{
  "slug": "airbnb-revenue",
  "title": "Airbnb Revenue Calculator",
  "heading": "Short-Term Rental Revenue Calculator",
  "category": "financial",
  "url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/airbnb-revenue",
  "summary": "Nightly rate, occupancy, and net profit after fees and cleaning.",
  "description": "Short-term rentals live and die on occupancy in the shoulder season. Platform fees, cleaning, supplies, and higher utilities typically eat 35–45% of gross bookings.",
  "formula": "Net = (Nights × rate) − platform fee − cleaning − operating costs − mortgage.",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-30",
  "run_url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/api/public/calc?tool=airbnb-revenue",
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "rate",
      "label": "Average nightly rate",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 185,
      "unit": "$",
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "occupancy",
      "label": "Occupancy",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 62,
      "unit": "%",
      "min": 0,
      "max": 100
    },
    {
      "id": "cleaningFee",
      "label": "Cleaning fee charged per stay",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 90,
      "unit": "$",
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "cleaningCost",
      "label": "Cleaning cost per stay",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 75,
      "unit": "$",
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "avgStay",
      "label": "Average nights per stay",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 3,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 1,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "platformFee",
      "label": "Platform fee",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 3,
      "unit": "%",
      "min": 0,
      "max": 20
    },
    {
      "id": "opex",
      "label": "Monthly utilities, supplies, internet",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 420,
      "unit": "$",
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "mortgage",
      "label": "Monthly mortgage + taxes + insurance",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 1800,
      "unit": "$",
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "net",
      "label": "Monthly net profit",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "gross",
      "label": "Monthly gross bookings",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "annual",
      "label": "Annual net profit",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nights",
      "label": "Booked nights per month",
      "format": "decimal",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "stays",
      "label": "Stays per month",
      "format": "decimal",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "revpar",
      "label": "Revenue per available night",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    }
  ],
  "worked_example": {
    "inputs": [
      "Average nightly rate: 185 $",
      "Occupancy: 62 %",
      "Cleaning fee charged per stay: 90 $",
      "Cleaning cost per stay: 75 $",
      "Average nights per stay: 3",
      "Platform fee: 3 %",
      "Monthly utilities, supplies, internet: 420 $",
      "Monthly mortgage + taxes + insurance: 1800 $"
    ],
    "outputs": [
      "Monthly net profit: $1,239.55",
      "Monthly gross bookings: $4,052.32",
      "Annual net profit: $14,874.60",
      "Booked nights per month: 18.8",
      "Stays per month: 6.3",
      "Revenue per available night: $114.70"
    ]
  },
  "how_to": {
    "title": "How to use this",
    "steps": [
      "Enter average nightly rate ($).",
      "Enter occupancy (%).",
      "Enter cleaning fee charged per stay ($).",
      "Enter cleaning cost per stay ($).",
      "Enter average nights per stay.",
      "Enter platform fee (%).",
      "Enter monthly utilities, supplies, internet ($).",
      "Enter monthly mortgage + taxes + insurance ($).",
      "Read your monthly net profit on the right — it updates as you type.",
      "Hit Share to keep the scenario or send it to someone."
    ]
  },
  "scenarios": [
    {
      "name": "Conservative",
      "description": "Lower-end numbers — what if things land soft?",
      "values": {
        "rate": 185,
        "occupancy": 37,
        "cleaningFee": 55,
        "cleaningCost": 45,
        "avgStay": 1.7999999999999998,
        "platformFee": 1.7999999999999998,
        "opex": 250,
        "mortgage": 1100
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Typical",
      "description": "Defaults — the most common real-world setup.",
      "values": {
        "rate": 185,
        "occupancy": 62,
        "cleaningFee": 90,
        "cleaningCost": 75,
        "avgStay": 3,
        "platformFee": 3,
        "opex": 425,
        "mortgage": 1800
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Ambitious",
      "description": "Higher-end numbers — what if things really pop?",
      "values": {
        "rate": 185,
        "occupancy": 99,
        "cleaningFee": 145,
        "cleaningCost": 120,
        "avgStay": 4.800000000000001,
        "platformFee": 4.800000000000001,
        "opex": 675,
        "mortgage": 2900
      }
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Results are estimates before tax, fees, and inflation unless an input explicitly covers them.",
    "Rates are treated as fixed for the whole period — variable-rate products will drift from this projection.",
    "This is educational maths, not financial advice. Check anything contractual with the lender or your accountant."
  ],
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "How does the short-term rental revenue calculator work?",
      "a": "Short-term rentals live and die on occupancy in the shoulder season. Platform fees, cleaning, supplies, and higher utilities typically eat 35–45% of gross bookings. The underlying maths is: Net = (Nights × rate) − platform fee − cleaning − operating costs − mortgage."
    },
    {
      "q": "What do I need to enter?",
      "a": "8 values: average nightly rate, occupancy, cleaning fee charged per stay, cleaning cost per stay, average nights per stay, platform fee, monthly utilities, supplies, internet, and monthly mortgage + taxes + insurance. Each field starts with a sensible default, so you can change one number at a time and watch the result move."
    },
    {
      "q": "What does the monthly net profit result mean?",
      "a": "It is returned as a money amount in US dollars and updates live as you edit the inputs, so you can compare two or three versions of a scenario in a few seconds."
    },
    {
      "q": "Is this calculator free, and do I need an account?",
      "a": "Yes, it's free, and no account is required. Nothing you type is stored on our servers — the maths runs entirely in your browser."
    },
    {
      "q": "How accurate is the result?",
      "a": "It applies the standard formula exactly, so the arithmetic is precise. Results are estimates before tax, fees, and inflation unless an input explicitly covers them."
    },
    {
      "q": "Who is this tool for?",
      "a": "It's built for anyone comparing money scenarios before committing — budgeting a payment, sanity-checking a quote, or seeing what a change in rate or term actually costs."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/rental-cash-flow",
    "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/cap-rate",
    "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/cash-on-cash-return"
  ],
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "citation": "RevenueLab — Airbnb Revenue Calculator (https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/airbnb-revenue)"
}