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Profit and loss

Income, fees, expenses, profit and what is due to owners per property, for one or more months, with month locks.

What this page is for

See how each property did: what guests paid, what platforms and you as manager took, what was spent, the profit, and what is due to the owner. Lock a month when it is checked so nothing in it changes.

Who can use it

See profit and loss (by default Admin, Finance and Viewer). Exporting needs Export profit and loss; locking needs Lock and unlock months.

How to read the report

  1. Choose the first and last month, the currency, and optionally some properties (none chosen: all properties in operation except the company cost centre).
  2. Tick Include expenses left out of P&L to see everything you spent.
  3. Select Show. Select CSV or Excel to download it.
  4. For a single month, select Lock when the month is checked.

Fields and columns

Column Meaning
Gross What guests paid for stays checking in during the period.
Platform fees Commission taken by booking platforms.
Net Gross minus platform fees.
Management fee Your fee per booking, for properties on the "management fee from every booking" rule.
Expenses Approved expenses for the property, without those left out of P&L (unless ticked).
Profit Net minus management fee minus expenses.
Due to owner By the property's payout rule: a share of profit, all the profit after your booking fee, or a fixed monthly rent.

Statuses and automation

Settings that change this page

Owner payout rules; Exchange rates; Expense categories (not in P&L).

FAQs

Why does a stay spanning two months count in one? Stays count in their check-in month. Turn on splitting by month in Bookings settings to share them across months.

Why can't I edit an old booking? Its month is locked. Unlock it here first.

Troubleshooting

Problem What to do
A warning says rates are missing Add the exchange rates for those months.
A property is missing It is not in operation, is the company cost centre, or you can't see it. Choose it in Properties.

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