Is it more profitable to let nightly or monthly?
Nightly letting pays more only if the nights booked, after platform fees and the cleaning cost for each booking, earn more than the monthly rent. This calculator works out net monthly income both ways, the difference, and the number of nights you need booked each month to match the monthly rent.
- Gross nightly income
- RM 1,920.00
- Platform fee
- - RM 297.60
- Cleaning costs
- - RM 240.00
- Net if let nightly
- RM 1,382.40
- If let monthly
- RM 1,400.00
- Difference a month
- - RM 17.60
- Nights to match the monthly rent
- 17 nights
How does this calculator work?
Gross = nightly price x nights booked. Nightly net = gross minus platform fee (gross x rate) minus cleaning cost x number of bookings. Difference = nightly net minus monthly rent. Break-even nights = (monthly rent + cleaning cost) divided by nightly price after fees, rounded up.
Frequently asked questions
Utility bills, furniture, your time looking after guests, and tax. Nightly lets usually carry their own utilities, while monthly tenants often pay theirs, so deduct those costs if you bear them.
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