Running the
numbers on
short-term rentals.
Bookkeeping, pricing and market research, written for people who actually run listings. No fluff, no affiliate roundups.
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Airbnb metrics every host should track, and how HostLog shows which changes get you more bookings
The Airbnb metrics that matter, from first-page impressions to RevPAR, what each one tells you, and how the latest HostLog turns your listing changes into answers about what earns more bookings.
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Airbnb dynamic pricing: how to sanity-check your minimum and maximum against your market
Airbnb's pricing settings now ask for a minimum and a maximum, and Airbnb moves your rate between them. Here's an Airbnb pricing strategy for checking that band against your local market with the HostLens listing report, and for reading the report with what only you know.
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New to Airbnb? Tips for getting your first listing right
A practical guide for new Airbnb hosts: how to price, write a title and description that get clicked, choose amenities, set up bookkeeping from day one, and keep improving once the bookings start.
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Know your market before you price: a short guide to STR market research
The best hosts price and position against their actual local market, not a hunch. Here are the aspects worth studying — comp set, price tiers, occupancy, and amenities — and how to gather them straight from the source.
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Excel vs. QuickBooks vs. HostLedger: Choosing the Right Tool to Track Your Airbnb Finances
Comparing the most popular ways Airbnb hosts track rental income and expenses — spreadsheets, QuickBooks, and purpose-built tools like HostLedger — so you can pick the right one for your short-term rental.
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Airbnb's 15.5% host-only fee: what you actually need to charge
Airbnb moved its guest service fee into a single 15.5% host-only fee. Here's the airbnb host only fee explained in plain terms — plus a calculator for the price that keeps your take-home the same.
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RevPAR vs. ADR: what the numbers actually show
Two listings can post the same revenue and mean completely different things. Worked examples showing how ADR and RevPAR diverge, and what each one tells you.
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Why we don't store your financial data — and why that matters
Most bookkeeping tools ask you to trust a database with your income and expenses. Here is what changes when your financial data never leaves your browser.
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Should you treat your Airbnb like an investment?
Tracking booking profit tells you if the business is working month to month. Tracking ROI tells you if buying the property was worth it. Here is the difference.
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Hosting across borders: handling multi-currency payouts without a headache
Property in one country, payouts in another currency. Here is why cross-border hosting breaks simple bookkeeping, and how to track it without a separate conversion spreadsheet.
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The real cost of a slow month: pricing problem or booking problem?
When revenue drops, most hosts guess at why. Occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR turn that guess into a diagnosis you can actually act on.
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Occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR: the three numbers every host should know
Occupancy rate, average daily rate, and revenue per available night explained — and how to use them to tell a pricing problem from a booking problem.
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Which of your bookings are actually profitable?
Most hosts judge a booking by the payout that hits their bank account. Here is why that number lies, and how to see real profit per reservation.
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Airbnb bookkeeping basics every host should know
What actually counts as income and expense on a short-term rental, why payout totals lie, and how to track profit per booking without a spreadsheet.
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Why spreadsheets fail short-term rental hosts
Spreadsheets work fine until you own a short-term rental. Here is why manual tracking breaks down for Airbnb hosts, and what automatic bookkeeping actually replaces.
