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Should you raise your minimum stay?

A 1-night minimum can mean 29 turnovers a month. Raising your minimum trades away some bookings for far fewer cleans — but nobody tells you how much you can afford to lose before it stops being worth it. This tool does one thing: that arithmetic.

This is arithmetic, not a forecast. It does not predict how your bookings will change — it tells you the most you could afford to lose before the move stops paying. Whether your market will hold up is your call.

Working out your new rate for the 15.5% fee? Start there first — the fee changes the cleaning-fee math this tool uses. Open the 15.5% fee calculator →
The 30-second math
How much can you afford to lose?

Enter your numbers once. For each higher minimum stay, you'll see the most bookings you could lose and still break even — and how many cleans a month it saves you. The tool computes the threshold; you supply the judgment about whether your market will hold.

Symbol only — no currency conversion. Enter the numbers exactly as they appear in your Airbnb pricing today. "Cleaning cost you pay" is what your cleaner charges; "cleaning fee you charge" is what shows on the guest's bill.

What every turnover actually costs

The 15.5% fee now takes a cut of your cleaning fee too. Airbnb's host-only service fee applies to your cleaning fee and other add-ons, not just the nightly rate — so the fee you charge doesn't fully reach you. This tool already nets that out: the real cost of a turnover is what you pay your cleaner minus what the cleaning fee brings in after the fee's cut.
Straight about what this is
Arithmetic, not a forecast

This tool is deliberately narrow so you can trust it. It computes a threshold; you supply the judgment. Here's exactly what it does and doesn't tell you.

  • It does not predict your bookings. It claims nothing about occupancy, demand, seasonality or what will happen — only the most you could afford to lose before the move stops paying.
  • It's a break-even line, not advice. Whether raising your minimum will actually cost you fewer bookings than the threshold is your call, based on your own market.
  • The fee applies to your cleaning fee too. That's why the real cost of a turnover uses the 15.5% host-only fee — the cleaning fee you charge doesn't reach you whole.
  • Cleans saved are shown at your current occupancy — the concrete workload change — not at the break-even occupancy. It's the drop in turnovers you'd feel if demand held.
  • Every figure is rounded to the nearest whole unit for readability.

The fee math gives you your floor.
Your local comps give you your ceiling.

You now know the most you could afford to lose on turnovers. The next question is what comparable listings near you actually charge — so you set a minimum and a rate the market will still pay.

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