Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant for hotels, resorts, Airbnb hosts and property managers in Cancún. He has optimized 100+ properties in and around the market, and works with you 1-on-1, remotely, in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5).
Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant who works 1-on-1 with hotels, serviced apartments, Airbnb hosts and property managers in Cancún: pricing strategy, PriceLabs and Wheelhouse setup, hotel revenue consulting and channel optimization. Demand in Cancún peaks Mid-December to early January and March to Semana Santa and is softest September to early November, and every plan he builds starts from that calendar.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around Cancún
Cornell certified
Master certificate in Revenue Management, 18 years of experience
Eastern Standard Time
1-on-1 sessions scheduled in your local time
“Cancún and the Riviera Maya are North American winter markets that follow flight schedules. Christmas, New Year, Spring Break and Easter are the top weeks, and hurricane season is quiet. Guests stay about a week, often arriving on weekend flights.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
The moves Alaa makes first when a hotel or host in Cancún books a session, and the errors he corrects most often. Every one is set up inside your own pricing tool, so it keeps working after the call.
Price Christmas, New Year, Spring Break and Easter as top bands.
Use 5 to 7-night stays aligned with flight patterns.
Price Cancún, Playa del Carmen and Puerto Morelos separately.
Set hurricane-season floors with flexible cancellation.
Add wedding weekends in Playa del Carmen.
Fully outsource your revenue management in Cancún
Hand the daily pricing and these moves to me and my team, month to month.
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I open holiday dates early with a seven night minimum and firm rates, because Canadian and US families plan these weeks around school calendars and fixed charter flights.
Steady snowbird and couples demand fills this stretch, so I keep weekly pricing and use a small discount for stays of two weeks or more rather than cutting nightly rates.
Spring Break in the Hotel Zone and Mexican holiday travel at Easter get separate bands; I price each week by its school calendar instead of treating March as one flat month.
Sargassum can affect some beaches in these months, so I keep rates realistic, highlight cenotes and pools in the listing, and use summer family demand from Mexico City and Monterrey.
I set a firm floor and loosen minimum stays to three nights, adding flexible cancellation so storm-wary guests still commit, then lift rates again as Día de Muertos and US Thanksgiving approach.
One person does the thinking on your account. Choose the kind of help your property in Cancún needs; everything is remote, 1-on-1 and scheduled in your time zone.
For one Riviera Maya condo or a growing group of units, I review your tax setup, how your weekly ladder matches flight arrivals, and which part of the coast you actually compete in, then build a calendar that treats Spring Break, Easter and hurricane season as the very different periods they are.
I configure your pricing tool with holiday minimums, a weekly and fortnightly discount ladder, and a firm autumn floor, and I make sure Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Expedia all carry the same taxes and rules so one channel never quietly undercuts another.
With a background in five-star hotel revenue, I help Riviera Maya boutique hotels separate wholesale, tour operator and direct demand, set fences for Spring Break groups and weddings, and choose a comp set by beach and concept instead of copying the nearest all-inclusive.
One-time and 1-on-1 on Zoom, priced by the listings in your account: from $125 to $615.
| Package | Listings | Session | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Up to 2 listings | 45-minute Zoom session | $125 |
| Growth | 3 to 6 listings | 60-minute Zoom session | $250 |
| Portfolio | 7 to 10 listings | 90-minute Zoom session | $370 |
| Scale | 11 to 15 listings | 90-minute Zoom session | $480 |
| Pro | 16 to 21 listings | 120-minute Zoom session | $615 |
| Enterprise | 22 or more listings | 120 to 240-minute Zoom session | From $635 |
One home in Hotel Zone, Cancún
I build its seasons, floors and stay rules against its own comparable listings.
Listings across several areas
For example Playacar and Quinta Avenida, Playa del Carmen plus Puerto Morelos: I set each area up separately, with its own comp set, seasons and minimum stays.
More than 21 listings
The large-accounts calculator shows the exact price and session length for your listing count.
Large-accounts pricingTell me what you run in Cancún and what is not working. I reply in your time zone.
