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Airbnb amenity cost calculator: what do toiletries and coffee cost per stay?
Shampoo, soap, pods and the welcome snack are small numbers that happen every single stay.
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Cost your amenitiesNobody prices a listing around the bar of soap. But the soap, the shampoo, the coffee pods, the bottled water and the snack basket add up to a real number per stay, and it happens hundreds of times a year. Buying by the bottle at a grocery store instead of by the case is usually the whole gap.
The formula
Cost each = case price ÷ units in the case. Cost per stay = Σ(cost each × units a guest uses). Multiply by stays a month for the monthly figure.
What a good number looks like
Normal for a one-bedroom with a decent welcome basket.
Fine for a premium listing. Check you are buying by the case.
Something is being bought retail, or guests are taking home the spare rolls.
What to do about it
- Buy by the case. Foodservice suppliers sell hotel amenities in 100-packs at a fraction of the retail unit price.
- Leave enough for the stay, not enough for the month. Restock between guests.
- Put the amenity budget in the nightly rate as its own line so it is never squeezed.
Now do it with your numbers.
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