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Occupancy Calculator
Occupancy is a demand signal, not a goal. Model it correctly — including the blocked nights most operators quietly ignore.
Occupancy = Booked nights ÷ (Total nights − Blocked nights)
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Result
- Occupancy
- 75%
- Sellable nights remaining
- 7
- Revenue at stake
- $1,400
Unsold sellable nights × ADR
Chasing occupancy above roughly 85% usually costs more in rate than it adds in nights — and it strains turnovers. Treat very high occupancy as a signal you are underpriced.
Blocked nights — owner stays, renovations, maintenance holds — should leave the denominator. Counting them as unsold inventory makes every month look worse than it was.
100% occupancy is not a triumph; it is evidence you left money on the table. The useful reading of occupancy is directional: is demand arriving earlier or later than last year, and at what rate?
Questions operators ask
- Is high occupancy always good?
- No. Sustained occupancy above the mid-eighties typically indicates underpricing, and it increases same-day turnovers, which is where quality failures cluster.
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