I run the pricing, you keep the property.I price every night of your Des Moines 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 Time (UTC-6).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Airbnb revenue management for Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Des Moines, United States, one to one, remotely and in Central Time (UTC-6). In Des Moines, I price August (State Fair) as the peak and January to March 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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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 Des Moines: The Iowa State Fair; The Drake Relays; Iowa Events Center conventions and concerts; State government and insurance-sector business travel. Guests I price for: Fair-goers and event visitors on 2 to 4 night stays, midweek business travellers, and families attending tournaments. Where I start: State Fair premiums set months ahead, weekday business rates, and winter floors.
On Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com I set up your Des Moines listing in PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with each fair day priced individually, Relays and wrestling dates flagged, weekday business rates and 30-night offers for winter, so every channel follows one set of rules.
The service in general is described on my airbnb revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Des Moines.
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.
Airbnb in Des Moines works best when the calendar is treated as three markets: business weekdays, event weekends and the fair. Homes in the East Village and Sherman Hill win weekday professionals, east-side homes win the fair, and houses near Drake win graduation and Relays. I manage prices weekly, adjust when conventions or tournaments are confirmed and report each month on what each segment delivered.
In week one I load the fair, Relays, wrestling and basketball tournament dates and the big Iowa Events Center conventions, so the calendar responds to real demand instead of the default season.
Every one of the eleven fair days gets its own rate; opening weekend and the final weekend usually carry the most, and I avoid letting a single night split a longer fair booking.
The World Food Festival, the IMT Des Moines Marathon and autumn conventions carry October, then I step down after Thanksgiving and push 30-night offers for the coldest weeks.
Suburban homes close to the big insurance campuses and Jordan Creek; I price these for corporate weekly stays and families, with only a modest fair uplift.
My full Des Moines calendar, areas, pricing moves and the mistakes I fix are on the revenue management consultant page for Des Moines.
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. Prices below are for one listing. 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 | From $305/mo |
| Pro | Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call | From $395/mo |
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 Des Moines: August for the Iowa State Fair, plus June and July event weekends and the Drake Relays in late April. June to July: The Des Moines Arts Festival, the Principal Charity Classic, Iowa Cubs home stands and summer weddings fill weekends, so I hold Friday and Saturday together and keep weekday prices slightly lower for leisure families. August (State Fair): Every one of the eleven fair days gets its own rate; opening weekend and the final weekend usually carry the most, and I avoid letting a single night split a longer fair booking. 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. Which side of the river and how many minutes by car the home sits from the fairgrounds, because that single fact decides how much of the August premium the property can actually claim.
Load the Iowa State Fair dates as soon as they are announced and price them with 2 or 3-night minimums, highest for homes near East University Avenue. Next: lift weeknights during the legislative session and big Iowa Events Center conventions rather than only on weekends. For Airbnb revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Des Moines 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 Des Moines: December to February. September to December: The World Food Festival, the IMT Des Moines Marathon and autumn conventions carry October, then I step down after Thanksgiving and push 30-night offers for the coldest weeks. January to March: Lawmakers, lobbyists and tournament families are the only real buyers, so I keep Sunday to Thursday rates steady for Capitol travel and lift the state wrestling weekend at Wells Fargo Arena on its own.
Pricing all of August like fair week, when the days either side of the fair fall back quickly and treating Des Moines as a weekend leisure market and leaving business weeknights underpriced. I look for these first when I review Airbnb revenue management in Des Moines, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For Airbnb revenue management in Des Moines, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Des Moines sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. September to December: The World Food Festival, the IMT Des Moines Marathon and autumn conventions carry October, then I step down after Thanksgiving and push 30-night offers for the coldest weeks.
West Des Moines and Valley Junction: Suburban homes close to the big insurance campuses and Jordan Creek; I price these for corporate weekly stays and families, with only a modest fair uplift. East Village and Downtown and Drake, Sherman Hill and Beaverdale 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.
State government and insurance-sector business travel, The Iowa State Fair and The Drake Relays are the dates I price first for Airbnb revenue management in Des Moines. June to July: The Des Moines Arts Festival, the Principal Charity Classic, Iowa Cubs home stands and summer weddings fill weekends, so I hold Friday and Saturday together and keep weekday prices slightly lower for leisure families.
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 Des Moines and work remotely in Central Time (UTC-6). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: offer weekly and monthly rates from December to February for relocating insurance staff and contract workers.
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 Des Moines I would start from June to July: The Des Moines Arts Festival, the Principal Charity Classic, Iowa Cubs home stands and summer weddings fill weekends, so I hold Friday and Saturday together and keep weekday prices slightly lower for leisure families. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Des Moines.
Yes. Airbnb Revenue Management Consultant in Des Moines is delivered remotely and scheduled in Central Time (UTC-6), and 100+ properties in and around Des Moines have been optimized, including in areas such as East Village and Downtown. 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 Des Moines.
The other services I offer in Des Moines, 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 Des Moines, or read the general page for airbnb revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Des Moines, 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 Des Moines and what you need. I reply in Central Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