Done for you and month to month: I run your Cancún short-term rental pricing every week. From $225 a month, priced by listing count with no cap.
| Listings | Core | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 listing | $225 | $305 | $395 |
| 5 listings | $565 | $765 | $990 |
| 10 listings | $965 | $1,305 | $1,690 |
| 25 listings | $1,415 | $1,910 | $2,475 |
| 50 listings | $1,865 | $2,520 | $3,265 |
Monthly prices. Managed plans start after the one-time PriceLabs strategy package above, so I build your Cancún strategy with you first.
Managed pricing, run for you every day
For hosts in Hotel Zone, Cancún who handle guests and listings themselves and want the pricing done every week.
Pricing plus listing and channel optimization
For listings competing in Playacar and Quinta Avenida, Playa del Carmen: pricing plus listing content, promotions and channel work on every OTA.
Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call
For portfolios across Puerto Morelos and beyond, with forecasting, launch pricing for new listings and a monthly call.
Price your exact listing countI work as your outsourced revenue manager in Cancún, priced by property size rather than per room: from $650 a month, after a one-time hotel pricing strategy setup from $750.
| Hotel size | Core | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| BoutiqueUp to 20 rooms | $650 | $900 | $1,150 |
| Small21 to 50 rooms | $950 | $1,300 | $1,650 |
| Midsize51 to 100 rooms | $1,400 | $1,900 | $2,450 |
| Large101 to 200 rooms | $2,000 | $2,700 | $3,500 |
| Large & luxury200+ rooms, luxury or multi-property | Custom quote | ||
Monthly prices, month to month. The one-time setup builds your Cancún strategy before I take over.
A boutique hotel or guesthouse in Hotel Zone, Cancún
Up to 20 rooms: one comp set, daily rates and stay rules, without hiring a full-time revenue manager.
A city or resort hotel in Playacar and Quinta Avenida, Playa del Carmen
21 to 100 rooms: rate plans by room type, segment mix and event pricing, reported monthly.
Larger, luxury or multi-property in Cancún
For example a group with hotels in Playacar and Quinta Avenida, Playa del Carmen plus Puerto Morelos: quoted on size and complexity.
Ask for a custom quoteMost revenue problems are strategy problems. They get solved faster by one experienced person who looks at your numbers than by a process.
Master certificate in Revenue Management from Cornell University, and 18 years of hands-on pricing work.
A decade running revenue for international five-star properties before moving into short-term rentals.
Client reviews on Fiverr, from single-listing hosts to large portfolios.
No hand-off to a junior account manager. The person who reviews your property in Cancún is the one who sets the strategy.
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Hosts blame low rates for parties and damage, but the real cause is usually the rules around the price.
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Sixteen dedicated pages for Cancún: hotel revenue management and consulting, Airbnb and short-term rental pricing, and optimization for each booking channel.
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
Mid-December to April, with holidays highest.
With lower floors and flexible cancellation.
I do not cut rates automatically when seaweed reports appear. I watch booking pace for the affected weeks and adjust only if pickup slows. Listings with pools, cenote trips or beaches less exposed to seaweed can usually hold their rate if the description sets honest expectations.
Yes. Domestic guests often book closer to arrival and travel in larger family groups over Semana Santa, summer and long weekends. I keep some short-stay flexibility in those weeks rather than forcing the seven night pattern that suits winter visitors from the US and Canada.
Yes. Alaa has optimized 100+ properties in and around Cancún, from single Airbnb listings and small hotels to management companies running hundreds of units. Everything is remote on Zoom, scheduled in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5).
Start a chat or book a session online. One-time PriceLabs strategy sessions are priced by your exact listing count from $125; managed plans start at $225 a month; hotel consulting is quoted per property; Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing software is from $17.99 per listing per month. There is no minimum or maximum portfolio size.
Alaa Elhadi consults for clients worldwide. Reviews and booking history are also visible on his Fiverr profile.
Tell Alaa what you run and what is not working. You get a straight answer in the chat and a clear next step: a 1-on-1 session, a consulting proposal or managed pricing.
Instant answers from the assistant, a revenue manager follows up in the same chat.
