I build your pricing strategy with you, live, in your own account.You share your screen and I build your Koh Samui strategy inside PriceLabs or Wheelhouse, explaining every setting. One-time sessions priced by listing count from $125; or run it with Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing from $17.99 per listing per month.
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Airbnb pricing strategy for Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Koh Samui, Thailand, one to one, remotely and in Indochina Time (UTC+7). In Koh Samui, I price January to April and July to August as the peak and October to mid-December as the quiet time, and I build the work around that calendar. PriceLabs and Wheelhouse strategy sessions are one-time and priced by listing count: $125 for up to 2 listings, $250 for 3 to 6, $370 for 7 to 10 and $480 for 11 to 15, with larger portfolios priced per listing. Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing software is from $17.99 per listing per month.
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An Airbnb pricing strategy is the set of rules that decide what each night is worth: base, minimum and maximum prices, seasons, events, minimum stays, gap nights, last-minute pricing, length-of-stay discounts and channel markups. The tool applies the rules; the strategy is what makes the tool worth having. Smart Pricing is not a strategy, because it optimizes for Airbnb's fill rate and knows nothing about your events or other channels.
What I plan around in Koh Samui: European and Australian holiday calendars; Full Moon Party; Wellness retreats and yoga; Luxury villa and wedding travel. Guests I price for: Couples and families on 7 to 14 night villa stays. Where I start: Villa weekly pricing, Full Moon premiums, and monsoon floors.
On Airbnb, Booking.com, Agoda and Vrbo I set up PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with weekly villa pricing, Full Moon overrides for Phangan, late-year monsoon floors and gap rules that protect week-long bookings. I also align cleaning, staff and pool fees across channels.
The service in general is described on my airbnb pricing strategy page; this page covers how I apply it in Koh Samui.
I set the base from a real comp set, a minimum that protects your margin and a maximum that stops you underselling a peak night, listing by listing.
I build seasonal profiles and event premiums from the local calendar, so rates move before demand does and not after.
Minimum stays, gap and orphan nights and length-of-stay discounts are set to fill the calendar without discounting the whole month.
I configure OTA markups so your net rate is the same on Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo, and leave time to ask anything about pricing.
“Koh Samui and Koh Phangan are villa islands with two peaks and a late-year monsoon. Families and couples stay one to two weeks, Full Moon Party weeks lift Koh Phangan and wellness retreats fill quieter months. Guests choosing a villa compare pools, views and distance to the beach closely, so those features need clear price tiers rather than one island-wide rate.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Dry, sunny weather and European winter breaks keep villas full; I hold weekly rates firm, require seven-night stays for large villas and price Easter as its own premium.
Samui stays drier than the Andaman coast, which many travellers do not realise, so I market that advantage and keep rates reasonable rather than cutting deeply.
European summer holidays bring families back; I raise rates for villas with several bedrooms and pools, and keep weekly minimums through August.
Demand eases before the rains, so I target couples and wellness guests with shorter stays and retreat packages while keeping a sensible floor.
Heavy rains arrive late in the year on this side of Thailand, so I lower floors, allow shorter stays and offer long-stay deals for remote workers.
Price December to March and July to August as top seasons.
Use weekly villa stays.
Price Full Moon Party weeks on Koh Phangan.
Target wellness retreats in shoulder months.
Lower October and November floors.
You rely on Smart Pricing
You want a strategy that considers events, gaps and every channel.
You have a tool on defaults
PriceLabs or Wheelhouse is connected but the rules were never set up.
Your pace trails the market
Bookings arrive late or prices look low in peak weeks.
You want to run it yourself
You prefer to price on your own once the strategy is right.
Choose the package for your listing count and a slot in your time zone. Payment is taken securely at booking.
Share the listing links and tool access so I can review competitors and settings before the call.
On Zoom I set seasons, events, stay rules and markups with you on screen, and explain why each setting is there.
Step 4
A revisit session re-tunes the strategy against your results, from $75.
