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Free host calculators

Run the numbers on a short-term rental

Occupancy tax, profit and ROI, break-even occupancy and cleaning fee. Each result shows its own breakdown, so nothing is a black box.

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Occupancy tax

Apply a combined lodging-tax rate to a stay and see the guest total.

Room rent (4 x 180)$720.00
Cleaning fee (taxed)$90.00
Lodging tax (17%)$137.70
Guest total$947.70

Effective rate on the pre-tax total: 17%.

Profit and ROI

Estimate monthly net profit from your rate, occupancy and costs.

Gross revenue$3,556.80
Channel / platform fees- $106.70
Management fees$-0.00
Supplies / consumables- $177.84
Fixed costs (mortgage, utilities, insurance)- $2,200.00
Net profit$1,072.26
Net per year$12,867.12

About 19.76 booked nights a month at 30.15% margin.

Break-even occupancy

The occupancy you need before the property turns a profit.

Contribution per night$155.00
Break-even nights / month14.19
Break-even occupancy46.69%
Achievable under 100% occupancy

Cleaning fee

Set a cleaning fee that covers your turn cost, with an optional markup.

Cost per turn$130.00
Suggested fee$143.00

That is about $47.67 per night on a 3-night stay.

Need the real combined tax rate for a city? Pull it from the cited lodging-tax pages and drop it into the occupancy-tax calculator above.

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The calculators tell you whether the numbers work. The LodgeDeck rules and lodging-tax pages tell you whether the city lets you list at all, with the source cited on every field.

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