Room Night
What is a room night in hotel management?
The fundamental unit of measurement in hotel room block management. One room occupied for one night equals one room night. A guest staying 4 nights in 1 room uses 4 room nights; 10 rooms for 5 nights equals 50 room nights. Contracts, budgets, and attrition penalties are all calculated in room nights, not room count. Per-night tracking is essential because rates, demand, and attrition risk vary by date.
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- How to Avoid Hotel Attrition Penalties
Avoid hotel attrition penalties by negotiating a low pickup floor and resell credit, tracking pickup per night, and releasing unused rooms before performance.
- Hotel Comp Rooms: How 1-per-40 Ratios, Cumulative vs Per-Night, and Comp Caps Work
What a comp room is, how ratios like 1 per 40, 1 per 50 and 1 per 25 are written, why cumulative and per-night accrual produce different numbers on the same block, and what a comp cap costs you.
- Room Night Math: Pickup, Attrition Exposure, and Comp Ratios
How to calculate room nights, pickup percentage, attrition exposure, comp ratios, and a room-block budget — every formula with a worked example.
Stop tracking room nights by hand
Blocks tracks room nights on the block it belongs to, beside every deadline and room night, and proposes the next step for you to review — so the busy work is handled, and nothing changes until you confirm.