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Hostel financial model, built free.

A three-statement Excel model for a hostel and budget accommodation operator, built from your own figures and checked to balance.

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The business

Operates hostels, backpacker and budget lodges selling dormitory beds and private rooms, with bar, food and tour-booking income and a young international guest mix sensitive to visa and travel settings.

See the sampleHow the model works

In short

  • 01

    Three linked statements

    Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, linked in every period.

  • 02

    Valued two ways

    Discounted cash flow and trading multiples, side by side.

  • 03

    Monthly to annual

    Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annual periods, for up to 30 years.

  • 04

    Checked every period

    A Checks sheet shows the balance sheet balances and the cash reconciles.

The sample

The sample, as Excel draws it.

Built by the same system and checks as yours, on illustrative figures: every sheet as Excel draws it, or live.

Annual · 10 years · Low detail
Hostel sample model.xlsx
The Summary sheet of the sample hostel model

Illustrative figures: the sample describes no real business. The live preview shows values; your model’s Excel file has every formula.

How it works

How the model works for a hostel.

  1. How it earns revenue3 formulas
    Rooms revenue · All hotels
    Rooms revenueOccupied room nightsHotel average daily rate (ADR)
    Rooms revenue · All hotels
    Occupied room nightsAvailable room nightsHotel occupancy
    Food, beverage and other revenue · All hotels
    Food and beverage revenueF&B revenue from in-house guestsNon-resident F&B and events revenue
  2. What drives its costs3 formulas
    Management and franchise fees · All hotels
    Management feesBase management feeIncentive management fee
    Departmental and undistributed costs · All hotels
    Departmental expensesRooms department expensesFood and beverage department expensesOther departments expenses
    Departmental and undistributed costs · All hotels
    Undistributed operating expensesFixed undistributed expensesVariable undistributed expenses
  3. What it invests in3 formulas
    FF&E, refurbishment and depreciation · All hotels
    FF&E and refurbishment capexFF&E reserveScheduled refurbishment and major capex
    FF&E, refurbishment and depreciation · All hotels
    DepreciationDepreciation of building and existing fit-outDepreciation of additions
    FF&E, refurbishment and depreciation · All hotels
    Closing net book valueOpening net book valueFF&E and refurbishment capexDepreciation
  4. How it is funded3 formulas
    Debt
    RepaymentsScheduled repaymentsPrepayments from an equity raise and the cash sweep
    Debt
    Closing balanceOpening balanceDrawdownsRepayments
    Debt
    Interest expenseOpening balanceAll-in interest rateshare of the year
  5. How profit becomes cash3 formulas
    Working capital
    Trade receivablesRevenuefrom statementsDebtor daysDays in period
    Working capital
    InventoryDirect costs (positive)from statementsInventory daysDays in period
    Working capital
    Trade payablesCash operating costs (positive)from statementsCreditor daysDays in period
What it covers

24 parts, each one tested.

Every part is a tested building block with its own checks: yours is put together from the ones your business needs.

  • CPI forecastConsensus curve with long-run anchor
  • Corporate costsFixed cost base indexed to CPI
  • Working capitalFull working capital
  • Income taxCorporate rate with tax losses
  • DebtAmortising term loan
  • Discounted cash flow valuationDCF on free cash flow to the firm
  • Multiples valuationEV / EBITDA multiple
  • Portfolio KPIs (per key, like-for-like)Like-for-like RevPAR growthPortfolio ratios computed from summed room nights and revenue (never by adding hotel ratios).
  • LeasesLease register
  • Purchase price and acquisition costsAgreed price plus costs
  • Hold-period cash flowsAsset-level NOI less capex
  • Exit value and exit costsTerminal capitalisation rate
  • Investment returnsIRR, equity multiple and cash-on-cash
  • Key-metric summaryLast-twelve-month and run-rate metrics
  • Covenant tests and headroomLVR, gearing and ICR for property
  • Hotel registerRoom inventory changes by yearRooms (keys), opening book value and remaining life for each hotel.
  • SeasonalityMonthly seasonal profileIndices that shape occupancy and ADR through the year in monthly or quarterly models.
  • Rooms revenueCompetitive set penetration (MPI × ARI)Room nights available and sold, and rooms revenue at the average daily rate.
  • Food, beverage and other revenueSpend per occupied room plus non-resident F&BRestaurants, bars, banqueting, conferences, spa, parking and other operated departments.
  • Departmental and undistributed costsDepartmental cost ratios plus fixed undistributed costsDepartmental expenses (rooms, food and beverage, other), undistributed operating expenses (administration, sales and marketing, maintenance, utilities) and fixed charges (property taxes, insurance).
  • Management and franchise feesHotel management agreement (base + incentive fee)What the hotel owner pays a brand or operator — management fees, franchise fees or variable lease rent.
  • Hotel operating profitUSALI summary (GOP and hotel EBITDA)Total revenue, gross operating profit and hotel EBITDA in USALI summary form.
  • FF&E, refurbishment and depreciationFF&E reserve plus scheduled refurbishmentCapex on furniture, fixtures and equipment and refurbishments, and the hotel's net book value and depreciation.
  • Like-for-like comparabilityLike-for-like comparability from trading status
Key numbers

The numbers it tracks.

  1. 01beds
  2. 02bed occupancy
  3. 03average bed rate
  4. 04revenue per available bed
  5. 05EBITDA per bed
Used for

What it is used for.

Also used for
  • Asset acquisition
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