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Plug in rooms, ADR, occupancy, acceptance rate and lift per accept. See annual upsell revenue on your numbers and your assumptions.

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Annual pre-arrival upsell revenue

Inputs are yours; the output is your scenario. Anonymised mid-market property data places pre-arrival upgrade-offer conversion at roughly 8% with a several-euro ADR lift per accepted offer.

Your scenario

Annual room nights sold

Accepted upsell offers / yr

Annual upsell revenue

Pre-arrival upsell typically converts at 6-12% in independent properties depending on rate-plan mix and offer relevance. Late-checkout, room upgrade, and breakfast add-on are the highest-converting categories.

How the math connects

  • Annual nights sold = rooms × 365 × occupancy %
  • Accepted offers = nights sold × acceptance rate %
  • Annual revenue = accepted offers × lift per accept

Pre-arrival offers sent 48-72 hours before arrival have the highest acceptance in most segments. Day-before reminders work for ancillary services (spa, dining). Post-arrival in-stay messaging captures additional upgrade opportunities for guests who declined pre-arrival.

Where this fits

Pre-arrival upsell is one of the highest-leverage automated revenue levers an independent hotel has after rate optimisation. Specialist platforms like Oaky ship the deepest offer-catalogue tooling; bundled guest-journey platforms (Duve, Canary, Guestivo) cover the most common offers at a lower total cost. The Oaky alternatives shortlist walks through the trade-offs.

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