What Does a Booked Night Really Cost You?

Platform fees get the attention, but operating costs decide whether a booked night makes money. Enter your monthly costs and see the two numbers that matter: your true cost per booked night, and the nightly rate you must charge just to break even.

Utilities per month ($)

Internet per month ($)

Insurance per month ($)

Software & tools per month ($)

Supplies per month ($)

Maintenance, lawn, pool per month ($)

Mortgage or rent per month ($, optional)

Other per month ($)

Cleaning cost per turnover ($)

Turnovers per month

Booked nights per month

Platform host fee (%)

Fixed costs per month
Cleaning costs per month
Total operating cost per month
Total per year
True cost per booked night
Break-even nightly rate (after platform fee)

Break-even rate = cost per booked night ÷ (1 − platform fee). It covers operating costs only — your time, income tax and big repairs are extra. If your average rate sits below break-even, the listing loses money on every booking no matter how full the calendar looks. Cleaning cost unsure? Work it out in the cleaning fee calculator.

Put it together

Costs per night from this page, income per month from the income calculator — if income minus operating costs is thin, the levers are rate, occupancy, or the fee column in the platform comparison.

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