Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant for hotels, resorts, Airbnb hosts and property managers across Romania. 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 Romania: pricing strategy, PriceLabs and Wheelhouse setup, hotel revenue consulting and channel optimization. Demand in Romania peaks June to August, and every plan he builds starts from that calendar.
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2 markets
Destinations in Romania 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
“Romania is more formal than many owners expect: tourist accommodation needs a classification certificate before it can operate legally. Demand splits between Bucharest business and city breaks, Transylvania's castles and medieval towns, and Carpathian ski resorts. Each needs its own calendar.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Romania requires tourist accommodation, including short-term lets, to obtain a classification certificate from the national tourism authority, so properties are graded before they operate legally. Hosts also register guests and municipalities apply a local tourist tax. The classification step makes Romania more formal than a light-touch registration market despite the absence of a single flat-rate licence.
Rates are set in Romanian leu (RON) and priced for net revenue after channel fees. Channels: Booking.com is dominant, with Airbnb strongest in Bucharest and Brasov and Vrbo used for mountain chalets.
The moves Alaa makes first when a hotel or host in Romania 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.
Obtain the classification certificate before listing.
Set weekday business rates in Bucharest.
Price Brașov and Transylvania for summer touring and winter skiing.
Include local tourist tax in pricing.
Set shoulder floors in November and early spring.
Fully outsource your revenue management in Romania
Hand the daily pricing and these moves to me and my team, month to month.
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Poiana Brașov ski weeks and the Christmas markets in Sibiu, Brașov and Bucharest drive demand, so I price holiday weeks highest and set minimum stays over New Year.
Orthodox Easter and the 1 May long weekend send Romanians travelling, so I price those dates higher and open summer bookings with confident rates.
Untold and Electric Castle near Cluj and the Black Sea coast drive summer, so I price festival weeks individually and sell coastal homes by the week.
Bucharest business returns after the summer, so I hold weekday rates firm, ease the mountains and coast and add a lift around National Day on 1 December.
One person does the thinking on your account. Choose the kind of help your property in Romania needs; everything is remote, 1-on-1 and scheduled in your time zone.
For Romanian owners I separate Bucharest, Transylvania, Cluj and the coast into their own calendars, add Orthodox holidays, long weekends and festivals, and confirm the classification certificate is in place. You get a plan that balances domestic long-weekend travellers with international visitors, each priced on their own booking habits.
I configure PriceLabs or Wheelhouse for Romanian listings with festival premiums for Cluj, ski weeks in the Carpathians and Orthodox holiday dates loaded correctly. Airbnb and Booking.com are aligned, including currency display, so a guest from Bucharest and a guest from abroad see the same total for the same dates.
For Romanian hotels, my five-star background helps with conference and corporate pricing in Bucharest, group management for tours and weddings and rate fences for festival and ski weeks. I help you avoid committing too much inventory early to groups and wholesalers, which often costs the best weeks of the year.
Each market in Romania 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 Bucharest
I build its seasons, floors and stay rules against its own comparable listings.
Listings across several areas
For example Brașov and Transylvania plus Cluj-Napoca: 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 Romania and what is not working. I reply in your time zone.
Done for you and month to month: I run your Romania 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 Romania strategy with you first.
Managed pricing, run for you every day
For hosts in Bucharest who handle guests and listings themselves and want the pricing done every week.
Pricing plus listing and channel optimization
For listings competing in Brașov and Transylvania: pricing plus listing content, promotions and channel work on every OTA.
Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call
For portfolios across Cluj-Napoca 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 Romania, 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 Romania strategy before I take over.
A boutique hotel or guesthouse in Bucharest
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 Brașov and Transylvania
21 to 100 rooms: rate plans by room type, segment mix and event pricing, reported monthly.
Larger, luxury or multi-property in Romania
For example a group with hotels in Brașov and Transylvania plus Cluj-Napoca: 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 Romania 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
Yes, a classification certificate from the national tourism authority. Alaa checks it first.
Ski resorts like Poiana Brașov bring winter demand.
Yes. Untold in Cluj-Napoca and Electric Castle at Bonțida bring very large crowds, many from abroad, and fill the city and surrounding towns. I price those weeks as major events with minimum stays, open them as soon as dates are confirmed and avoid discounting close in, because late demand is usually strong.
Yes. Mamaia and the coast around Constanța run a short, domestic summer, peaking in July and August with families and younger groups. I price those weeks highest with weekly stays, keep June and September flexible and treat the coast as its own market rather than part of a national calendar.
Yes. Alaa works 1-on-1 with hotels, resorts, serviced apartments, Airbnb hosts and property management companies throughout Romania, remotely, with no minimum or maximum portfolio size. He has dedicated market pages for 2 destinations in Romania, and the same approach works for any town or region not listed. Prices are billed in USD and the strategy is built for Romanian leu (RON) 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 Romania 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.
