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What should I charge?

Start with your costs, expected sales and earnings target.

What should I charge?

Choose your business, enter the main costs and expected sales, and see your prices.

Hypothetical example. Replace the figures with your own.

Your costs and expected sales

Overhead for your planning period (BZD)

Rent, fixed payroll, insurance and other costs for the same period as your expected nights.

Extra cost per occupied night (BZD)

Laundry, supplies and costs that increase with occupied nights. Spread per-stay cleaning over average stay length.

Room nights you expect to sell

One room sold for one night = one room night. Example: 6 units × 30 days × 40% occupancy = 72 sold nights.

Fees, earnings target & comparison

Booking / payment fees (%)

Use a revenue-weighted percentage. Include fixed processing fees in costs instead.

Earnings target for the period (BZD)

Amount you want left after entered costs, before income tax and omitted expenses. Zero means cover costs only.

Comparable price per room night (optional) (BZD)

Your researched comparison in the same currency/unit, excluding tax collected for remittance. Match dates, quality, inclusions and channel. Not a verified average.

Included settings: 15% fees; earnings target BZD 2,000.00.

Your price per room night

Cover entered costs: BZD 224.84
Reach your earnings target: BZD 257.52

At 72 sold room nights, the target price leaves BZD 2,000.22 after entered costs.

Before income tax and omitted expenses, not net profit. Use the same period for overhead, sales and earnings. Enter prices/costs excluding tax collected for remittance.

What if sales change?

Same target price, different sales
Sales	Remaining after entered costs
54	BZD -499.83
72	BZD 2,000.22
90	BZD 4,500.28

Approximately 25% fewer/more whole sales. Entered tour capacity is respected. Room availability and restaurant capacity are not modeled; check you can deliver the assumed volume.

Inputs and calculation

Overhead for your planning period: BZD 8,000.00
Extra cost per occupied night: BZD 80.00
Room nights you expect to sell: 72
Booking / payment fees (%): 15
Earnings target for the period: BZD 2,000.00
Comparable price per room night (optional): Not entered

Cost-covering price = (per-sale costs + overhead ÷ expected sales) ÷ (1 − fees). Target price adds earnings target ÷ sales before fee adjustment. Prices round up to cents. Single-rate, single-cost model.

Show a worked example

For 72 sold room nights: BZD8,000 overhead, BZD80 per night, 15% fees and a BZD2,000 earnings target give BZD224.84 to cover costs and BZD257.52 to reach the target.

Examples are in BZD. These are invented teaching examples, not typical Belize prices.

Before choosing a selling price

Compare genuinely similar offers: dates, location, quality, inclusions, unit size and channel. A calculated price does not prove customers will pay it. If the numbers do not work, review costs, realistic sales, the target or your offer.

Restaurant overhead and earnings must be allocated to this item only, not the whole menu charged to every dish. Tour quotes cover the entered group; recalculate when group size or inclusions change.

Cost coverage method: SBA · Menu costing and market context · Currency reference

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