Your hotel's revenue manager, without the full-time hire.I take over the revenue manager role for Big Bear hotels, resorts and serviced apartments: daily rates, restrictions, forecasting and distribution, with a monthly report you can check. Plans start from $650 a month by hotel size, month to month, remote in Pacific Time (UTC-8).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides outsourced hotel revenue management for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Big Bear, United States, one to one, remotely and in Pacific Time (UTC-8). In Big Bear, I price January to March and December as the peak, and I build the work around that calendar. Hotel revenue management plans are priced monthly by hotel size, with Core from $650 a month, Plus adding channel and segment optimization and Pro adding forecasting and a monthly strategy call. They run month to month and are never a percentage of revenue.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around Big Bear
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Pacific Time
Sessions scheduled in your local time
Outsourced hotel revenue management means I do the job of the revenue manager for you: I watch the comp set and pace every day, move rates and restrictions, manage the OTAs, forecast demand and report each month. You keep control of the hotel and see every decision.
What I plan around in Big Bear: Big Bear ski and snow season; Joshua Tree National Park; Coachella spill-over; Los Angeles weekend escapes. Guests I price for: Los Angeles and Orange County groups on 2 to 3 night weekend stays. Where I start: Weekend premiums with 2-night minimums, holiday-week pricing, and San Bernardino County STR permit compliance.
For small hotels, motels and inns in Big Bear or the high desert, my five-star chain background helps me split weekend leisure, weddings and group trips, set midweek offers that do not cheapen Saturdays, and choose a comp set by location, not just by room count.
The service in general is described on my outsourced revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Big Bear.
I monitor your comp set and booking pace every day and move rates, rate plans and restrictions as demand shifts, room type by room type.
I manage the channel mix, parity and promotions together across Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Google and your own site, so cost of sale does not eat the gain.
On the higher plans I forecast demand by month and segment, build the annual budget and keep a 12-month pricing calendar tied to the market's real dates.
You get a monthly performance summary, a full ADR, occupancy and RevPAR report on Plus and Pro, and on Pro a monthly strategy call and a quarterly review.
“Big Bear and Joshua Tree are both Los Angeles weekend escapes, but in opposite seasons. Big Bear peaks with snow, Joshua Tree with cooler desert months and Coachella overflow. Both depend on Friday and Saturday demand, both need San Bernardino County permits, and both have many similar cabins, so features and weekend rules decide most of the revenue.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Big Bear cabins sell on snow and Joshua Tree on mild desert days, so I keep weekend rates high in both and only discount midweek when the forecast is dry.
Coachella weekends and wildflower season lift Joshua Tree, so I price those two festival weekends individually while Big Bear cabins move to spring rates.
Desert heat builds and the mountain is between seasons, so I lower floors, allow one night midweek and push Memorial Day as a short peak.
The lake and cooler air make Big Bear a summer escape, so I lift its weekends, while in Joshua Tree I lean on pool homes and lower rates for the rest.
Joshua Tree returns as nights cool and Big Bear hosts autumn Oktoberfest weekends, so I raise weekend rates in both and keep Thanksgiving as its own block.
I set Christmas to New Year as the top block with three or four night minimums in Big Bear, and price desert homes for clear-sky holiday trips.
Price Big Bear snow weekends and holiday weeks as the top winter bands, adjusting when snow arrives.
Price Joshua Tree October to May as the main season, with Coachella weekends as a premium.
Use 2-night weekend minimums and allow 1-night weekday stays.
Charge clearly for hot tubs, fire pits and views against comparable cabins.
Confirm the county permit before setting occupancy and minimum stays.
No revenue manager
The role left or was never hired, and rooms are priced between other duties.
Results have plateaued
RevPAR has stopped moving while the comp set keeps learning.
More than one property
You want one consistent method across a small group without building a department.
An owner or asset manager
You want decisions made by a specialist and reported in numbers you can check.
Room count, room types, channels and the systems you use. I confirm the plan level and the monthly price for your size.
I study your market, comp set and current rates, set up the strategy and connect your PMS or channel manager and pricing tool.
I adjust rates, restrictions and promotions as demand moves, and manage your OTAs on Plus and Pro.
Step 4
You get the report against budget and last year, and on Pro we meet monthly, so nothing I do is hidden.
