Pricing and Costing Your Cleaning and Turnover Work

Cleaning is usually the single largest recurring operational cost of a short-term rental. Whether you pass it through as a guest cleaning fee or absorb it, knowing the true per-turnover cost is the basis of every margin decision.

Build up the true cost

• Labor — the cleaner's fee per turnover, by property size.
• Consumables — the toilet paper, soap, and welcome items consumed each stay.
• Linens — laundering and replacement over time.
• Overhead — supply runs, coordination time, no-show buffers.

Capture cost where the work happens

Reconstructing cleaning costs at month-end is guesswork. The reliable approach is to attach a price to the cleaning task and log the expense automatically when the task is completed — once, idempotently, so re-completing never double-counts.

From cost to margin

Once every clean is costed, per-property owner statements and expense reports show net income and where margin leaks — a property with unusually high turnover cost is easy to spot.

How Maravo handles this

Maravo auto-logs a cleaning expense when a priced cleaning task is completed (deterministic id, idempotent, "Auto" badged), and rolls those costs into expense and tax reports and per-property owner statements.

FAQ

Should I charge guests a cleaning fee equal to my cost? That's a business decision; Maravo gives you the accurate cost figure to make it. This is not tax or pricing advice.