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 Clemson: Clemson Tigers football at Memorial Stadium; Clemson University graduation and campus events; Lake Hartwell boating and summer season; Blue Ridge foothills tourism. Guests I price for: Football fans and alumni groups on 2 to 3 night game weekends, and Upstate families on summer lake weeks. Where I start: Game-weekend premiums with lake-house minimum stays, summer weekly rates, and winter floors.
For a Clemson or Lake Hartwell rental on Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com I build opponent-tiered football pricing, weekly summer blocks and a quiet-season plan. In PriceLabs or Wheelhouse I set game-weekend overrides, summer stay rules that keep Saturday changeovers intact and floors that stop winter rates dropping below what the home costs to run.
The service in general is described on my airbnb pricing strategy page; this page covers how I apply it in Clemson.