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Find a starting rate and understand what you keep.

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Make everyday details clear for the people staying.

Nightly price

Estimate a nightly rate from your costs, occupancy, and fee. Example numbers · USD.

Monthly fixed costs

Example costs are filled in so the math is visible. Replace them with yours. They are not market rates, comparable listings, or a suggested price.

Mortgage or rent

The monthly housing payment you want this rate to cover.

Other monthly costs$400 besides the mortgage · USD

Currency

This changes labels only; it does not convert exchange rates.

Utilities

Power, water, internet, and other monthly utility bills.

Insurance

Software

Channel managers, locks, and other monthly subscriptions.

Other monthly fixed costs

Anything else you pay whether or not the place is booked.

Turnover costs$115 per stay · 3 nights

Per-stay costs

These are costs you pay for a turnover. This estimate folds them into the nightly rate. It does not add a separate cleaning fee for the guest.

Cleaning

Laundry

Supplies

Other per-stay costs

Average nights per stay

Used to spread the per-stay costs across nights. A fractional average is fine.

Booked nights

A month in this tool is 365 ÷ 12 nights, about 30.42, the same month length as the break-even calculator. The result uses the method selected here.

Occupancy percentageSelectedBooked nights are 365 ÷ 12 multiplied by this percentage.Booked nights per monthEnter the nights you expect to book. A higher number than a full month is treated as a full month.

Expected occupancy

Your assumption. When a rate can be calculated, the table further down also tries 10 and 20 points around it.

Profit target

Margin is operating profit divided by the host payout. Monthly profit is the amount you want left after the costs above.

Target profit marginSelectedA margin of 100% has no finite nightly rate. Zero margin matches the break-even rate.Target monthly profitThe profit is spread across the booked nights, then added to the cost per night.

Target margin

Entered as a percent of the host payout, after the host fee and your costs.

Platform feeHost-only fee · 15.5%

Fee structure for the main result

The nightly rate depends on the host fee. The guest fee changes what a guest pays on top and does not change the nightly rate. The main result starts on the host-only fee because Airbnb's help page says home hosts are moving to that single fee. The comparison below shows both.

Host-only feeSelectedYou pay one percentage. The guest service fee in this estimate is zero. Airbnb calls this the single fee.Split feeYou pay a host percentage, and the guest pays a separate service fee.

Service fee percentages

Every percentage is editable. Starting figures were checked on 26 October 2026. They are service fees, not nightly rates. Confirm them in your Airbnb account.

Host-only fee

Airbnb says most hosts pay 15.5% under the single fee. Others typically pay 14% to 16%, and listings in Brazil and Mexico pay 16%.

Split fee, host share

Airbnb says most hosts pay 3%. Listings in Brazil and Mexico pay 4%, and some hosts pay more.

Split fee, guest service fee

Airbnb does not publish one typical guest rate. 14.1% is the low end of the stated 14.1% to 16.5% range. This percentage does not change the nightly rate.

Updates as you change the numbers.

Nightly rate for your target · Host-only fee

$250.70

Break-even is $188.03 per night. A guest pays $250.70 per night before any separate cleaning fee or tax.

Cost-based target, not a market demand prediction. Uses only the costs, occupancy, target, and fee percentages on this page.

Break-even / night: $188.03
Cost / booked night: $158.88
Host fee: 15.5%
Payout / booked night: $211.84
Guest pays / night: $250.70
Monthly operating profit: $966.53

What goes into the rate

Host-only fee, with a host fee of 15.5% and a guest fee of 0%. Figures are the exact formula amounts, shown to the nearest hundredth. This page does not round a stay the way the Airbnb fee calculator does.

Monthly fixed costs: $2,200.00
Per-stay costs: $115.00
Booked nights / month: 18.25 nights
Occupancy used: 60%
Stays / month: 6.08 stays
Fixed cost / booked night: $120.55
Per-stay cost / booked night: $38.33
Cost / booked night: $158.88
Monthly operating cost: $2,899.58
Break-even nightly rate: $188.03
Target nightly rate: $250.70
Host payout / booked night: $211.84
Guest pays / night: $250.70
Monthly host payout: $3,866.11
Monthly operating profit: $966.53
Margin on host payout: 25%

Split fee and host-only fee

Both columns use your costs, occupancy, and target. Only the fee percentages change. The guest percentage does not change the nightly rate.

Break-even rate, target rate, guest payment, and monthly profit for the split fee and the host-only fee. The host-only fee column is selected.
Amount	Split feeHost 3% · Guest 14.1%	Host-only feeHost 15.5% · Guest 0%Selected
Break-even nightly rate	$163.80	$188.03
Target nightly rate	$218.39	$250.70
Guest pays per nightBefore a separate cleaning fee or tax	$249.19	$250.70
Monthly operating profit	$966.53	$966.53

Same costs at other occupancy levels

Each row keeps your costs, stay length, profit target, and host-only fee. It changes occupancy by 10 or 20 percentage points, and it drops levels outside 0 to 100 percent. The marked row is the occupancy you entered. These rows are not market occupancy, and the rates are not listing prices.

Break-even and target nightly rates at occupancy levels around the occupancy you entered, using only your costs and selected fee. Not market rates.
Occupancy	Booked nights	Break-even / night	Target / night
40%	12.17	$259.36	$345.81
50%	15.21	$216.56	$288.74
60%Your entry	18.25	$188.03	$250.70
70%	21.29	$167.65	$223.53
80%	24.33	$152.36	$203.15

Opening this page adds an anonymous count. This rate is a cost-based target, not a market demand prediction. How this is calculated

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