Airbnb Income Calculator

How it works

Booked nights = 30.4 × occupancy% · Room revenue = booked nights × rate · Stays = booked nights ÷ nights per stay · Gross = room revenue + stays × cleaning fee · Net = gross − platform fee − stays × cleaning cost − fixed costs

Short-term rental income hinges on two levers that multiply together: the nightly rate and the occupancy rate. A property booked 65% of the month at $150 earns very differently from one booked 40% at $220, even though both sound plausible. Cleaning is modeled per stay, not per night, because guests are charged and cleaners are paid once per booking — so shorter average stays mean more turnovers and more cleaning cost for the same number of nights. Subtract the platform’s host fee and your fixed monthly carrying costs to reach true profit.

Worked example

At $150 a night and 65% occupancy, a 30.4-day month yields about 19.8 booked nights, or $2,964 in room revenue. With 3-night stays that is about 6.6 stays, adding $494 in cleaning fees for $3,458 gross. Subtract a 3% platform fee ($104), $396 in cleaning costs and $1,800 fixed, and net profit is roughly $1,158 a month, about $13,900 a year.

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