Minimum stay: one night or three, revenue halves
Published on 29 October 2026
In Brussels, homes bookable for a single night earn a median gross revenue of €24,100; those requiring 3 to 6 nights, €11,900.
A minimum stay protects you from back-to-back cleaning, but it costs bookings. In Brussels, the difference is stark.
| Group | Homes | Median rate / night | Nights booked (median) | Gross revenue / year (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 night | 1,019 | €145 | 168 | €24,100 |
| 2 nights | 739 | €146 | 138 | €20,900 |
| 3 to 6 nights | 445 | €142 | 78 | €11,900 |
| 7 to 29 nights | 98 | €102 | 60 | €8,200 |
| 30 nights or more | 122 | €69 | 255 | €15,800 |
One or two nights: Brussels demand
The median rate hardly moves between one night (€145) and 3 to 6 nights (€142). What changes is nights booked: 168 versus 78. Brussels lives on weekends, two-night business trips and visitors passing through: a three-night minimum shuts out a large share of them.
Month-long stays
The 122 homes requiring 30 nights or more target a different clientele (internships, assignments, relocations) at a much lower nightly rate (€69). Their nights are poorly captured by the estimation method, which puts almost all of them at the cap: read their revenue with caution.
The takeaway
A one- or two-night minimum, with a cleaning fee per stay, remains the most profitable setup in the capital. A longer minimum makes sense in the low season or around a long weekend, not all year round.
Source: Inside Airbnb, data scraped on 20/09/2026 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International). Entire homes with at least one review in the last 12 months. Gross revenue = listed rate × estimated nights booked, before fees and costs. Method and sources.