Estimate total cost of a hotel stay.
The room subtotal is rate times nights times rooms, and occupancy tax applies to it as a percentage — commonly 10% to 18% depending on the city, and frequently quoted separately from the rate in search results. Incidentals are the part travellers consistently omit: minibar items, laundry, tips and the coffee downstairs accumulate at a predictable daily rate. Including them gives an average per night you can actually reconcile against the final folio rather than a figure that always turns out low.
Hotel stay total
Rooms = rate x nights x rooms; total = rooms x (1 + occupancy tax) + daily incidentals x nights
No. It ranges from nothing to over 18% and some cities add a flat per-night levy on top. Check the destination's rate rather than assuming, because on a long stay the difference is substantial.
Fifteen to twenty-five per night covers tips, laundry and the occasional minibar item for most travellers. Business stays with room service run considerably higher.
Sometimes, through group rates from around five to ten rooms. Below that, per-room pricing is normally flat, so the rooms field simply multiplies the subtotal.