Your Villa Sleeps Eight. Who Actually Books It?
An average party size hides the shape of who comes. What a group-size breakdown shows, why it changes year to year, and what it means for how you price extra guests.
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Cape Town's 50% Rule: Stay Under, or Go Commercial?
Staying under Cape Town's draft 50% letting threshold means closing nights. Crossing it means commercial rates. How to work out which costs you less, with three worked examples, including a family home with a garden cottage.
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Three Properties, Three Spreadsheets, One Sunday Afternoon
Multi-property owners reconcile by hand because each property lives in a different place. What a portfolio view shows that three spreadsheets cannot, including the pipeline nobody tracks.
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Occupancy Was 78%. So Why Was It a Bad Year?
Occupancy and average rate both flatter a bad year. What a per-night value chart shows that neither does, and how to find the months where you discounted and still didn't fill.
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Your Booking System and Your Accounts Disagree. Which One Is Wrong?
Two systems, two totals, and no way to tell which is right. How to reconcile bookings against your ledger month by month, and what the gaps usually turn out to be.
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Airbnb Says 15%. Your Books Say 18.4%.
Headline commission is not what you pay. A breakdown of what each booking channel actually costs once service fees and taxes are out, and how to see your own number.
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The Plan Has a Price. What Did Last Month Actually Cost?
What running an Airflow account costs in a quiet month and a busy one, which work uses automated tasks and which is free, and where to read your own number in the portal.
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