I build your pricing strategy with you, live, in your own account.You share your screen and I build your Azores strategy inside PriceLabs or Wheelhouse, explaining every setting. One-time sessions priced by listing count from $125; or run it with Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing from $17.99 per listing per month.
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Airbnb pricing strategy for Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Azores, Portugal, one to one, remotely and in Azores Time (UTC-1). In Azores, I price July to September as the peak and January to March as the quiet time, and I build the work around that calendar. PriceLabs and Wheelhouse strategy sessions are one-time and priced by listing count: $125 for up to 2 listings, $250 for 3 to 6, $370 for 7 to 10 and $480 for 11 to 15, with larger portfolios priced per listing. Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing software is from $17.99 per listing per month.
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An Airbnb pricing strategy is the set of rules that decide what each night is worth: base, minimum and maximum prices, seasons, events, minimum stays, gap nights, last-minute pricing, length-of-stay discounts and channel markups. The tool applies the rules; the strategy is what makes the tool worth having. Smart Pricing is not a strategy, because it optimizes for Airbnb's fill rate and knows nothing about your events or other channels.
What I plan around in Azores: Whale and dolphin watching; Hiking and hot springs on São Miguel; Direct flights from North America and Europe; Surf and diving. Guests I price for: European and North American nature travellers on 4 to 7 night stays. Where I start: Summer premiums, shoulder-season length-of-stay discounts, and AL compliance.
I set up your pricing with whale season, island festivals and summer as separate bands, plus minimum stays that suit four to seven-night trips. Airbnb and Booking.com follow the same rules, and I make sure weather and travel policies are clear for guests.
The service in general is described on my airbnb pricing strategy page; this page covers how I apply it in Azores.
I set the base from a real comp set, a minimum that protects your margin and a maximum that stops you underselling a peak night, listing by listing.
I build seasonal profiles and event premiums from the local calendar, so rates move before demand does and not after.
Minimum stays, gap and orphan nights and length-of-stay discounts are set to fill the calendar without discounting the whole month.
I configure OTA markups so your net rate is the same on Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo, and leave time to ask anything about pricing.
“The Azores are a nature market growing on direct flights from North America and Europe. Whale watching from April, hiking, hot springs and diving bring visitors who stay four to seven nights. Winter is wet and quiet. Weather changes fast and flights can be disrupted, so flexible cancellation terms often win bookings here. I also price the smaller islands on their own, since supply and access are very different from São Miguel.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Wet, windy weather keeps leisure light, so I offer weekly and monthly rates for remote workers and researchers, and keep flexible terms because inter-island flights are often disrupted.
Whale migration and the Senhor Santo Cristo festival in Ponta Delgada lift demand, so I price the festival weekend individually and add a modest spring premium near the harbours.
Terceira's Sanjoaninas festival and the start of summer flights push demand up, so I price festival nights in Angra separately and lift São Miguel weekends.
Warm seas, hiking and full flight schedules make this my top band, so I keep four or five-night minimums and stop discounting once dates are close.
Autumn hikers and quieter trails bring some demand, so I keep weekend rates fair, offer length-of-stay discounts and price Christmas and New Year as small premiums.
Price June to September as the main season.
Add whale-watching season from April as a shoulder premium.
Use 3 to 4-night minimums.
Price São Miguel separately from smaller islands.
Offer length-of-stay discounts in shoulders.
You rely on Smart Pricing
You want a strategy that considers events, gaps and every channel.
You have a tool on defaults
PriceLabs or Wheelhouse is connected but the rules were never set up.
Your pace trails the market
Bookings arrive late or prices look low in peak weeks.
You want to run it yourself
You prefer to price on your own once the strategy is right.
Choose the package for your listing count and a slot in your time zone. Payment is taken securely at booking.
Share the listing links and tool access so I can review competitors and settings before the call.
On Zoom I set seasons, events, stay rules and markups with you on screen, and explain why each setting is there.
Step 4
A revisit session re-tunes the strategy against your results, from $75.
One-time sessions priced by listing count from $125. Wheelhouse follows the same schedule and revisits start from $75. Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing software is from $17.99 per listing per month.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Up to 2 listings, 45-minute session | $125 |
| Growth | 3 to 6 listings, 60-minute session | $250 |
| Portfolio | 7 to 10 listings, 90-minute session | $370 |
| Scale | 11 to 15 listings, 90-minute session | $480 |
| Pro | 16 to 21 listings, 120-minute session | $615 |
| Enterprise | 22 or more listings, 120-minute session | $635 |
Real feedback from PriceLabs pricing strategy sessions with Alaa.
