How to use this calculator
Enter sellable rooms
Enter the number of rooms that were available to book during the period.
Enter the period and rooms sold
Add the number of days and total occupied room nights for that same period.
Read the occupancy rate
Review the occupancy percentage plus available, occupied and unsold room nights.
Hotel occupancy rate formula
Occupancy rate = room nights sold ÷ available room nights × 100. Available room nights equal sellable rooms multiplied by days in the period.
A 40-room hotel has 1,200 available room nights in a 30-day month. If it sells 840 room nights, its occupancy rate is 70%.
Use occupancy with ADR and RevPAR
Occupancy alone cannot tell you whether a hotel maximized room revenue. A high occupancy at a heavily discounted rate may earn less than a balanced combination of rate and demand.
Review occupancy beside ADR and RevPAR, and compare equivalent weekdays, seasons, room types and channels.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as an available room?
Use rooms that were actually sellable. Exclude rooms taken out of inventory for long-term maintenance, but keep vacant rooms that were available to book.
What is a room night sold?
One occupied room for one night is one room night sold. A three-night reservation for two rooms contributes six sold room nights.
What is a good hotel occupancy rate?
There is no universal target. The right benchmark depends on market, property type, season and rate strategy, so compare with similar periods and your competitive set.
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