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Pricing
41 posts on the RentTools blog tagged Pricing.
Weekend pricing premium math: what to charge for Friday and Saturday
How much more to charge for weekend nights — measuring your own demand premium from occupancy-by-day, a weekly revenue grid, three markets scored, and why a 2-night weekend minimum beats the premium itself.
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Utility cost per night for short-term rentals: a worked breakdown
What electricity, heat, water, and internet really cost per booked night — a per-night breakdown across three seasons, and why a guest's open-window AC habit blows the model up.
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Short-term rental occupancy rate: the denominator that lies
Your occupancy rate moves 10 points depending on what you divide by. Here are the three numbers — gross, available, paid — and which one to actually chase.
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Short-term rental laundry: in-house machines vs a service
What a turnover's laundry really costs in-house versus at a service: per-load math, the extra linen set a 48-hour turnaround forces, and the real crossover.
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Security deposit for a direct booking: the hold, not the charge
A damage deposit on a direct booking isn't a charge — it's a Stripe pre-authorization hold. The 7-day window that eats it, the right amount, and the chargeback trap.
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Seasonal pricing math: turn your booking history into a rate ladder
Most hosts charge one rate all year. Build a seasonality index from your own occupancy, turn it into monthly rate multipliers, and stop leaking margin.
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Same-day booking math: when the last-minute reservation is a trap
When a same-day Airbnb or Booking.com reservation is worth accepting and when it costs you a 3-star review. Cleaning slack, review-score drag, and the 3-hour rule that beats "always say yes."
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RevPAR for short-term rentals: the metric occupancy hides
Occupancy and ADR each tell half the story. RevPAR — revenue per available night — reconciles them. Worked math for three listings that look nothing alike.
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Pet fee math for short-term rental hosts: when allowing dogs actually pays
A worked breakdown of pet fees for Airbnb and Booking.com hosts. Cleaning premium, damage rate, conversion uplift, and the per-listing rule for setting yours.
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Orphan nights: the gap-night revenue your minimum stay strands
A worked calc of how many nights a 3-night minimum strands as unbookable gaps each year — and the gap-only exception that recovers them without 1-night chaos.
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Off-season math: close the listing or stay open?
Closing for the low season doesn't stop the insurance, the internet or the standing charges. The per-night contribution math on when staying open pays.
pricinghost-tips
Pricing a new Airbnb listing: the review-velocity math
A zero-review listing can't charge the market rate. The math of underpricing your first stays to buy reviews — what each review costs, and when to raise back.
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