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Break-even Calculator
How many nights must you sell before the unit pays for itself? The number every operator should know before adding inventory.
Break-even nights = Monthly fixed costs ÷ (ADR − Variable cost per night)
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Result
- Break-even nights
- 17
- Break-even occupancy
- 54.4%
- Contribution per night
- $147.00
- Profit at full month
- $2,010
A break-even occupancy above 60% leaves almost no room for a soft season. Above 75%, the unit is a liability in any downturn.
Fixed costs are the ones that arrive whether or not you sell: rent or mortgage, insurance, utilities baseline, software. Variable costs scale per stay: cleaning, supplies, channel fees.
Break-even occupancy is the single best measure of how much risk a unit carries. Two units with identical revenue can have completely different resilience, and this is the number that shows it.
Questions operators ask
- Where do management fees go?
- Percentage-based management is variable — fold it into variable cost per night. Flat retainers are fixed.
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