Guide
Practical know-how for vacation rental hosts using Smoobu — short, concrete, no marketing fluff.
Vacation rental profitability: what actually stays in your pocketOccupancy, ADR, RevPAR and net profit done properly — with a free calculator. The costs almost everyone forgets and how to find your break-even occupancy.
Smoobu statistics explained: reading occupancy, ADR and RevPARSmoobu shows your bookings — but not the metrics that decide price and profit. With formulas, a live calculator and real screenshots.
Booking pace vs. last year: am I ahead or behind?Why comparing raw revenue misleads you — and how a cut-off comparison tells you in a minute whether you need to adjust your prices.
Fill gaps in your Smoobu calendar: the 1–3 nights nobody booksOrphan nights between two bookings cost silent revenue. Three levers that work — minimum stay, targeted discount, last-minute — and how to automate them.
Smoobu: how to see unpaid deposits and chase them automaticallySmoobu has no list of unpaid deposits — just a checkbox per booking. How to see every outstanding deposit at a glance, with deadlines, a template and an automatic reminder.
Booking.com commission: what is actually left net?Why the gross comparison deceives, which costs are missing from the commission — and why "switch the channel off" is usually an expensive mistake. With a worked example.