Be found before guests pick a platform, on Google and TripAdvisor.I check that your property appears with accurate rates, availability and content on Google Vacation Rentals and TripAdvisor, and that your direct link is the one travelers click. I work with Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Chicago, one to one, remotely and in Central Time (UTC-6), and I have optimized 100+ properties in and around the market.
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Google Vacation Rentals optimization for Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Chicago, United States, one to one, remotely and in Central Time (UTC-6). In Chicago, I price June to August as the peak and January to March as the quiet time, and I build the work around that calendar. Google and TripAdvisor optimization is quoted per property after a short chat, because the scope depends on the number of properties and room types.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around Chicago
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Central Time
Sessions scheduled in your local time
Google Vacation Rentals optimization is the work I do to make a property rank, convert and price correctly on Google Vacation Rentals. I check that your property appears with accurate rates, availability and content on Google Vacation Rentals and TripAdvisor, and that your direct link is the one travelers click.
What I plan around in Chicago: Lollapalooza and summer festivals; McCormick Place conventions; Cubs, Bears and Bulls seasons; Christmas markets and Magnificent Mile lights. Guests I price for: Weekend leisure guests, convention attendees and families visiting Wrigleyville, River North and the West Loop. Where I start: Summer-heavy seasonal spread, convention and concert premiums, and winter floor pricing paired with longer minimum stays.
Chicago sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. I set up your Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com strategy with you so festivals, conventions, sports and holiday weekends each have their own rate and minimum stay, with weekly and monthly rules that keep winter calendars from going empty between January and March.
The service in general is described on my other ota optimization page; this page covers how I apply it in Chicago.
I check what Google shows for your property and review the feed that supplies it through your channel manager.
I review the TripAdvisor listing so the property reads as well there as on your booking channels.
Your direct link should win when your rate is competitive. I align your site, rates and booking path with what Google and TripAdvisor show.
Each channel is mapped through your channel manager with explicit markups, and I check parity and availability after changes.
“Chicago is a strong summer city with a hard winter. Lollapalooza, the Marathon, Cubs home stands and McCormick Place conventions can fill May to October, but January to March needs a different plan rather than a small discount. Chicago's registration rules also mean I check whether a unit is eligible before any pricing work. After that, the details that move revenue are neighbourhood and event proximity.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Cold weather slows leisure, so I lower floors, add weekly and monthly offers, and price the February auto show week near McCormick Place as a small peak.
Baseball returns and conventions pick up, so I lift weekends and keep weekday rates aimed at business visitors and medical stays.
Pride, the Air and Water Show and summer street festivals fill weekends, so I price each event date individually and hold rates firm.
Conventions and crisp autumn weekends stay strong, so I keep weekend rates firm and protect the busiest trade show weeks from early discounting.
The Christkindlmarket, the Magnificent Mile lights and holiday shopping lift weekends, so I price those and keep weekdays lower.
Travelers often start on Google, and what it shows decides which platform they end up on. If your direct link is accurate and competitive it can win the booking before commission is involved, which is why I treat Google and TripAdvisor as part of the pricing job.
Price River North, the West Loop and Wrigleyville separately, because events and conventions hit them very differently.
Set Lollapalooza weekend and Marathon weekend as their own bands with 3-night minimums, loaded well ahead.
Add large McCormick Place conventions to the calendar individually rather than using a generic weekday uplift.
Give Wrigleyville homes a date-by-date Cubs home-game premium through the season.
In winter, lower floors, shorten weekend minimums and add weekly discounts for medical and corporate stays.
A new Google Vacation Rentals listing
You have just connected Google Vacation Rentals and want it to rank and convert from the first weeks, not after months of guessing.
Views but few bookings
Visibility looks fine and conversion does not, which usually means content, photos or rate plans on Google Vacation Rentals.
Commission without much return
You pay Google Vacation Rentals commission and its share of bookings is small next to your other channels.
A portfolio with uneven quality
Some listings are polished on Google Vacation Rentals and others were never finished, and nobody owns the standard.
Send me the Google Vacation Rentals listing or property links and your channel manager. I check how the property ranks and reads today before we speak.
