RV Rental Host Profit Calculator

Is renting out your RV worth it? Break-even nights, cash result and the rate you need

Enter your nightly rate, how many nights you expect to be rented, the platform fee, cleaning, wear and your yearly costs of owning the rig. You get the cash result, the result after depreciation, the break-even number of nights and the nightly rate that pays the profit you want.

It does not know what other owners charge or what any listing site takes: those are your inputs.

Your rig and season

Nightly rental rate, dollars

Nights rented per year

Nights available to rent (blank = 365)

Average trip length, nights

Cleaning fee you charge per trip, dollars

Your cleaning and turnover cost per trip, dollars

Wear and consumables per rented night, dollars

Platform fee, % of what renters pay

Insurance per year, dollars

Storage per month, dollars

Loan payment per month, dollars

Registration, maintenance reserve and other yearly costs, dollars

Depreciation per year, dollars

Profit you want after depreciation per year, dollars

Fill in the rig and season, then click Work out the profit.

Result

Result at different numbers of rented nights

Nights rented	Occupancy	Cash result	After depreciation

What it does, and what it leaves to you

Counts: trips = nights / average trip length; per rented night = rate x (1 - platform fee) + (cleaning fee x (1 - platform fee) - cleaning cost) / trip length - wear; cash result = per rented night x nights - (insurance + 12 x storage + 12 x loan payment + other yearly costs); result after depreciation = cash result - depreciation. Break-even nights = costs / per rented night.
Not decided: what renters will pay, which listing site to use or what it really charges, insurance and damage-claim terms, income tax and deductions, sales or lodging tax, whether the loan lender permits rental use, local storage and parking rules, and the rig's actual resale value.

Common questions

Is renting out my RV or camper worth it?

It depends on whether the nights you actually rent pay for the fixed costs of owning it: loan payment, insurance, storage and registration, plus what the rig loses in value each year. Enter your rate and the nights you expect to be booked and the page shows the cash result, the result after depreciation, and the break-even number of nights.

How many nights do I need to rent to break even?

Divide your yearly fixed costs by what one rented night earns after the platform cut, cleaning and wear. The page does that twice, once for cash costs only and once including depreciation.

What nightly rate should I charge?

The page works backwards from the profit you want after depreciation at the number of nights you expect, and shows the rate that gets there. Compare it with similar rigs near you before you list.

Does it know what Outdoorsy, RVshare or other sites charge?

No. The platform fee is a number you type in, taken from the terms you were shown. The page does not hold any site's actual rates.

Is my data uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything is calculated in your browser and nothing is sent; a test in the code asserts there are no network calls.