Every booking carries a turnover, so a one-night stay and a seven-night stay earn very different amounts per night even at the same rate. Enter your nightly rate, cleaning fee and costs to compare net earnings per night across stay lengths, see how many turnovers a month each pattern creates, and test a change to your minimum stay. It’s planning guidance from your own numbers, not a demand prediction.
Uses the same nightly rate for every stay length so the turnover effect is clear.
The table assumes every stay in a row is exactly that length. Real calendars mix stay lengths, so treat the numbers as a way to see the turnover effect, not as a forecast.
The gap between 1 and 3 nights is usually the biggest. That’s where per-stay costs are spread over the fewest nights.
Longer minimums aren’t automatically better. If a longer minimum leaves weekday nights empty, you can lose more than the turnover savings. Many hosts use a longer minimum on weekends and peak dates and shorten it closer to the date or for gaps.
Use the gap night calculator for the short runs a longer minimum stay can create.
At $160 a night with a $95 cleaning fee, $85 cleaning cost, $15 other costs and a 15.5% platform fee, a 2-night stay nets about $250.68 ($125.34 a night) and a 3-night stay about $385.88 (roughly $128.63 a night). A 1-night stay nets only $115.48. Moving from a 2 to a 3-night minimum cuts turnovers at 20 booked nights a month from 10 to about 6.7.
There isn’t a universal answer. It depends on demand in your market, day of week, season and how much each turnover costs you. Use the numbers here to see the cost side, then watch occupancy to see the demand side.
Decide whether a gap between bookings is worth opening and at what price.
Open tool →Pricing & CalendarFind your true turnover cost and the cleaning fee that recovers it.
Open tool →Pricing & CalendarTest length-of-stay discounts against the turnovers they save.
Open tool →Revenue & PerformanceSee monthly and annual profit, margin, RevPAR and the occupancy you need to break even.
Open tool →Thrive Hosts sets and adjusts stay rules by season, day of week and gap, as part of the pricing and calendar work we do for owners.
Results are based on the numbers you enter and are not a guarantee of future short-term rental performance. This is planning guidance, not a prediction of booking demand.