Calculate the true nightly cost of a vacation rental including all fees.
The fixed cleaning fee is spread across the stay, so it raises the effective nightly rate sharply for short bookings. Service fees and taxes then compound on top of it. A ninety-pound cleaning fee adds forty-five pounds a night to a two-night stay but only nine to a ten-night one, which is why short rentals compare so badly with hotels.
Vacation Rental Cost
Total = (nightly rate × nights + cleaning fee) × (1 + service fee) × (1 + tax)
Total = (nightly rate × nights + cleaning fee) × (1 + service fee) × (1 + tax) The fixed cleaning fee is spread across the stay, so it raises the effective nightly rate sharply for short bookings. Service fees and taxes then compound on top of it.
A ninety-pound cleaning fee adds forty-five pounds a night to a two-night stay but only nine to a ten-night one, which is why short rentals compare so badly with hotels.
This calculator takes 6 inputs: Advertised nightly rate, Nights, Cleaning fee, Service fee, Occupancy tax, Guests. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.