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Room Rate Breakeven Calculator

Before you agree to any OTA rate or corporate discount, it helps to know the number below which you are losing money on every room sold. This calculator takes your fixed costs, variable cost per occupied room, room count and target occupancy, and gives you that floor.

Revenue & Front Office — Room Rate Breakeven Calculator
In short

Breakeven ADR = (fixed costs divided by room-nights sold at target occupancy) plus variable cost per room.

Room-nights sold = total rooms × days × occupancy %. Breakeven ADR = (fixed cost ÷ room-nights sold) + variable cost per room.
Room-nights available
3,000
Room-nights sold (at target occ.)
1,950
Breakeven ADR
₹1,169.23
Breakeven total revenue
₹22,80,000.00

How to use the Room Rate Breakeven Calculator

  1. Enter fixed costs for the period.
  2. Enter variable cost per occupied room-night.
  3. Enter total rooms.
  4. Enter days in period.
  5. Enter target occupancy %.
  6. Read your results instantly, updated live as you type.

Worked example

Fixed costs for the period1500000
Variable cost per occupied room-night400
Total rooms100
Days in period30
Target occupancy %65 %
Room-nights available
3,000
Room-nights sold (at target occ.)
1,950
Breakeven ADR
₹1,169.23
Breakeven total revenue
₹22,80,000.00

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a fixed cost here?

Rent or loan payments, base staff salaries, insurance, and any cost that stays roughly the same whether the hotel is at 30% or 90% occupancy for the period you are measuring.

What counts as variable cost per room?

Housekeeping supplies, laundry, guest amenities, utility usage tied to occupancy, and anything else that only gets spent when a room is actually sold. It should exclude the fixed costs already counted separately.

Why does target occupancy affect the breakeven rate?

Fixed costs get spread across fewer room-nights at lower occupancy, so the breakeven ADR rises. At higher occupancy the same fixed cost is shared across more sold rooms, so the floor rate drops, which is why occupancy and rate strategy have to be planned together, not separately.

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