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Lodging Cost Comparison Calculator

Compare two places to stay over the same number of nights, using the costs you have been quoted. Every line of the arithmetic is shown, and nothing you enter leaves this page.

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How to use it

Compare two options using the same number of nights. For each option, enter the nightly rate, full-stay taxes and mandatory fees, full-stay parking, full-stay local transport, other nonrefundable costs and any refundable deposit. You can add a name and a cancellation-deadline note for each option; names and notes never leave the browser.

Eligibility and room features are separate notes, not scores.

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Worked example

Illustration of the comparison formulas for 7 nights. Based only on these sample entries; prices and assistance are not verified here.

Line	Formula	Option A	Option B
Room	7 nights × nightly rate	$980.00	$1,085.00
Taxes and mandatory fees	entered total	$100.00	$80.00
Parking	entered total	$70.00	$0.00
Local transport	entered total	$50.00	$0.00
Other nonrefundable costs	entered total	$0.00	$0.00
Entered expense	sum of the lines above	$1,200.00	$1,165.00
Refundable deposit	entered total	$200.00	$100.00
Cash needed	expense + deposit	$1,400.00	$1,265.00

Option B has the lower entered expense by $35.00. Compare eligibility, room features and change terms separately. Deposits are shown as cash needs, not automatically as expenses.

Two options, same nights

Blank means unknown, not zero. Enter 0 for a cost an option does not have.

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Nights

Used for both options. Whole number, 1 to 365.

Compare the same dates and room terms so the totals mean the same thing.

Name (optional)

Only on this page; not sent anywhere.

Nightly rate

Quoted rate per night. $0 to $10,000.

Taxes and mandatory fees, full stay

Quoted total for the stay. $0 to $100,000.

Parking, full stay

Total for the stay. $0 to $100,000.

Local transport, full stay

Shuttles, rides or transit to the campus. $0 to $100,000.

Other nonrefundable costs

Any other charge you will not get back. $0 to $100,000.

Refundable deposit

Cash held and returned later. Enter 0 if there is none.

Cancellation deadline (note)

Date, time and time zone, as the provider states them.

Eligibility and room-feature notes

Your own notes. They are not scored and do not change the totals.