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Holiday rental yield calculator

Work out the yield of a short-term rental by occupied nights, after management fees and costs.

What you pay for the property.
Taxes and purchase costs (transfer tax/VAT, notary, registry…). Usually 10-12% of the price.
Average price you charge per night.
How many nights a year you expect it rented (max 365).
Platform or manager fee on income (Airbnb, Booking, local manager…).
What the cleaning costs after each stay.
Average nights per booking. Used to estimate how many cleanings per year (nights ÷ average stay).
Fixed yearly costs: property tax, community fees, insurance, utilities, maintenance…
Net yield
4.32%
Gross yield
10%
Gross annual income
€20,000
Net annual income
€9,500
Average occupancy
54.79%
Annual management cost
€4,000
Annual cleaning cost
€2,500

Information, not tax or financial advice.

How the holiday rental yield calculator works

Unlike a traditional let, a holiday rental is measured by occupied nights at a higher price, but with more costs: platform fees, cleaning and empty periods.

How to read the result. Gross income is nights × price per night. Net income subtracts the management fee, the cleaning per stay and the fixed costs. The number of cleanings is estimated by dividing nights by the average stay length. The net yield relates it to your total investment.

Worked example (default values). A €200,000 flat (+€20,000 purchase costs), €100/night, 200 nights a year, 20 % fee, €50 cleaning per stay (4-night average stay) and €4,000 of fixed costs:

  • Gross income: €100 × 200 = €20,000 (occupancy 54.8 %).
  • Cleanings: 200 / 4 = 50 stays × €50 = €2,500.
  • Net: 20,000 − 4,000 (management) − 2,500 (cleaning) − 4,000 (costs) = €9,500.
  • Net yield: 9,500 / 220,000 ≈ 4.32 %.

An important note. Occupancy is everything: drop the nights to 120 and the yield collapses. Be conservative with that figure.

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