Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant for hotels, resorts, Airbnb hosts and property managers in St. Simons. He has optimized 100+ properties in and around the market, and works with you 1-on-1, remotely, in Eastern Time (UTC-5).
Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant who works 1-on-1 with hotels, serviced apartments, Airbnb hosts and property managers in St. Simons: pricing strategy, PriceLabs and Wheelhouse setup, hotel revenue consulting and channel optimization. Demand in St. Simons peaks May to mid-August and is softest December to January, and every plan he builds starts from that calendar.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around St. Simons
Cornell certified
Master certificate in Revenue Management, 18 years of experience
Eastern Time
1-on-1 sessions scheduled in your local time
“St. Simons and Jekyll Island are family beach markets with a long spring and summer. Families book week-long stays, golf brings couples in the shoulders, and turtle-nesting season adds interest. Large beach houses compete by bedroom count. I use weekly summer pricing and build shoulder demand around golf and festivals.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
The moves Alaa makes first when a hotel or host in St. Simons 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.
Run summer on Saturday-to-Saturday weekly stays.
Price beach houses by bedroom count against similar homes.
Add the Shrimp and Grits Festival in September as a premium.
Target golf couples with shorter shoulder-season stays.
Lower December and January floors.
Fully outsource your revenue management in St. Simons
Hand the daily pricing and these moves to me and my team, month to month.
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I keep the islands priced for couples and quiet escapes, with short stays allowed and holiday weeks treated as the only real exceptions to an otherwise soft winter floor.
Spring break weeks for Georgia, Florida and Tennessee schools arrive in waves, so I map those districts and lift only the weeks they overlap rather than raising all of March.
Turtle nesting begins and families arrive for full weeks; I open these dates early, protect changeover days and avoid any last-minute discounting until gaps appear inside two weeks.
Once schools restart I shorten stays, price Shrimp and Grits weekend on Jekyll as a premium, and pitch golf couples and retirees who prefer cooler, less crowded beaches.
The RSM Classic at Sea Island brings players, staff and fans, so I lift that week for St. Simons homes and then let Thanksgiving carry the family market.
One person does the thinking on your account. Choose the kind of help your property in St. Simons needs; everything is remote, 1-on-1 and scheduled in your time zone.
For Golden Isles owners I look at how the home fits between St. Simons, Jekyll and Sea Island demand, then rebuild the summer week structure, shoulder pricing and winter floor with you. The goal is a calendar where spring break, turtle season, the RSM Classic and the quiet months each have a plan.
On Vrbo, Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia I set up your Golden Isles strategy in PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with Saturday changeovers in summer, spring-break waves by school district, and shoulder rates for golfers, so the beach house sells full weeks and the cottage sells short breaks.
Coastal Georgia hotels and inns compete with Sea Island and the Jekyll Island Club for leisure and golf. With my five-star hotel background I work on weekend packaging, group and wedding blocks, tournament-week rate fences, and a comp set chosen by island and beach access rather than brand alone.
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 St. Simons Village and the Pier
I build its seasons, floors and stay rules against its own comparable listings.
Listings across several areas
For example East Beach plus Jekyll Island: 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 St. Simons and what is not working. I reply in your time zone.
Done for you and month to month: I run your St. Simons 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 St. Simons strategy with you first.
Managed pricing, run for you every day
For hosts in St. Simons Village and the Pier who handle guests and listings themselves and want the pricing done every week.
Pricing plus listing and channel optimization
For listings competing in East Beach: pricing plus listing content, promotions and channel work on every OTA.
Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call
For portfolios across Jekyll Island 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 St. Simons, 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 St. Simons strategy before I take over.
A boutique hotel or guesthouse in St. Simons Village and the Pier
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 East Beach
21 to 100 rooms: rate plans by room type, segment mix and event pricing, reported monthly.
Larger, luxury or multi-property in St. Simons
For example a group with hotels in East Beach plus Jekyll Island: 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 St. Simons 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
Usually yes. Alaa sets weekly summer pricing and shorter stays in spring and autumn.
Against homes with a similar bedroom count and beach access. Alaa uses close comps, not island averages.
It shapes guest expectations more than price. From May through the summer, beachfront homes need lights-out rules and guests often ask about the Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll. I mention both in the listing, because families value the experience, and I price those beachfront weeks with the rest of the summer peak.
Yes for homes on St. Simons and near Sea Island, because the PGA Tour stop in November brings players, caddies, media and fans into an otherwise quiet month. I set that week above surrounding November dates and allow short stays, since many visitors only need a few nights.
Yes. Alaa has optimized 100+ properties in and around St. Simons, from single Airbnb listings and small hotels to management companies running hundreds of units. Everything is remote on Zoom, scheduled in Eastern Time (UTC-5).
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.
Alaa Elhadi consults for clients worldwide. Reviews and booking history are also visible on his Fiverr profile.
Tell Alaa what you run and what is not working. You get a straight answer in the chat 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.