A scorecard for Google Vacation Rentals: content, photos, rates and promotions, policies and reviews, with every fix ranked by impact.
I make the changes live on Zoom in your Google Vacation Rentals account or through your channel manager, and explain each one so you can maintain it.
Step 4
About 30 days later I look at impressions, conversion and booking share on Google Vacation Rentals and adjust what the numbers say to adjust.
I quote Google and TripAdvisor optimization per property after a short chat. You get a fixed scope and price before any work starts.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Single property | Google and TripAdvisor optimization for one property | Quoted |
| Several properties | One scope and one price for a group on Google and TripAdvisor | Quoted |
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
Chicago sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. January to March: Cold weather slows leisure, so I lower floors, add weekly and monthly offers, and price the February auto show week near McCormick Place as a small peak. For Google Vacation Rentals optimization in Chicago, i optimize Google Vacation Rentals alongside your other channels and check parity, so added reach never creates a conflict.
For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, on Google Vacation Rentals, I line up promotions, rate plans and content with these windows so visibility peaks when demand does. Busiest in Chicago: May to October, with Lollapalooza in early August, the Chicago Marathon in October and Cubs home stands. September to October: Conventions and crisp autumn weekends stay strong, so I keep weekend rates firm and protect the busiest trade show weeks from early discounting. June to August: Pride, the Air and Water Show and summer street festivals fill weekends, so I price each event date individually and hold rates firm.
Weekend leisure guests, convention attendees and families visiting Wrigleyville, River North and the West Loop. Demand is driven by Lollapalooza and summer festivals and McCormick Place conventions. For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, i write content and photo order on Google Vacation Rentals for the guests who actually search for Chicago.
For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, i write location content, photos and amenity highlights on Google Vacation Rentals around the specific part of Chicago the property is in. Logan Square and Wicker Park: Restaurants, bars and the Blue Line; I price for younger leisure guests and music fans, with strong summer weekends. South Loop and Lincoln Park and Old Town get their own treatment.
Give Wrigleyville homes a date-by-date Cubs home-game premium through the season. Next: price River North, the West Loop and Wrigleyville separately, because events and conventions hit them very differently. For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, the first changes on Google Vacation Rentals are content completeness and the cover photo, because those decide whether a Chicago traveler clicks.
For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, i check this on Google Vacation Rentals first, because it decides whether the listing is allowed to rank at all. How close the unit is to the L, McCormick Place or the lakefront, since guests here choose by access to events rather than by bedroom count.
For Google Vacation Rentals optimization in Chicago, this is how I would approach it. com strategy with you so festivals, conventions, sports and holiday weekends each have their own rate and minimum stay, with weekly and monthly rules that keep winter calendars from going empty between January and March. We start in the chat, and I confirm the scope and the price before any work begins.
For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, i price properties for a living, so content, rates and promotions are tuned together and not in isolation. I have optimized 100+ properties in and around Chicago and work remotely in Central Time (UTC-6). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: in winter, lower floors, shorten weekend minimums and add weekly discounts for medical and corporate stays.
Google and TripAdvisor optimization is quoted per property after a short chat, because the scope depends on the number of properties and room types. The scope of Google Vacation Rentals optimization is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Chicago I would start from September to October: Conventions and crisp autumn weekends stay strong, so I keep weekend rates firm and protect the busiest trade show weeks from early discounting. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Chicago.
Yes. Google Vacation Rentals Expert in Chicago is delivered remotely and scheduled in Central Time (UTC-6), and 100+ properties in and around Chicago have been optimized, including in areas such as Logan Square and Wicker Park. I implement it live on Zoom in your Google Vacation Rentals extranet or through your channel manager, in your time zone. Start in the chat or by email and tell me what you run in Chicago.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Chicago the first gains from Google Vacation Rentals optimization usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: price River North, the West Loop and Wrigleyville separately, because events and conventions hit them very differently. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
The other services I offer in Chicago, 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 Chicago, or read the general page for other ota optimization.
If you also run properties outside Chicago, 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 Chicago and what you need. I reply in Central Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
