I run the pricing, you keep the property.I price every night of your Costa Rica listings, set the stay rules, manage the channels and send you a monthly report, with plans from $225 a month for one listing. Month to month, remote in Central Standard Time (UTC-6).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Airbnb revenue management for Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Costa Rica, Costa Rica, one to one, remotely and in Central Standard Time (UTC-6). In Costa Rica, I price Mid-December to early January as the peak and September to November as the quiet time, and I build the work around that calendar. Airbnb revenue management is priced monthly by listing count, from $225 a month for one listing and $325 for two, with Plus at 35 percent more and Pro at 75 percent more than Core. It runs month to month and is never a percentage of revenue.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around Costa Rica
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Central Standard Time
Sessions scheduled in your local time
Airbnb revenue management is the ongoing work of pricing every night, setting stay rules, managing channels and reporting results. It goes further than a pricing tool: I review the strategy as demand, events and your own pace change, and I explain every change I make.
What I plan around in Costa Rica: Tamarindo, Nosara and Papagayo beach demand; Manuel Antonio and La Fortuna eco-tourism; Surf and yoga retreats; North American winter travel. Guests I price for: North American families and couples on 5 to 10 night stays. Where I start: Dry-season premiums, weekly villa pricing, and green-season floors.
I set up your Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com pricing with dry-season weekly rates, holiday minimums, a July lift and green-season floors. I make sure road and utility details are clear so the price you ask feels fair once guests arrive.
The service in general is described on my airbnb revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Costa Rica.
I review demand and pace and make two or three price changes a week where the market calls for them, inside the tool you already use.
On Plus I also optimize listings, plan promotions, track competitor rates per listing and manage Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo together.
A monthly summary on every plan and a full ADR, occupancy and RevPAR report on Plus and Pro, so you see what changed and why.
On Pro I forecast demand, keep a 12-month pricing calendar, meet you monthly and review quarterly, and I set launch prices for new listings.
“Costa Rica sells nature, surf and wellness to North American families. Guanacaste beaches and Manuel Antonio fill in the dry season, Christmas and Easter are highest and the green season is quiet but beautiful. Villas stay about a week. Road travel between regions takes time, so guests usually base themselves in one area for a week, which suits weekly pricing well.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Christmas and New Year sell out first in Tamarindo and Manuel Antonio, so I set seven night minimums and open those weeks well ahead at full rate.
The dry season fills villas with North American families, so I hold weekly rates and price Easter week as its own peak with longer minimums.
Rains begin but mornings stay sunny, so I lower floors gradually, shorten minimums and target yoga and surf retreats looking for value.
The veranillo dry spell and North American summer holidays bring a second wave, so I lift those weeks above June and keep weekly stays.
The wettest months on the Pacific side, so I protect the floor, offer monthly stays and note road conditions honestly in the listing.
Price December to April as the dry season, with Christmas and Easter highest.
Use weekly villa stays.
Target yoga and surf retreats in the shoulders.
Price Tamarindo, Nosara and Manuel Antonio separately.
Set green-season floors.
One listing and no time
You want pricing handled properly without checking the calendar every day.
A growing portfolio
You manage several listings and need one consistent, scalable method.
A property manager
You want owner-ready reporting and revenue leadership without an in-house hire.
Smart Pricing is not enough
Airbnb's own tool optimizes for Airbnb's fill rate, not your revenue across channels.
Send the listing links, your pricing tool and your goals. I confirm the plan level and the monthly price for your listing count.
I build the base, minimum and maximum prices, seasons, events and stay rules for your market before the first month starts.
I watch demand and pace and move prices and restrictions as the market does.
Step 4
You get the monthly report, and on Pro we meet, and I adjust the plan from the results.
Priced monthly by listing count on a graduated curve, so there are no tier cliffs. Plus adds 35 percent and Pro 75 percent to the Core price. Never a percentage of revenue.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Core | Managed pricing, run for you every day | From $225/mo |
| Plus | Pricing plus listing and channel optimization | Core +35% |
| Pro | Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call | Core +75% |
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 Costa Rica: December to April dry season, with Christmas and Easter the highest. Mid-December to early January: Christmas and New Year sell out first in Tamarindo and Manuel Antonio, so I set seven night minimums and open those weeks well ahead at full rate. January to April: The dry season fills villas with North American families, so I hold weekly rates and price Easter week as its own peak with longer minimums. For Airbnb 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 Airbnb revenue management, that is the first thing I check before taking on the pricing, because everything else sits on top of it. Whether the property is registered for short-term rental and collects the required tax, because Costa Rica's vacation rental law requires registration and owners often miss it.
Price December to April as the dry season, with Christmas and Easter highest. Next: target yoga and surf retreats in the shoulders. For Airbnb revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Costa Rica property usually leaks the most.
For Airbnb 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 Costa Rica: September to October. September to November: The wettest months on the Pacific side, so I protect the floor, offer monthly stays and note road conditions honestly in the listing. May to June: Rains begin but mornings stay sunny, so I lower floors gradually, shorten minimums and target yoga and surf retreats looking for value.
Areas priced from one comp set and short stays in peak. I look for these first when I review Airbnb revenue management in Costa Rica, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For Airbnb revenue management in Costa Rica, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Costa Rica sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. September to November: The wettest months on the Pacific side, so I protect the floor, offer monthly stays and note road conditions honestly in the listing.
Papagayo Peninsula: Luxury resorts and villas with golf and private beaches, so I price against high-end comps and use weekly stays. Playa Flamingo and Playas del Coco and Santa Teresa and Nosara get their own treatment. For Airbnb revenue management, i set rates, comp sets and restrictions per area and per room or listing type, not as one citywide number.
North American winter travel, Tamarindo, Nosara and Papagayo beach demand and Manuel Antonio and La Fortuna eco-tourism are the dates I price first for Airbnb revenue management in Costa Rica. May to June: Rains begin but mornings stay sunny, so I lower floors gradually, shorten minimums and target yoga and surf retreats looking for value.
For Airbnb 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 Costa Rica and work remotely in Central Standard Time (UTC-6). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: set green-season floors.
Airbnb revenue management is priced monthly by listing count, from $225 a month for one listing and $325 for two, with Plus at 35 percent more and Pro at 75 percent more than Core. It runs month to month and is never a percentage of revenue. The scope of Airbnb revenue management is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Costa Rica I would start from mid-December to early January: Christmas and New Year sell out first in Tamarindo and Manuel Antonio, so I set seven night minimums and open those weeks well ahead at full rate. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Costa Rica.
Yes. Airbnb Revenue Management Consultant in Costa Rica is delivered remotely and scheduled in Central Standard Time (UTC-6), and 100+ properties in and around Costa Rica have been optimized, including in areas such as Playa Flamingo and Playas del Coco. 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 Costa Rica.
The other services I offer in Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica, or read the general page for airbnb revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica and what you need. I reply in Central Standard Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
