Occupancy Rate Calculator
Calculate the percentage of available nights your vacation rental is booked.
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What Is Occupancy Rate?
Occupancy rate is the percentage of available nights that your vacation rental property is actually booked by guests. It is one of the most fundamental performance metrics in short-term rental management and is used alongside Average Daily Rate (ADR) and Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) to evaluate how well a property is performing.
For example, if your property was available for 30 nights in a month and guests stayed 21 of those nights, your occupancy rate is 70%.
How to Use This Calculator
- Booked Nights — Enter the total number of nights that guests actually stayed at your property during the period you are measuring. This should not include nights that are blocked for maintenance or owner use.
- Available Nights — Enter the total number of nights your property was listed and open for guest bookings. This is typically 28–31 nights for a monthly calculation, or 365 for annual.
- Average Nightly Rate (optional) — If you enter your ADR, the calculator will also show your gross revenue, revenue per available day, and how much revenue your vacant nights represent.
What Is a Good Occupancy Rate for a Vacation Rental?
Occupancy rate benchmarks vary significantly by market, season, and property type. That said, here are general industry guidelines:
- Below 50% — The property may be underperforming. Consider adjusting pricing, photos, listing quality, or minimum stay requirements.
- 50–65% — Acceptable for many markets, especially those with strong seasonality.
- 65–80% — A solid performing property in most vacation rental markets.
- 80%+ — Excellent performance. At very high occupancy, many operators consider raising their ADR to capture more revenue per booking.
Keep in mind that a high occupancy rate alone does not guarantee profitability. A property at 90% occupancy charging $80/night may generate less revenue than a property at 60% occupancy charging $180/night. This is why RevPAR — which combines both rate and occupancy — is often a more complete metric.
Occupancy Rate vs. RevPAR
Occupancy rate tells you how often your property is booked. RevPAR (Revenue Per Available Room) tells you how much revenue each available night generates on average — whether or not it was booked. RevPAR is calculated as:
Use the RevPAR Calculator to see the full revenue picture for your property.