Fee calculator
What Airbnb really takes from your booking.
Open →Built by The STR Ledger
Free tools for short-term rental hosts
Seven calculators. Fifty state lodging-tax pages. Zero pop-ups. No signup.
Profit calculator
Turn ADR + occupancy + costs into monthly cash flow.
Open →Cleaning fee
Set a cleaning fee that covers the work without losing the booking.
Open →RevPAR
Three numbers, one tool. The hospitality math behind every deal.
Open →Break-even
What occupancy do you need to keep the lights on?
Open →Co-host split
Fair, transparent revenue splits between co-hosts and owners.
Open →Lodging tax
State-by-state hotel occupancy and lodging tax rates.
Open →Honest math
No mystery rates.
Every formula is documented on the page. No hidden assumptions, no "premium" calculator behind an email gate.
Indexable & shareable
URL state, every input.
Every input lives in the URL. Bookmark a scenario, share it with a partner, send it to your CPA.
No friction
Pop-up free, forever.
No exit-intent. No newsletter modals. No sticky ads. Use the calculator, leave when you're done.
Lodging tax — 50 states + DC
What's the lodging tax in your state?
Every state's transient lodging tax rate, the local add-on range, which platforms collect for you, and the source citation. Sourced annually from each state's Department of Revenue.
See the 50-state indexSample states
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