Priced monthly by your hotel's size, not per room. Core, Plus and Pro, month to month, never a percentage of revenue. Hotels of 200 or more rooms, luxury properties and groups are quoted individually.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Core, up to 20 rooms | Managed pricing, run for you every day | From $650/mo |
| Plus | Pricing plus OTA, channel and segment optimization | By hotel size |
| Pro | Full revenue management with forecasting and a monthly strategy call | By hotel size |
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
Busiest in Big Bear: Ski weekends from December to March in Big Bear, and October to May in Joshua Tree with Coachella spill-over in April. January to March: Big Bear cabins sell on snow and Joshua Tree on mild desert days, so I keep weekend rates high in both and only discount midweek when the forecast is dry. April: Coachella weekends and wildflower season lift Joshua Tree, so I price those two festival weekends individually while Big Bear cabins move to spring rates. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i raise floors and tighten minimum stays ahead of these windows and review pace every week, so the strongest dates never sell early at a shoulder rate.
For outsourced hotel revenue management, that is the first thing I check before taking on the pricing, because everything else sits on top of it. How the listing explains winter access, chains and steep driveways, since a poor arrival in snow costs more in reviews than any rate decision.
Use 2-night weekend minimums and allow 1-night weekday stays. Next: confirm the county permit before setting occupancy and minimum stays. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Big Bear property usually leaks the most.
For outsourced hotel revenue management, in the quiet months my job is to protect the floor, close gaps with length-of-stay and last-minute rules, and keep the property visible on every channel. Quietest in Big Bear: Late spring in Big Bear and July to August heat in Joshua Tree. July to August: The lake and cooler air make Big Bear a summer escape, so I lift its weekends, while in Joshua Tree I lean on pool homes and lower rates for the rest. May to June: Desert heat builds and the mountain is between seasons, so I lower floors, allow one night midweek and push Memorial Day as a short peak.
Snow weekends not adjusted after good snowfall and weekday minimums that block the few midweek visitors. I look for these first when I review outsourced hotel revenue management in Big Bear, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For outsourced hotel revenue management in Big Bear, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Big Bear sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. January to March: Big Bear cabins sell on snow and Joshua Tree on mild desert days, so I keep weekend rates high in both and only discount midweek when the forecast is dry.
Moonridge: Closest to Bear Mountain and Snow Summit; I price ski weekends highest here and keep shorter midweek stays for groups who want first chair. Fawnskin and the North Shore and Joshua Tree town and Yucca Valley get their own treatment. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i set rates, comp sets and restrictions per area and per room or listing type, not as one citywide number.
Los Angeles weekend escapes, Big Bear ski and snow season and Joshua Tree National Park are the dates I price first for outsourced hotel revenue management in Big Bear. July to August: The lake and cooler air make Big Bear a summer escape, so I lift its weekends, while in Joshua Tree I lean on pool homes and lower rates for the rest.
For outsourced hotel revenue management, you get one experienced person who knows your numbers, with a small team and a tool stack behind me, and no account-manager layer in between. I have optimized 100+ properties in and around Big Bear and work remotely in Pacific Time (UTC-8). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: price Joshua Tree October to May as the main season, with Coachella weekends as a premium.
Hotel revenue management plans are priced monthly by hotel size, with Core from $650 a month, Plus adding channel and segment optimization and Pro adding forecasting and a monthly strategy call. They run month to month and are never a percentage of revenue. The scope of outsourced hotel revenue management is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Big Bear I would start from September to November: Joshua Tree returns as nights cool and Big Bear hosts autumn Oktoberfest weekends, so I raise weekend rates in both and keep Thanksgiving as its own block. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Big Bear.
Yes. Outsourced Hotel Revenue Manager in Big Bear is delivered remotely and scheduled in Pacific Time (UTC-8), and 100+ properties in and around Big Bear have been optimized, including in areas such as Fawnskin and the North Shore. I work in your time zone, report monthly, and the engagement runs month to month with no long-term lock-in. Start in the chat or by email and tell me what you run in Big Bear.
The other services I offer in Big Bear, 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 Big Bear, or read the general page for outsourced revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Big Bear, 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 Big Bear and what you need. I reply in Pacific Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
