RevPAR (revenue per available rental night) combines price and occupancy into one number, which makes it the fairest way to compare months, properties or pricing strategies. Enter accommodation revenue and available nights to calculate it. Add booked nights to see ADR and occupancy too, and fill in a second period to check whether a change in pricing actually earned more.
Period B is optional and lets you compare.
Conventions used: accommodation revenue excludes cleaning fees and taxes, and available nights exclude nights you blocked yourself. Hotels use the same metric per room; for a single short-term rental, one “room” is the whole listing.
ADR tells you how well you sold the nights you sold; RevPAR tells you how well you sold the nights you had.
RevPAR up, occupancy down usually means a price increase worked: you sold fewer nights but earned more overall.
RevPAR flat, occupancy up often means discounts filled the calendar without adding revenue, while adding turnovers and wear.
Remember that RevPAR ignores costs. Two strategies with the same RevPAR can have different profit if one creates many more cleanings. Run both through the profitability calculator before deciding.
Period A: $3,580 of accommodation revenue over 30 available nights gives a RevPAR of $119.33 (ADR $170.48 × 70% occupancy). Period B: $3,900 over 31 nights gives $125.81, with a lower ADR ($150.00) but higher occupancy (83.9%). Period A earned about 5.1% less per available night despite the higher rate.
Yes. It’s the simplest way to compare months or test a pricing change, because it rewards both rate and occupancy and doesn’t let one hide the other.
Calculate average daily rate from accommodation revenue and booked nights.
Open tool →Revenue & PerformanceWork out occupancy from booked, available and blocked nights for any period.
Open tool →Revenue & PerformanceSee monthly and annual profit, margin, RevPAR and the occupancy you need to break even.
Open tool →Pricing & CalendarCompare what 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7-night stays actually earn after turnover costs.
Open tool →Thrive Hosts handles pricing reviews, calendar rules and reporting as part of ongoing short-term rental operations support.
Results are based on the numbers you enter and are not a guarantee of future short-term rental performance.