Cleaning fee calculator

Is my cleaning fee putting guests off?

A cleaning fee is a pricing display problem more than a cost problem. The same fee is invisible on a week and punitive on one night, and it is the main reason a listing stops receiving short bookings without its nightly rate having changed.

This shows the fee two ways: what it adds to the effective nightly rate, and what share of the total it represents. The second is the one guests react to, because they compare on the nightly rate and decide on the total.

The calculator needs JavaScript to run its arithmetic, and it is switched off. The formula and every assumption behind it are written out below the inputs, so you can work it through on paper — that is all the calculator does.

Result

Cost per night of the stayWhat the fee adds to the effective nightly rate a guest pays.: $23.33
Fee as a share of the stay: 12.96%

Proportionate. Guests are unlikely to price-shop on this.

What this assumes

Cost per night = turnover cost ÷ average stay.
Share of the stay = turnover cost ÷ (rate × average stay).
Assumes you pass the whole turnover cost on. Absorbing part of it into the nightly rate lowers this share and raises the figure guests compare on.
Where the platform shows a total price up front, guests react to the total; where it shows a nightly rate, a high fee surfaces late and reads as a surprise.

An estimate, not advice. It cannot know your market, your local rules or your tax position. Check the figures against your own booking data before acting on them.