One-time sessions priced by listing count from $125. Wheelhouse follows the same schedule and revisits start from $75. Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing software is from $17.99 per listing per month.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Up to 2 listings, 45-minute session | $125 |
| Growth | 3 to 6 listings, 60-minute session | $250 |
| Portfolio | 7 to 10 listings, 90-minute session | $370 |
| Scale | 11 to 15 listings, 90-minute session | $480 |
| Pro | 16 to 21 listings, 120-minute session | $615 |
| Enterprise | 22 or more listings, 120-minute session | $635 |
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
For Airbnb pricing strategy, the first changes are base and minimum prices and the seasonal profile, since those drive most of the revenue in Koh Samui. Lower October and November floors. Next: use weekly villa stays.
Busiest in Koh Samui: December to March and July to August, with Full Moon Party weeks on Koh Phangan. January to April: Dry, sunny weather and European winter breaks keep villas full; I hold weekly rates firm, require seven-night stays for large villas and price Easter as its own premium. July to August: European summer holidays bring families back; I raise rates for villas with several bedrooms and pools, and keep weekly minimums through August. For Airbnb pricing strategy, the strategy I build sets seasonal profiles, event premiums and minimum-stay rules around these windows before they open for booking.
For Airbnb pricing strategy, for the quiet months I set the minimum price, last-minute and gap-night rules and length-of-stay discounts so nights fill without dropping below your floor. Quietest in Koh Samui: October to November monsoon. October to mid-December: Heavy rains arrive late in the year on this side of Thailand, so I lower floors, allow shorter stays and offer long-stay deals for remote workers. May to June: Samui stays drier than the Andaman coast, which many travellers do not realise, so I market that advantage and keep rates reasonable rather than cutting deeply.
Monsoon timing confused with the rest of Thailand and short stays in peak. I look for these first when I review Airbnb pricing strategy in Koh Samui, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For Airbnb pricing strategy, i set base prices and comp sets per area, with a separate profile where two parts of Koh Samui behave differently. Chaweng Noi and Choeng Mon: Upmarket villas near quieter bays draw luxury guests; I price these at the top of the island range and protect peak weeks with long minimums. Bophut and Fisherman's Village and Srithanu, Koh Phangan get their own treatment.
Wellness retreats and yoga, Luxury villa and wedding travel and European and Australian holiday calendars are the dates I price first for Airbnb pricing strategy in Koh Samui. May to June: Samui stays drier than the Andaman coast, which many travellers do not realise, so I market that advantage and keep rates reasonable rather than cutting deeply.
For Airbnb pricing strategy in Koh Samui, each channel gets its own markup, so the net rate you receive is the same wherever the booking comes from. Koh Samui sells mostly through Airbnb, Booking.com, Agoda and Vrbo. May to June: Samui stays drier than the Andaman coast, which many travellers do not realise, so I market that advantage and keep rates reasonable rather than cutting deeply.
How the listing shows travel time from the airport or ferry pier, since guests weigh expensive flights and boat transfers against the villa price. For Airbnb pricing strategy, i check this before touching a single rate, because a base price built on the wrong assumption makes every rule worse.
PriceLabs and Wheelhouse strategy sessions are one-time and priced by listing count: $125 for up to 2 listings, $250 for 3 to 6, $370 for 7 to 10 and $480 for 11 to 15, with larger portfolios priced per listing. Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing software is from $17.99 per listing per month. The scope of Airbnb pricing strategy is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Koh Samui I would start from January to April: Dry, sunny weather and European winter breaks keep villas full; I hold weekly rates firm, require seven-night stays for large villas and price Easter as its own premium. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Koh Samui.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Koh Samui the first gains from Airbnb pricing strategy usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: lower October and November floors. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
Yes. Airbnb Pricing Expert in Koh Samui is delivered remotely and scheduled in Indochina Time (UTC+7), and 100+ properties in and around Koh Samui have been optimized, including in areas such as Chaweng Noi and Choeng Mon. I build it live with you on Zoom in your time zone, inside PriceLabs, Wheelhouse or Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing. Start in the chat or by email and tell me what you run in Koh Samui.
The other services I offer in Koh Samui, 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 Koh Samui, or read the general page for airbnb pricing strategy.
If you also run properties outside Koh Samui, 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 Koh Samui and what you need. I reply in Indochina Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
