STR Occupancy Calculator

Calculate break-even booking velocities and safeguard debt coverage margins.

Underwrite the exact occupancy rate required to meet your property holding costs. Model seasonal monthly booking declines to establish an absolute baseline safety buffer.
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Holding Cost Safety Framework

Occupancy Metric Audits

Short-term rental cash flows are highly sensitive to booking volume. While ADR provides premium potential, your safety depends entirely on booking velocity—the physical volume of booked nights required to offset fixed holding fees.

Break-Even Calculations

Knowing the absolute minimum booked nights required to pay the mortgage acts as an early warning indicator, signaling when local low-season promotions or dynamic pricing edits must trigger.

3 simple steps

Occupancy Planning Strategy

1

Audit Fixed Carrying Costs

Combine principal mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, standard utilities, and Wi-Fi service fees.

2

Determine Nights Needed

Divide total monthly fixed costs by your estimated average ADR to discover required monthly booked nights.

3

Build Vacancy Safeguards

Ensure your projected occupancy targets sit at least 15-20% above the calculated break-even threshold.

Most investors lose money here — avoid these mistakes:

  • Assuming new, unreviewed properties will immediately secure top-tier market occupancy.
  • Failing to factor calendar blockouts for repairs, maintenance, and host personal use.
  • Ignoring low off-season traveler indexes when underwriting seasonal carrying power.

Example Scenario

STR Break-Even & Occupancy Thresholds

OCCUPANCY METRIC
Total Monthly Holding Costs (Mortgage, Tax, Ins)$2,500
Average Daily Rate (ADR)$160/night
Target Monthly Occupancy %65%
Min. Nights Required to Break-Even:16 nights / month
Break-Even Occupancy Threshold:52.6%
Target Booked Nights (at 65%):20 nights
Projected Cash Surplus
+$700 / month

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