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Cartagena, Colombia

Revenue management consultant and pricing expert in Cartagena

Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant for hotels, resorts, Airbnb hosts and property managers in Cartagena. He has optimized 100+ properties in and around the market, and works with you 1-on-1, remotely, in Colombia Time (UTC-5).

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Working with Alaa in Cartagena, at a glance

Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant who works 1-on-1 with hotels, serviced apartments, Airbnb hosts and property managers in Cartagena: pricing strategy, PriceLabs and Wheelhouse setup, hotel revenue consulting and channel optimization. Demand in Cartagena peaks Mid-December to mid-January and is softest September to November, and every plan he builds starts from that calendar.

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100+

Properties optimized in and around Cartagena

Cornell certified

Master certificate in Revenue Management, 18 years of experience

Colombia Time

1-on-1 sessions scheduled in your local time

Consultant's view

Alaa's take on Cartagena

“Cartagena sells the Walled City, Getsemaní and weekend escapes for Colombians. Holidays, long weekends and weddings drive demand, and the Hay Festival adds January. Group homes are common. RNT registration is required. Groups often book large homes for celebrations, so clear rules, deposits and capacity-based pricing protect both the property and the revenue.”

Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.

Cartagena at a glance

Busiest
December to January, Holy Week, and long weekends, with Hay Festival in January.
Quietest
September to October.
Dates to price first
  • Walled City and Getsemaní tourism
  • Colombian long weekends
  • Wedding and group travel
  • Rosario Islands day trips
From Alaa's consulting sessions

How Alaa would price a property in Cartagena

The moves Alaa makes first when a hotel or host in Cartagena 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.

Alaa's pricing playbook for Cartagena

  1. 1

    Price Colombian long weekends and holidays as premiums.

  2. 2

    Price group homes by capacity.

  3. 3

    Add the Hay Festival and wedding weekends.

  4. 4

    Price Walled City and Getsemaní separately.

  5. 5

    Keep RNT registration current.

Fully outsource your revenue management in Cartagena

Hand the daily pricing and these moves to me and my team, month to month.

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Mistakes Alaa fixes most in Cartagena

  • Long weekends ignored.
  • Groups without rules.
  • Unregistered listings.
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Alaa's pricing calendar

How I price Cartagena through the year

Revenue management consultant in Cartagena, Colombia
  1. Mid-December to mid-JanuaryPeak

    Colombian families and foreign visitors fill the city together, so I set four or five night minimums over Christmas and New Year and open those weeks early at full rate.

  2. Late January to Holy WeekHigh

    The Hay Festival and the music festival bring a cultured crowd in January, then dry weather carries to Semana Santa. I price festival nights and Holy Week as separate blocks.

  3. May to AugustShoulder

    Mid-year school holidays in June and July bring Colombian families back, so I lift those weeks, keep puentes priced as mini peaks and soften midweek.

  4. September to NovemberLow

    Rain and heat thin demand, so I lower floors and allow two night stays, while the Independence celebrations around 11 November get a modest weekend lift.

Where I price Cartagena differently

San Diego
The quieter, residential side of the Walled City with boutique houses; I price above Getsemaní and sell calm to couples and families.
Bocagrande and Castillogrande
High-rise condos by the beach that Colombian families favour, so I price around puentes and school holidays rather than foreign travel.
Manga
A residential island near the marina and old mansions; I price below the historic centre and court longer and repeat stays.

What I check first in a Cartagena audit

  1. 1How the air conditioning, generator backup and water pressure are described, because Cartagena heat is relentless and those details decide reviews more than the décor.
  2. 2Whether a group house shows its real sleeping arrangement bed by bed, since wedding parties compare beds per room before they compare total price.
  3. 3How noise from plazas and nightlife near the property is disclosed, because Getsemaní and parts of the Walled City are loud late into the night.
Working with Alaa in Cartagena

A revenue management consultant, pricing expert and hotel specialist for Cartagena

One person does the thinking on your account. Choose the kind of help your property in Cartagena needs; everything is remote, 1-on-1 and scheduled in your time zone.

Packages and pricing

My PriceLabs strategy packages for Cartagena

One-time and 1-on-1 on Zoom, priced by the listings in your account: from $125 to $615.

Every package includes, built for your Cartagena listings

  • Pricing strategy setup and implementation
  • Revenue performance analysis
  • Competitor analysis
  • Gap-night solutions setup
  • Last-minute, early-bird and other promotions
  • Base, minimum and maximum price setup
  • OTA channel pricing optimization
  • Seasonal pricing setup
  • Expert revenue manager assigned to your account
PackageListingsSessionPrice
StarterUp to 2 listings45-minute Zoom session$125
Growth3 to 6 listings60-minute Zoom session$250
Portfolio7 to 10 listings90-minute Zoom session$370
Scale11 to 15 listings90-minute Zoom session$480
Pro16 to 21 listings120-minute Zoom session$615
Enterprise22 or more listings120 to 240-minute Zoom sessionFrom $635
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Which package fits your Cartagena portfolio

Starter, $125

One home in San Diego

I build its seasons, floors and stay rules against its own comparable listings.

Portfolio or Scale, $370 to $480

Listings across several areas

For example Bocagrande and Castillogrande plus Manga: I set each area up separately, with its own comp set, seasons and minimum stays.

22+ listings, from $635

More than 21 listings

The large-accounts calculator shows the exact price and session length for your listing count.

Large-accounts pricing

Questions about your Cartagena property?

Tell me what you run in Cartagena and what is not working. I reply in your time zone.

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Managed Airbnb pricing

Airbnb revenue management for Cartagena

Done for you and month to month: I run your Cartagena short-term rental pricing every week. From $225 a month, priced by listing count with no cap.

