Hotel Nights Budget
Estimate a hotel stay's cost from nights, nightly rate and occupancy tax.
About Hotel Nights Budget
The nightly rate is multiplied by the number of nights, then occupancy tax is added as a percentage of the room cost. Most hotels quote rates before tax, so adding that percentage separately gives the true price of a stay.
Formula
Hotel Nights Budget
Total = nights x nightly rate + tax
- nights
- Number of nights in the stay
- nightly rate
- Price per night before tax
Worked example
With the default values below, Hotel Nights Budget returns Total Cost of $403.20. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Nightsminimum 1
- 3
- Nightly rateminimum 0
- 120
- Taxaccepts 0–30 %
- 12 %
Results
- Room Cost
- $360.00
- Tax
- $43.20
- Total Cost
- $403.20
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Hotel Nights Budget
- 3Total Cost= 403.20
- 4Room Cost= 360.00
- 5Tax= 43.20
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, 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
How is Hotel Nights Budget calculated?
Total = nights x nightly rate + tax The nightly rate is multiplied by the number of nights, then occupancy tax is added as a percentage of the room cost.
Why does Hotel Nights Budget matter?
Most hotels quote rates before tax, so adding that percentage separately gives the true price of a stay.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Nights, Nightly rate, Tax. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.