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Airbnb Income & Expense Tracker in Airbnb & Short-Term Rentals

The Airbnb Income & Expense Tracker is a copy-ready spreadsheet for airbnb & short-term rentals that tracks income, cleaning, supplies, fees, net profit. It opens unchanged in both Google Sheets and Excel, needs no add-ons or macros, and takes about 10 minutes to set up.

Last updated: August 2026

Excel workbook · opens in Google Sheets · 3 tabs · no sign-up

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What’s inside “Airbnb Income & Expense Tracker”

Tabs: How to use · Transactions · ProfitFormat: Excel (.xlsx) · opens in Google SheetsSetup: About 10 minutesColumns: 7

Columns (grey = calculated for you)

  • Date
  • Property
  • Type
  • Category
  • Description
  • Amount
  • Month
  1. Open the Transactions tab and replace the sample rows with your own — one row per entry. Formulas fill in automatically for new rows.
  2. Record payouts (after platform fees) as income and every cost as an expense, tagged by property and category.
  3. Rename the properties in the dropdown and on the Profit tab. Category totals line up with Schedule E style buckets for your tax preparer.
  4. Using Google Sheets? Upload the file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets (or File → Import in an open sheet). Formulas, dropdowns and highlights carry over.

The file opens locally on your device — nothing is uploaded, and you own the copy outright.

Airbnb Income & Expense Tracker

About this template

It is built for people who want results without another subscription: sTR hosts tracking real profitability. The whole template is free to copy — there is no paid tier. Because it is a plain spreadsheet, you own your data outright and can shape every column to how you actually work.

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What to verify before choosing Airbnb Income & Expense Tracker

Use the review criteria below to decide whether this template fits your workflow.

Review criteria

  • +Net profit per property after all costs
  • +Expense categories for tax time
  • +Monthly and annual roll-ups
  • +Works in Google Sheets and Excel

Often worth considering when

  • +STR hosts tracking real profitability
  • +Anyone preparing rental records for taxes

Pause before choosing when

  • -Automatic bank import
  • -Multi-entity accounting

About Airbnb & Short-Term Rentals

Why people consider this option

  • +Track bookings, income, and cleaning without paid STR software
  • +Know true profit per property after fees and costs
  • +Coordinate turnovers and cleaners in one sheet

What to review before acting

  • -No channel-manager or calendar sync
  • -Manual entry per booking

Trust FAQ

Questions people ask before copying a template

Does the Airbnb Income & Expense Tracker work in both Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. It is built with standard functions and no macros, so it opens and works the same in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel — on desktop or your phone.
Is the Airbnb Income & Expense Tracker really free?
The core template is free to copy and use. There is no paid tier — download the Excel workbook, replace the sample rows with your own, and you are ready to work.
What does the Airbnb Income & Expense Tracker track?
It tracks income, cleaning, supplies, fees, net profit. The workbook comes with these columns plus the formulas, dropdowns and highlights already set up. Replace the sample rows and the totals update as you go.