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Airbnb
32 posts on the RentTools blog tagged Airbnb.
Orphan nights: the gap-night revenue your minimum stay strands
A worked calc of how many nights a 3-night minimum strands as unbookable gaps each year — and the gap-only exception that recovers them without 1-night chaos.
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Who collects tourist tax on Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo (2026)
A practical map of where Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo auto-collect tourist tax — and where they leave you on the hook. Rates by US city and EU country.
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Hot tub ROI for short-term rentals: the 28-month payback math
A hot tub adds $35–$60/night and 8–12 points of occupancy in cold climates. The install pays back in 22–34 months — and never in hot ones.
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Airbnb listing photo math: how many, in what order, and which one earns the click
The cover photo decides 70–80% of search-result clicks. Photos 2–7 decide saves. Above 25 photos, the curve goes flat. A worked 3-listing audit and the order to shoot in.
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When do Airbnb and Booking.com actually pay you? Payout timing
Airbnb pays ~24h after check-in; Booking.com pays weeks later. A worked timeline of when money really lands, the first-payout trap, and the cash-flow gap.
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RevPAR for short-term rentals: the metric occupancy hides
Occupancy and ADR each tell half the story. RevPAR — revenue per available night — reconciles them. Worked math for three listings that look nothing alike.
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Airbnb Superhost: the four thresholds and what the badge is worth
The four quarterly metrics that win the Superhost badge, the search-rank lift it actually gives you, and when chasing it stops being worth the response-rate cognitive load.
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Airbnb host-only fee vs split-fee: the breakeven math
When 15% host-only beats 3% + ~14% split, the conversion uplift hosts actually see, and the worked spreadsheet across budget, mid-tier, and luxury listings.
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Airbnb extra guest fee: the per-person pricing math
What an extra guest actually costs you per night, the three pricing models hosts use, and the spreadsheet that shows when a per-guest fee funds your linen budget vs when it spooks the booking.
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Airbnb instant book vs request to book: the conversion math
What Airbnb's instant book actually costs you in bookings, the four guest signals where request-to-book pays for itself, and the spreadsheet to decide.
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Airbnb co-host commission math: what 20% really costs you
A worked breakdown of co-host pay models for short-term rental hosts. Percent-of-gross vs percent-of-net vs per-task, real dollar math at 5, 10, and 20 stays per month, and the threshold where the co-host pays for themselves.
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Airbnb cleaning fee vs all-in pricing: which one books more nights
A worked breakdown of Airbnb's total-price display and the cleaning-fee dilemma — what happens when you bundle the fee into the nightly rate, how CTR moves at each split, and the break-even where absorbing the fee starts to cost money.
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