Hotel Net Rate Calculator by Channel
Work out what actually reaches your bank from one night sold through a channel, once commission, card fees and the taxes you collect on someone else's behalf are taken out. Every figure comes from your own contract and statements; nothing here is a market rate.
One night on one channel
Labels your own figures. Nothing is converted between currencies.
The total the guest is charged for one night on this channel, as it appears to them at the point of booking, including anything collected at the property.
Amounts you collect and hand on, such as city or tourist tax and any VAT you remit. This money passes through the property and is never its revenue, so it is separated before anything else is calculated.
The percentage in your agreement with this channel, including any optional programme you take part in. Run the calculator once per channel rather than entering a blended figure across several.
What the card or payment provider takes on the amount processed, from your merchant statement. Enter zero where the channel collects payment and settles you net, so the cost is not counted twice.
Commissionable revenue per night
€168.00
Deductions per night
€28.22
Net to the property per night
€139.78
Effective deduction rate
22.3%
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Commissionable revenue per night
What is left once the taxes you collect for someone else are set aside. This is the base the percentages are applied to, and it is usually smaller than the price the guest saw - which is why a commission rate feels heavier than it looks.
Deductions per night
Commission plus the payment fee, in cash. This is the figure to set against what a direct booking costs you to win, because both are the cost of acquiring one night of business.
Net to the property per night
What is yours after the channel and the payment provider have taken their share. Compare it with the deposit on a settlement statement for the same booking: a gap usually means the commission base or the fee rate needs correcting rather than the arithmetic.
Effective deduction rate
The share of what the guest paid that never arrives, pass-through tax included. It is the fairest way to compare one channel with another, because it is independent of rate level and of how each contract splits its charges.
A worked example
A city hotel checking one channel against a settlement statement. Figures are illustrative and are shown in EUR for readability; they are not measured research or a benchmark for your property.
Inputs
- Rate the guest pays per night
- 200
- Taxes and fees collected for someone else
- 20
- Commission rate
- 15%
- Payment or card processing fee
- 2%
Result
- Commissionable revenue
- 180.00
- Deductions
- 30.60
- Net to the property
- 149.40
- Effective deduction rate
- 25.3%
The gap between the headline rate and the effective deduction rate is the point of the exercise. A 15% agreement looks like 15% until the city tax is set aside and the card fee is added, at which point a quarter of what the guest paid is not arriving. That is the number to compare against the cost of a direct booking, not the contracted percentage.
What each input means
Most disagreements between a calculator like this and a real statement come from putting the right number in the wrong box. These are the definitions this tool assumes.
- Rate the guest pays per night
- The total the guest is charged for one night on this channel, as it appears to them at the point of booking, including anything collected at the property.
- Taxes and fees collected for someone else, per night
- Amounts you collect and hand on, such as city or tourist tax and any VAT you remit. This money passes through the property and is never its revenue, so it is separated before anything else is calculated.
- Commission rate (%)
- The percentage in your agreement with this channel, including any optional programme you take part in. Run the calculator once per channel rather than entering a blended figure across several.
- Payment or card processing fee (%)
- What the card or payment provider takes on the amount processed, from your merchant statement. Enter zero where the channel collects payment and settles you net, so the cost is not counted twice.
Formula and limitations
Formula
Commissionable revenue = rate the guest pays - taxes collected for someone else. Commission = commissionable revenue x commission rate. Payment fee = commissionable revenue x payment fee rate. Deductions = commission + payment fee. Net to the property = commissionable revenue - deductions. Effective deduction rate = (rate the guest pays - net to the property) / rate the guest pays.
What this calculation does not include
- Commission is applied to the rate net of the taxes you enter. Some agreements commission a different base, so check yours against a settlement statement before relying on the output.
- The payment fee is applied to the same base. Where a provider charges on the gross amount including tax, the fee shown here will be slightly low.
- One night, one channel. Length of stay, multi-night discounts, and channel mix are not modelled.
- Cancellations, no-shows, chargebacks, currency conversion losses, and marketing or placement fees are excluded.
- Nothing is converted between currencies. The selector labels your figures and does not translate them.
- No rate here is a market figure. Two properties on the same platform can hold very different agreements, so every input must come from your own paperwork.
Frequently asked questions
Why is commission calculated after the city tax is removed?
Because tax you collect and hand on is not your revenue, and most agreements do not apply commission to it. That is a common arrangement rather than a universal one, so check your own contract: if your channel commissions the gross amount including tax, enter zero in the tax field and put the full guest price in the rate field to model it correctly.
What is the difference between this and the commission calculator?
The commission calculator answers what commission costs across a month of bookings. This one answers what lands in your bank from a single night, which is a different question: it sets aside pass-through tax, adds the payment fee, and expresses the result as a share of what the guest actually paid.
Should I enter a payment fee if the channel pays me net?
No, enter zero. Where the channel collects from the guest and settles you after deducting its commission, the card cost sits with the channel rather than with you, and entering a fee as well would count the same cost twice. Enter a fee only where your own merchant account processes the payment.
Why does the effective deduction rate look so much higher than my commission rate?
Because it measures everything that does not reach you against the full price the guest paid, including the tax passed on and the payment fee. A contracted percentage describes one deduction applied to a reduced base; the effective rate describes the whole journey from the guest's card to your bank, which is the comparison that matters when weighing one channel against another.
Can I save or share a calculation?
Yes. Every input is held in the page address, so copying the link from your browser - or using the copy-link button - sends someone the exact figures you entered. Nothing is uploaded to us; the numbers exist only in your own browser and in the link you choose to share.