Travel · official-source review · reviewed 2026-10-11
A rental deposit reads like a formality until you see it as a share of the whole trip cost.
Turn a nightly rate, nights, and fees into the trip total, the deposit, and the deposit share.
Travelers booking a vacation rental from a listing or a marketplace.
Use the source document or official route that applies to your situation. This guide does not contact another person or verify external information.
Use the rate in the booking summary, not the headline rate.
Count the nights you are charged for, including a minimum stay.
Enter the cleaning fee and any mandatory service fee you must pay to book.
Take the percentage from the listing terms, not from the message thread.
Pay through the platform's own route. A request to move off it is a warning.
Four nights at $180 with a $75 cleaning fee is a $795 trip, and a 50 percent deposit is $397.50 up front.
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Two bookings measured the same way. Both are examples.
Both cases are examples, not records about a real person. The bars show the same numbers the free App computes.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission · reviewed 2026-10-11
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This guide does arithmetic on your numbers. It does not check a listing, host, or payment route.
Seller policies and legal rights differ by transaction and jurisdiction. Read the terms for this seller and product.
Use current instructions from the responsible organization. This guide is a planning aid, not an official decision or a substitute for qualified advice.
Turn a nightly rate, nights, and fees into the trip total, the deposit, and the deposit share.
This App does arithmetic on your numbers. It does not check a listing, hold a booking, or move money.
You enter every number yourself. The sources support the method and the limits. They do not produce a result for your specific case. Keep the original documents next to the sheet you build.
The App computes the worked example with your own numbers, in your browser.
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Turn a nightly rate, nights, and fees into the trip total, the deposit, and the deposit share.
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