Group Booking Discount Calculator

Work out group booking discount instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Group Booking Discount Calculator

Group pricing usually combines a percentage discount with complimentary places for tour leaders. Both must be netted against the standard rate to find the effective rate per person actually received, which is the number to compare with your displacement cost.

Formulas

Complimentary places

Comps = floor(Group size / 20) x Comps per twenty

Effective rate

Effective rate = Paying guests x Standard rate x (1 - Discount %) / Group size

Worked example

With the default values below, Group Booking Discount Calculator returns Effective rate per person of $6,737.67. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Standard rate per person: 8,500
Group size: 30
Group discount: 18
Complimentary places per twenty paying: 1

Results

Effective rate per person: $6,737.67
Total group revenue: $202,130.00
Complimentary places given: 1
Total value given away: $52,870.00

Step by step

1Values used
2Complimentary places
3Effective rate
4Effective rate per person= 6,737.67
5Total group revenue= 202,130.00
6Complimentary places given= 1
7Total value given away= 52,870.00

Assumptions and limits

The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is a group discount justified?

When the group fills capacity that would otherwise go empty and does not displace higher-rate individual demand.

Why offer complimentary places?

Because tour leaders and organisers travel free by industry convention. It is a real cost that must be priced into the group rate.