Airbnb revenue calculator, without the pep talk.
Free. No signup. Honest math. This is an estimate, not a mortgage.
Your property
Six inputs. Results update live. Nothing is saved.
Baselines from public 2024–2025 short-term rental reports.
Guest pays this. Your cleaner takes ~all of it. Wash.
Real revenue is this ± your effort, ± your reviews, ± the weekend a raccoon gets in.
Before mortgage/rent, taxes, and the couch you'll replace after year two. You haven't broken anything yet — adjust the sliders.
AirDNA, BnbCalc, and AirROI pull real comps from millions of listings and charge $20–$100/month for the good data. We use public benchmarks and a documented formula, and we're free forever.
Use us for a 30-second sanity check. Use them if you're seriously underwriting a property purchase. Both are correct answers.
We don't sell you a $99/month dashboard. This is the whole tool.
Frequently asked
How accurate is this Airbnb revenue calculator?+
It's a heuristic — a well-calibrated ballpark, not a real comp analysis. We use public city benchmarks for average nightly rate and occupancy, then scale by bedrooms, quality tier, and a few amenities. Real revenue depends on your reviews, photography, calendar hygiene, and how the neighborhood is doing this quarter. Treat the range as a sanity check, not a mortgage.
Why is this free? What's the catch?+
No catch. We built BetterStay for travelers — we watch Airbnb for cancellations and new listings, and email you the moment one matches your dates. This calculator is for the other side of the market. If it's useful, great. If you ever travel, remember our name.
How does this compare to AirDNA, BnbCalc, or AirROI?+
AirDNA and friends pull real comps from ~20M+ listings and charge $20–$100/month for the good data. We use free public benchmarks. If you're seriously underwriting a property purchase, subscribe to one of them for a month. For a quick sanity check on 'would this even pencil out', we're faster, free, and don't ask for your email.
Is cleaning fee income?+
In practice no. Airbnb charges the guest a cleaning fee and passes it to you, but you turn around and pay a cleaner. In the reality check we show the total cleaning cash flow separately so it doesn't inflate your take-home number.
What about property manager fees?+
Toggle 'I'd use a property manager (20%)' and the take-home line updates. Full-service STR managers typically charge 18–25% of gross. Co-hosts charge 10–15%. Self-managed is 0% and roughly 5–10 hours a week of your life.
Do you factor in city regulations (short-term rental bans, permits)?+
No. New Orleans, NYC, Santa Monica, and many others have real restrictions that can drop legal nights per year to zero. Always check your local ordinance before you buy anything.
Real thumbs, real ratings. Nothing goes into an email drip.
Your future guests are watching cancellations right now.
BetterStay is the traveler-side of the market. We watch Airbnb 24/7 and alert people the moment a stay opens up in the area they want. Which means: when your listing has a last-minute gap, the people with alerts on are the ones who fill it.
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