What I run for your Cartagena listings

  • Daily rate monitoring and 2-3 price changes a week for listings in San Diego, Bocagrande and Castillogrande, and Manga
  • Peak rates and minimum stays set early for Mid-December to mid-January
  • Base, minimum and maximum prices, gap nights and last-minute discounts
  • Run in PriceLabs or Wheelhouse, connected to your channel manager
  • Listing, promotions and Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo optimization on Plus
  • Monthly strategy call and a 12-month forecast on Pro; month to month, no lock-in
ListingsCorePlusPro
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 Cartagena strategy with you first.

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Which managed plan fits your Cartagena rentals

Core, from $225/mo

Managed pricing, run for you every day

For hosts in San Diego who handle guests and listings themselves and want the pricing done every week.

Plus, from $305/mo

Pricing plus listing and channel optimization

For listings competing in Bocagrande and Castillogrande: pricing plus listing content, promotions and channel work on every OTA.

Pro, from $395/mo

Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call

For portfolios across Manga and beyond, with forecasting, launch pricing for new listings and a monthly call.

Price your exact listing count
Hotel revenue management outsourcing

Hotel revenue management outsourcing in Cartagena

I work as your outsourced revenue manager in Cartagena, priced by property size rather than per room: from $650 a month, after a one-time hotel pricing strategy setup from $750.

What your Cartagena hotel gets

  • Daily rates and restrictions set against a Cartagena comp set
  • Group, event and length-of-stay strategy around Mid-December to mid-January
  • BAR and rate-plan strategy by room type
  • Connected to your PMS and channel manager, no new software to learn
  • OTA, metasearch and direct-booking mix with rate-parity checks on Plus
  • Forecasting, pace reports and a monthly strategy call on Pro
Hotel sizeCorePlusPro
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-propertyCustom quote

Monthly prices, month to month. The one-time setup builds your Cartagena strategy before I take over.

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Which plan fits your Cartagena hotel

Boutique, from $650/mo

A boutique hotel or guesthouse in San Diego

Up to 20 rooms: one comp set, daily rates and stay rules, without hiring a full-time revenue manager.

Small or Midsize

A city or resort hotel in Bocagrande and Castillogrande

21 to 100 rooms: rate plans by room type, segment mix and event pricing, reported monthly.

200+ rooms or several hotels

Larger, luxury or multi-property in Cartagena

For example a group with hotels in Bocagrande and Castillogrande plus Manga: quoted on size and complexity.

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Consultant, not an agency

Why owners in Cartagena hire Alaa directly

Most revenue problems are strategy problems. They get solved faster by one experienced person who looks at your numbers than by a process.

Cornell certified

Master certificate in Revenue Management from Cornell University, and 18 years of hands-on pricing work.

Hotel chain background

A decade running revenue for international five-star properties before moving into short-term rentals.

5.0 from 1,463 reviews

Client reviews on Fiverr, from single-listing hosts to large portfolios.

You talk to Alaa

No hand-off to a junior account manager. The person who reviews your property in Cartagena is the one who sets the strategy.

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Insights

Recent notes from Alaa

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Tools and channels I work in for Cartagena properties

  • Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing
  • PriceLabs
  • Wheelhouse
  • Beyond Pricing
  • DPGO
  • Pricepoint
  • Duetto
  • IDeaS
  • Hospitable
  • Hostaway
  • Guesty
  • OwnerRez
  • Lodgify
  • Smoobu
  • Beds24
  • Hostfully
  • Uplisting
  • Cloudbeds
  • Mews
  • SiteMinder
  • Little Hotelier
  • Opera Cloud
  • RoomRaccoon
  • Airbnb
  • Booking.com
  • Vrbo
  • Expedia
  • Agoda
  • Google Hotel Ads
  • Trivago
  • Tripadvisor
  • Furnished Finder
  • Direct booking website
Services in Cartagena

Everything I do in Cartagena

Sixteen dedicated pages for Cartagena: hotel revenue management and consulting, Airbnb and short-term rental pricing, and optimization for each booking channel.

For hotels and resorts

For Airbnb and short-term rentals

What partners say

Trusted by hosts and managers worldwide

Real feedback from PriceLabs pricing strategy sessions with Alaa.

★★★★★

Savvy adjustments to my dynamic pricing

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

★★★★★

Great PriceLabs advice for every property

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

★★★★★

Helped me optimize my PriceLabs

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

FAQ

Questions Cartagena owners ask Alaa

Do Colombian long weekends affect Cartagena?

Yes, a lot. Alaa prices them higher.

Do I need RNT registration?

Yes, in Colombia.

Is Holy Week a peak in Cartagena?

Yes. Semana Santa brings a strong wave of Colombian travellers, and hotels in the Walled City fill well ahead. I price the whole week as a block, usually with a three or four night minimum, and open it early so families planning the holiday find it.

Do Rosario Islands day trips change how I price?

They help most when the home is near the boats leaving from the Muelle de la Bodeguita or the marina. Guests who plan island days stay a night or two longer, so I mention the access and reward stays of four nights or more.

Has Alaa Elhadi worked with properties in and around Cartagena?

Yes. Alaa has optimized 100+ properties in and around Cartagena, from single Airbnb listings and small hotels to management companies running hundreds of units. Everything is remote on Zoom, scheduled in Colombia Time (UTC-5).

How do I start with Alaa in Cartagena, and what does it cost?

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.

Nearby markets

Other Latin America & Caribbean markets Alaa consults in

Alaa Elhadi consults for clients worldwide. Reviews and booking history are also visible on his Fiverr profile.

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