay uses less of that allotment than one requesting 12 or 22 nights, since RMT can’t control what length of stay a guest requests. That’s part of why the exact number that works for one owner can look different for another.
This is where it matters who’s on the hook. Once your free confirmations are used up, RMT covers the $99 fee on any additional confirmation. It’s never billed back to you, and you won’t get a call asking for a credit card to cover it. RMT covered more than $1 million in guest confirmation fees on behalf of owners last year alone.
Key takeaway: Guest confirmation fees are never passed down to owners. If your free confirmations run out, RMT absorbs the overage so your payout isn’t affected.
Guest confirmation fees are one of a few reservation-related costs that RMT, not the owner, is responsible for covering. The same principle applies across the booking process: once you’ve assigned your points, the costs of running the reservation are on RMT’s side, not yours. For the full picture of what happens after you assign points, see How Timeshare Rentals Actually Work (Step-by-Step).
Because RMT absorbs these fees rather than deducting them from what you earn, a guest confirmation fee has no effect on your payout. It’s a separate cost RMT carries as part of running the booking process. If you want to understand how your payout timeline works alongside this, see What the 45-Day Payout Window Actually Means. It’s the same principle behind how guest-side issues are handled after checkout, which we cover in What Happens If a Guest Cancels a Timeshare Booking?
Guest confirmation fees exist, but they’re not a cost you’ll ever see. Once your free confirmations are used, RMT covers the rest so your payout stays exactly what it should be. If you want to see what your ownership could earn, contact Rent My Timeshare or try the Rental Earnings Calculator.
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