Airbnb Turnover Cleaning Price Calculator
Turn the size of a short-term rental, your time and your costs into a price per turnover, with laundry, restocking, a same-day surcharge, a minimum charge and a margin check. Every value is a starting estimate. Replace them with your own numbers.
Last updated: November 13, 2026
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- Labor hours for the turnover
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- Cost per turnover
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- Profit per turnover
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- Margin at this price
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| Bedroom time | — |
| Bathroom time | — |
| Laundry time | — |
| Restocking time | — |
| Hot tub and other extras | — |
| Travel time | — |
| Wages | — |
| Payroll burden | — |
| Supplies, laundry and restocking products | — |
| Overhead | — |
| Your total cost | — |
| Price before the minimum charge | — |
| Your minimum charge | — |
| Same-day surcharge | — |
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Planning estimate only. Defaults are editable starting estimates for planning. They are not market data, not a formal quote, and not financial advice. Look at the job, time the work and use your own numbers before you quote a price.
How this price is calculated
This is a simple cost-plus model: estimate the time, cost that time, add supplies and overhead, then add your margin. Nothing here comes from a market survey or from Airbnb. Every default is a round-number starting assumption for you to replace with your own timings and costs.
1. Time
Laundry minutes and cost apply only for on-site or off-site laundry. Restocking and hot tub minutes and costs apply only when those boxes are checked. Labor hours are person-hours: with two cleaners, time on site is roughly half. The whole-home rate and the bedroom and bathroom minutes can overlap a little on a real job, which is why every figure is editable.
2. Cost per turnover
3. Price, using margin (not markup), the minimum charge, and a same-day surcharge
Margin is a share of the price. Dividing by (1 − margin) is what makes the profit exactly that share of what the host pays. Because the price is rounded up to a whole dollar, the margin shown can be slightly above your target. If your minimum charge is higher than the calculated price, the minimum is used first; a same-day surcharge is then added on top, still never going below the minimum.
The same-day surcharge is a simple percent you set. It is not a market rate and not a rule. Use it if a tight checkout-to-check-in window is worth more to you, or leave it off and add time instead.
4. The checks
The calculator tells you when the minimum charge replaces the calculated price. It also warns if the margin at the final price is below 20%. Twenty percent is a rule of thumb used here as a prompt, not a rule or a market figure. Your own threshold may be different.
What the calculator leaves out
It does not include sales tax, income tax, platform fees, damage claims, linen replacement, parking, payment fees, or a mid-stay or deep-clean visit unless you build them into the minutes, costs or margin. It also knows nothing about prices in your area or what a host or property manager will accept. Treat the result as a floor to check your quote against, then use your own judgment.
Common questions
How should I set the whole-home rate and the room minutes?
There is no single right number, which is why every time is editable. Time a few real turnovers, then split what you measured into whole-home work (kitchen, living areas, floors, a general reset), bedroom work (linens and staging) and bathroom work. Until you have timings, treat the defaults as placeholders, not a description of what typical companies do.
How is laundry counted?
On-site laundry adds the on-site minutes and the laundry cost you enter. Off-site laundry uses the off-site minutes and the same cost field, which is a good place for a drop-off fee. If linens are handled by someone else, choose "No laundry" and those minutes and costs drop out. If starting a machine overlaps with cleaning a bedroom, shorten the minutes so you do not pay yourself twice for the same time.
What does the same-day surcharge do?
When the box is checked, the calculator adds your surcharge percent to the price (after the margin and the minimum charge) and rounds up to a whole dollar. It does not add time. If a tight window actually takes longer, add minutes under "Other extra tasks" as well, or instead. The default of 20% is a round starting number, not a market rate.
Should I charge per turnover or a monthly rate?
This calculator prices one turnover. If you work on a monthly or per-property contract, you can multiply the result by the number of turnovers you expect in a month, then look hard at occupancy: empty nights still cost you travel and schedule space, and back-to-back same-day turns cost more than a relaxed window. The kit linked below is built for residential house cleaning, not short-term rental contracts, so you would adapt it.
Also cleaning homes? The $49 Pricing & Launch Kit
To be clear: the kit is built for residential house cleaning. It has a quote calculator spreadsheet, a service agreement template, cleaning checklists and client email templates. It does not include Airbnb or short-term rental contracts, so you would adapt it to turnover work. If you also clean homes, it could save you time.