I run the pricing, you keep the property.I price every night of your Finger Lakes 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 Eastern Time (UTC-5).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Airbnb revenue management for Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Finger Lakes, United States, one to one, remotely and in Eastern Time (UTC-5). In Finger Lakes, I price September to October 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 Finger Lakes: Wine trails and harvest season; Watkins Glen racing and gorge hikes; Cornell commencement and move-in; Lake-house summer demand. Guests I price for: Northeastern couples and families on 2 to 4 night stays, university families on event weekends. Where I start: Harvest and commencement premiums, summer lakefront weekly pricing, and winter floors.
In PriceLabs or Wheelhouse I add Cornell and Ithaca College events, Watkins Glen races and harvest weekends as custom events, keep weekly stays for lake houses in summer, and set winter floors and monthly settings that reflect the quiet season.
The service in general is described on my airbnb revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Finger Lakes.
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.
“The Finger Lakes combine wine country, lake houses and university weekends. Harvest and foliage in September and October are the strongest period, Cornell commencement and move-in fill Ithaca, and Watkins Glen race weekends add summer spikes. Lakefront homes sell summer weeks, while town homes sell weekends.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Skiers heading to Greek Peak and Bristol Mountain and winter wine weekends keep a few dates alive, so I price those and use monthly stays for visiting faculty and medical staff.
Cornell and Ithaca College commencements in late May are the spring peak, so I open those dates early and keep the rest of spring at modest weekend rates.
Lake houses sell full weeks and Watkins Glen's NASCAR weekend in August fills southern Seneca Lake, so I price that weekend highest and protect weekly lake stays.
Harvest, foliage and Cornell move-in or family weekends overlap, so I price each weekend individually and hold rates firm until mid-October before easing gradually.
Thanksgiving visits and Skaneateles' Dickens Christmas weekends lift some dates, so I price those and keep the rest near floors with longer-stay discounts.
Price September and October harvest and foliage weekends as the top bands.
Price Cornell and Ithaca College graduation weekends early, with 2 to 3-night minimums.
Add Watkins Glen race weekends as premiums for nearby homes.
Run lakefront homes on weekly summer stays.
Lower January to March 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 Finger Lakes: June to October, with harvest and foliage in September and October, and Cornell and Ithaca College calendars. June to August: Lake houses sell full weeks and Watkins Glen's NASCAR weekend in August fills southern Seneca Lake, so I price that weekend highest and protect weekly lake stays. September to October: Harvest, foliage and Cornell move-in or family weekends overlap, so I price each weekend individually and hold rates firm until mid-October before easing gradually. 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 has the right permit in its town or city, since Ithaca, lakeside towns and county rules differ and enforcement often follows neighbour complaints.
Price September and October harvest and foliage weekends as the top bands. Next: add Watkins Glen race weekends as premiums for nearby homes. For Airbnb revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Finger Lakes 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 Finger Lakes: January to March. November to December: Thanksgiving visits and Skaneateles' Dickens Christmas weekends lift some dates, so I price those and keep the rest near floors with longer-stay discounts. January to March: Skiers heading to Greek Peak and Bristol Mountain and winter wine weekends keep a few dates alive, so I price those and use monthly stays for visiting faculty and medical staff.
Graduation weekends released late and lakefront and town homes priced on one curve. I look for these first when I review Airbnb revenue management in Finger Lakes, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For Airbnb revenue management in Finger Lakes, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Finger Lakes sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. November to December: Thanksgiving visits and Skaneateles' Dickens Christmas weekends lift some dates, so I price those and keep the rest near floors with longer-stay discounts.
Skaneateles and Canandaigua: Upscale lake towns with strong weekend demand; I price summer and harvest weekends firmly and keep winter rates for holiday events and ski trips. Ithaca and Collegetown and Watkins Glen and southern Seneca Lake 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.
Lake-house summer demand, Wine trails and harvest season and Watkins Glen racing and gorge hikes are the dates I price first for Airbnb revenue management in Finger Lakes. June to August: Lake houses sell full weeks and Watkins Glen's NASCAR weekend in August fills southern Seneca Lake, so I price that weekend highest and protect weekly lake stays.
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 Finger Lakes and work remotely in Eastern Time (UTC-5). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: lower January to March 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 Finger Lakes I would start from June to August: Lake houses sell full weeks and Watkins Glen's NASCAR weekend in August fills southern Seneca Lake, so I price that weekend highest and protect weekly lake stays. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Finger Lakes.
Yes. Airbnb Revenue Management Consultant in Finger Lakes is delivered remotely and scheduled in Eastern Time (UTC-5), and 100+ properties in and around Finger Lakes have been optimized, including in areas such as Ithaca and Collegetown. 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 Finger Lakes.
The other services I offer in Finger Lakes, 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 Finger Lakes, or read the general page for airbnb revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Finger Lakes, 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 Finger Lakes and what you need. I reply in Eastern Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
