I build your pricing strategy with you, live, in your own account.You share your screen and I build your Louisville 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 Louisville, United States, one to one, remotely and in Eastern Time (UTC-5). In Louisville, I price May as the peak and January to February 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 Louisville: Kentucky Derby; Bourbon Trail distillery tourism; Thunder Over Louisville and Forecastle; Louisville Cardinals and conventions. Guests I price for: Derby groups on 3 to 5 night stays, bourbon tourists on weekends. Where I start: Derby-week premiums set a year ahead with minimum stays, bourbon-weekend rates, and winter floors.
In PriceLabs or Wheelhouse I set Oaks and Derby as one protected block, then load Thunder, Bourbon and Beyond, Louder Than Life, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and the art show as separate events. Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com then show the same minimum stays, deposits and house rules for every one of them.
The service in general is described on my airbnb pricing strategy page; this page covers how I apply it in Louisville.
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.
“Louisville has one of the most valuable single weekends in American hospitality: the Kentucky Derby. Homes can earn a large share of their year over Derby week, and guests book well ahead. The Bourbon Trail adds steady weekend demand from spring to autumn. I price Derby first, then build a solid bourbon-season base.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Winter is quiet outside basketball weekends and conventions. I lower weekend rates, allow short stays and offer midweek deals for business visitors.
Spring bourbon trips and Thunder Over Louisville build demand. I price Thunder weekend higher and start protecting Derby week dates.
Kentucky Oaks and Derby week are the top nights of the year. I use long minimum stays, clear house rules and early pricing for the full Derby period.
Distillery tours run all summer, but heat and humidity cap demand. I keep Saturdays steady, allow single weeknights and price Fourth of July along the Ohio River waterfront as a small event.
Bourbon & Beyond, Louder Than Life, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and the St. James Court Art Show keep weekends busy. I price each event weekend separately.
Cardinals football and basketball, shows at the Kentucky Exposition Center and holiday family visits create pockets of demand. I keep rates moderate and lift only the specific game and holiday weekends.
Price Derby week as the top band, opened a year ahead with 3 to 5-night minimums.
Add Thunder Over Louisville as a spring premium.
Price Bourbon Trail weekends from April to October with 2-night minimums.
Price homes by distance to Churchill Downs for Derby.
Lower January and February 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 Louisville. Lower January and February floors. Next: add Thunder Over Louisville as a spring premium.
Busiest in Louisville: Kentucky Derby week in early May, Bourbon Trail season from April to October, and Thunder Over Louisville. May: Kentucky Oaks and Derby week are the top nights of the year. I use long minimum stays, clear house rules and early pricing for the full Derby period. September to October: Bourbon & Beyond, Louder Than Life, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and the St. James Court Art Show keep weekends busy. I price each event weekend separately. 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 Louisville: January to February. November to December: Cardinals football and basketball, shows at the Kentucky Exposition Center and holiday family visits create pockets of demand. I keep rates moderate and lift only the specific game and holiday weekends. January to February: Winter is quiet outside basketball weekends and conventions. I lower weekend rates, allow short stays and offer midweek deals for business visitors.
Derby week booked early at normal May rates and short Derby stays that break the most valuable week. I look for these first when I review Airbnb pricing strategy in Louisville, 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 Louisville behave differently. NuLu and Butchertown: Close to distilleries, restaurants and downtown attractions. I price for bourbon tourists and event visitors, with steady weekend demand from spring to autumn. The Highlands and Bardstown Road and Old Louisville get their own treatment.
Thunder Over Louisville and Forecastle, Louisville Cardinals and conventions and Kentucky Derby are the dates I price first for Airbnb pricing strategy in Louisville. September to October: Bourbon & Beyond, Louder Than Life, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and the St. James Court Art Show keep weekends busy. I price each event weekend separately.
For Airbnb pricing strategy in Louisville, each channel gets its own markup, so the net rate you receive is the same wherever the booking comes from. Louisville sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. September to October: Bourbon & Beyond, Louder Than Life, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and the St. James Court Art Show keep weekends busy. I price each event weekend separately.
How close the home is to Churchill Downs, downtown, NuLu or Bardstown Road, since Derby guests and bourbon visitors choose by easy access. 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 Louisville I would start from March to April: Spring bourbon trips and Thunder Over Louisville build demand. I price Thunder weekend higher and start protecting Derby week dates. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Louisville.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Louisville the first gains from Airbnb pricing strategy usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: lower January and February floors. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
Yes. Airbnb Pricing Expert in Louisville is delivered remotely and scheduled in Eastern Time (UTC-5), and 100+ properties in and around Louisville have been optimized, including in areas such as NuLu and Butchertown. 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 Louisville.
The other services I offer in Louisville, 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 Louisville, or read the general page for airbnb pricing strategy.
If you also run properties outside Louisville, 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 Louisville and what you need. I reply in Eastern Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
