Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant for hotels, resorts, Airbnb hosts and property managers across the Dominican Republic. Cornell certified, 18 years in the field, and every engagement is 1-on-1, remote and in your time zone.
Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant who works 1-on-1 with hotels, serviced apartments, Airbnb hosts and property managers in the Dominican Republic: pricing strategy, PriceLabs and Wheelhouse setup, hotel revenue consulting and channel optimization. Demand in the Dominican Republic peaks Mid-December to early January and is softest September to early November, and every plan he builds starts from that calendar.
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1 market
Destinations in the Dominican Republic with their own page
Cornell certified
Master certificate in Revenue Management, 18 years of experience
Your time zone
Every 1-on-1 session scheduled locally
“The Dominican Republic is dominated by Punta Cana, a charter and resort market with winter and summer peaks. Villas compete with all-inclusives on space and value. Hurricane season is slow. Beyond Punta Cana, areas like Las Terrenas and Cabarete attract independent travellers who stay longer, so they need their own strategy.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Tourism in the Dominican Republic is overseen by the Ministry of Tourism (MITUR), and accommodation, including short-term rentals, is expected to register and comply with the applicable tourism and tax rules; the ITBIS value-added tax applies to services. Being on the Atlantic hurricane track, the country needs genuine autumn floors and clear cancellation terms alongside its strong peak-season premiums. We build calendars that respect both the compliance side and the storm-season reality.
Rates are set in The Dominican peso (DOP) is the local currency, but resort and villa rentals are very often priced and paid in US dollars given the North American demand base. Dollar pricing keeps the calendar stable for internationally facing properties, while domestic demand is handled in pesos. and priced for net revenue after channel fees. Channels: Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com carry most villa and condo demand, with Booking.com strong for the resort corridor..
The moves Alaa makes first when a hotel or host in the Dominican Republic 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.
Align stays with charter flights.
Price winter and July to August.
Position villas against resort value.
Price Cap Cana separately.
Set hurricane-season floors.
Fully outsource your revenue management in the Dominican Republic
Hand the daily pricing and these moves to me and my team, month to month.
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I open Christmas and New Year with seven night minimums and full rates months ahead, because North American families lock these weeks in early and rarely haggle on price.
Presidents' Day, Spring Break and Semana Santa stack up here, so I raise rates on those specific weeks and keep a slightly softer level between them to stay full.
Wedding groups and European travellers carry these months; I relax minimum stays to three or four nights and let gaps fill rather than sitting on empty villa weeks.
Summer holidays bring a second wave from the United States, Canada and Europe, so I lift weekend and family villa rates again instead of treating summer as off season.
I protect a sensible floor, allow shorter stays and add flexible cancellation, since storm worries cause late bookings and a deep cut rarely changes the decision.
One person does the thinking on your account. Choose the kind of help your property in the Dominican Republic needs; everything is remote, 1-on-1 and scheduled in your time zone.
For a Dominican villa or condo owner, I look at where the property really sits between all-inclusive resorts and other rentals, then build a twelve month plan around flight patterns, holiday weeks and storm season, so you know exactly which dates deserve a premium and which need flexibility.
I set up your Punta Cana or Samana listing inside PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with you, with arrival day rules matched to flights, seasonal minimum stays and separate settings for winter, summer and storm months, so Airbnb and Vrbo pricing stays consistent.
With my background in five-star hotels, I help Dominican boutique hotels and resorts sharpen segmentation between tour operator allotments, wedding groups and direct guests, set fair fences for peak holiday weeks and review contracted rates against what the open market is paying.
Each market in the Dominican Republic below has its own page with Alaa's notes on seasonality, events and how he would price it. Ask about any town or region not listed.
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 Punta Cana and Bavaro
I build its seasons, floors and stay rules against its own comparable listings.
Listings across several areas
For example Cap Cana plus Las Terrenas and the Samana Peninsula: 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 the Dominican Republic and what is not working. I reply in your time zone.
Done for you and month to month: I run your the Dominican Republic 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 the Dominican Republic strategy with you first.
Managed pricing, run for you every day
For hosts in Punta Cana and Bavaro who handle guests and listings themselves and want the pricing done every week.
Pricing plus listing and channel optimization
For listings competing in Cap Cana: pricing plus listing content, promotions and channel work on every OTA.
Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call
For portfolios across Las Terrenas and the Samana Peninsula 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 the Dominican Republic, 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 the Dominican Republic strategy before I take over.
A boutique hotel or guesthouse in Punta Cana and Bavaro
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 Cap Cana
21 to 100 rooms: rate plans by room type, segment mix and event pricing, reported monthly.
Larger, luxury or multi-property in the Dominican Republic
For example a group with hotels in Cap Cana plus Las Terrenas and the Samana Peninsula: 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 the Dominican Republic is the one who sets the strategy.
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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
On space, privacy and value.
Mid-December to April and July to August.
Usually yes, because many North American families looking for whole homes for groups search Vrbo first. I keep rates, cleaning fees and minimum stays aligned on both platforms, so one channel never undercuts the other and the calendar fills from both audiences.
I treat a destination wedding as a block booking with its own terms. The group usually needs several nights around one date, so I quote a fixed package with a firm deposit, then price the shoulder nights around it so the stay does not leave unsellable gaps.
Yes. Alaa works 1-on-1 with hotels, resorts, serviced apartments, Airbnb hosts and property management companies throughout the Dominican Republic, remotely, with no minimum or maximum portfolio size. He has dedicated market pages for 1 destination in the Dominican Republic, and the same approach works for any town or region not listed. Prices are billed in USD and the strategy is built for The Dominican peso (DOP) is the local currency, but resort and villa rentals are very often priced and paid in US dollars given the North American demand base. Dollar pricing keeps the calendar stable for internationally facing properties, while domestic demand is handled in pesos. revenue.
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.
Tell Alaa what you run in the Dominican Republic and what is not working. You get a straight answer in the chat, in your time zone, 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.