Alaa is a consummate professional! Patient, thorough, efficient and effective in communicating. He not only made savvy adjustments to my dynamic pricing strategy, but also helped me to understand the reasoning behind his methods, granting me a better understanding of the PriceLabs platform. Strong work!
Airbnb host
Alaa was fantastic, going through each of the properties I had and gave great advice and actioned a great game plan. Would highly recommend for anyone looking to enhance their pricing strategy on PriceLabs. Alaa's experience goes beyond this which makes it very beneficial to have this holistic approach.
Property manager
Alaa helped me optimize my PriceLabs settings for my Airbnb listing and was very helpful and patient with answering any questions I had. He was also able to clearly explain why he made the changes he made, and it was obvious that he had a lot of experience in this field. I will definitely be back!
Airbnb host
For Airbnb pricing strategy, the first changes are base and minimum prices and the seasonal profile, since those drive most of the revenue in Azores. Offer length-of-stay discounts in shoulders. Next: add whale-watching season from April as a shoulder premium.
Busiest in Azores: June to September, with whale-watching season from April. June: Terceira's Sanjoaninas festival and the start of summer flights push demand up, so I price festival nights in Angra separately and lift São Miguel weekends. July to September: Warm seas, hiking and full flight schedules make this my top band, so I keep four or five-night minimums and stop discounting once dates are close. For Airbnb pricing strategy, the strategy I build sets seasonal profiles, event premiums and minimum-stay rules around these windows before they open for booking.
For Airbnb pricing strategy, for the quiet months I set the minimum price, last-minute and gap-night rules and length-of-stay discounts so nights fill without dropping below your floor. Quietest in Azores: November to March. October to December: Autumn hikers and quieter trails bring some demand, so I keep weekend rates fair, offer length-of-stay discounts and price Christmas and New Year as small premiums. January to March: Wet, windy weather keeps leisure light, so I offer weekly and monthly rates for remote workers and researchers, and keep flexible terms because inter-island flights are often disrupted.
Whale season ignored and all islands priced from one comp set. I look for these first when I review Airbnb pricing strategy in Azores, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For Airbnb pricing strategy, i set base prices and comp sets per area, with a separate profile where two parts of Azores behave differently. Furnas and Sete Cidades: Hot springs and crater lakes draw nature lovers; I price rural homes for longer stays and couples, with clear value in the shoulders. Ponta Delgada (São Miguel) and Horta (Faial) and Pico get their own treatment.
Direct flights from North America and Europe, Surf and diving and Whale and dolphin watching are the dates I price first for Airbnb pricing strategy in Azores. April to May: Whale migration and the Senhor Santo Cristo festival in Ponta Delgada lift demand, so I price the festival weekend individually and add a modest spring premium near the harbours.
For Airbnb pricing strategy in Azores, each channel gets its own markup, so the net rate you receive is the same wherever the booking comes from. Azores sells mostly through Airbnb and Booking.com. April to May: Whale migration and the Senhor Santo Cristo festival in Ponta Delgada lift demand, so I price the festival weekend individually and add a modest spring premium near the harbours.
Whether the cancellation policy accounts for weather-related flight changes, since guests in the Azores often face delays and value fair, clear terms. For Airbnb pricing strategy, i check this before touching a single rate, because a base price built on the wrong assumption makes every rule worse.
PriceLabs and Wheelhouse strategy sessions are one-time and priced by listing count: $125 for up to 2 listings, $250 for 3 to 6, $370 for 7 to 10 and $480 for 11 to 15, with larger portfolios priced per listing. Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing software is from $17.99 per listing per month. The scope of Airbnb pricing strategy is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Azores I would start from June: Terceira's Sanjoaninas festival and the start of summer flights push demand up, so I price festival nights in Angra separately and lift São Miguel weekends. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Azores.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Azores the first gains from Airbnb pricing strategy usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: offer length-of-stay discounts in shoulders. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
Yes. Airbnb Pricing Expert in Azores is delivered remotely and scheduled in Azores Time (UTC-1), and 100+ properties in and around Azores have been optimized, including in areas such as Furnas and Sete Cidades. I build it live with you on Zoom in your time zone, inside PriceLabs, Wheelhouse or Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing. Start in the chat or by email and tell me what you run in Azores.
The other services I offer in Azores, for hotels and for Airbnb and short-term rentals. Each has its own page for this market.
Back to the revenue management consultant page for Azores, or read the general page for airbnb pricing strategy.
If you also run properties outside Azores, I work in these markets too, and each page is written for that market's own seasons, areas and rules.
Tell me what you run in Azores and what you need. I reply in Azores Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
