Be found before guests pick a platform, on Google and TripAdvisor.I check that your property appears with accurate rates, availability and content on Google Vacation Rentals and TripAdvisor, and that your direct link is the one travelers click. I work with Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Manila, one to one, remotely and in Philippine Time (UTC+8), and I have optimized 100+ properties in and around the market.
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Google Vacation Rentals optimization for Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Manila, Philippines, one to one, remotely and in Philippine Time (UTC+8). In Manila, I price March to May and November to December as the peak and June to October as the quiet time, and I build the work around that calendar. Google and TripAdvisor optimization is quoted per property after a short chat, because the scope depends on the number of properties and room types.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around Manila
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Philippine Time
Sessions scheduled in your local time
Google Vacation Rentals optimization is the work I do to make a property rank, convert and price correctly on Google Vacation Rentals. I check that your property appears with accurate rates, availability and content on Google Vacation Rentals and TripAdvisor, and that your direct link is the one travelers click.
What I plan around in Manila: Boracay and Cebu beach season; Balikbayan Christmas travel; Business process outsourcing corporate travel; Sinulog and festivals. Guests I price for: Domestic families and regional travellers on 3 to 5 night stays, corporate guests in Makati and BGC. Where I start: Dry-season premiums, Christmas minimum stays, and condo positioning in Makati and BGC.
Manila sells mostly through Airbnb, Booking.com and Agoda. On Airbnb, Agoda and Booking.com I configure PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with Holy Week and Christmas overrides, rainy-season floors and monthly discounts for corporate guests in BGC and Makati, keeping rates, fees and minimum stays aligned across every channel so no listing undercuts another during Holy Week or Christmas.
The service in general is described on my other ota optimization page; this page covers how I apply it in Manila.
I check what Google shows for your property and review the feed that supplies it through your channel manager.
I review the TripAdvisor listing so the property reads as well there as on your booking channels.
Your direct link should win when your rate is competitive. I align your site, rates and booking path with what Google and TripAdvisor show.
Each channel is mapped through your channel manager with explicit markups, and I check parity and availability after changes.
“The Philippines needs three strategies under one heading. Makati and BGC condos serve corporate and outsourcing travel on weekdays, Boracay and Cebu sell dry-season beach holidays, and Christmas brings Filipinos home from abroad. Boracay also manages visitor numbers carefully since its rehabilitation, so accredited properties have an edge.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Sinulog in Cebu and Ati-Atihan in Kalibo near Boracay create festival weeks, so I price those dates as premiums and keep the rest of the dry season steady.
Summer school break and Holy Week bring domestic families to the beaches; I lift Boracay and Cebu rates sharply and set three-night minimums across the Easter long weekend.
Typhoons and rain slow leisure travel, so I keep beach floors sensible and lean on Makati and BGC corporate stays, which hold up better through the wet months.
Thirteenth-month pay, school breaks and balikbayan visits make Christmas the year's high point. I open December early, protect New Year with longer minimums and limit last-minute deals.
Travelers often start on Google, and what it shows decides which platform they end up on. If your direct link is accurate and competitive it can win the booking before commission is involved, which is why I treat Google and TripAdvisor as part of the pricing job.
Set weekday corporate rates for Makati and BGC condos.
Price December to May beach season in Boracay and Cebu, with Holy Week highest.
Price Christmas as a premium for balikbayan family visits.
Confirm accreditation requirements on Boracay.
Lower rainy-season floors from June to October.
A new Google Vacation Rentals listing
You have just connected Google Vacation Rentals and want it to rank and convert from the first weeks, not after months of guessing.
Views but few bookings
Visibility looks fine and conversion does not, which usually means content, photos or rate plans on Google Vacation Rentals.
Commission without much return
You pay Google Vacation Rentals commission and its share of bookings is small next to your other channels.
A portfolio with uneven quality
Some listings are polished on Google Vacation Rentals and others were never finished, and nobody owns the standard.
Send me the Google Vacation Rentals listing or property links and your channel manager. I check how the property ranks and reads today before we speak.
A scorecard for Google Vacation Rentals: content, photos, rates and promotions, policies and reviews, with every fix ranked by impact.
I make the changes live on Zoom in your Google Vacation Rentals account or through your channel manager, and explain each one so you can maintain it.
Step 4
About 30 days later I look at impressions, conversion and booking share on Google Vacation Rentals and adjust what the numbers say to adjust.
I quote Google and TripAdvisor optimization per property after a short chat. You get a fixed scope and price before any work starts.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Single property | Google and TripAdvisor optimization for one property | Quoted |
| Several properties | One scope and one price for a group on Google and TripAdvisor | Quoted |
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
Manila sells mostly through Airbnb, Booking.com and Agoda. November to December: Thirteenth-month pay, school breaks and balikbayan visits make Christmas the year's high point. I open December early, protect New Year with longer minimums and limit last-minute deals. For Google Vacation Rentals optimization in Manila, i optimize Google Vacation Rentals alongside your other channels and check parity, so added reach never creates a conflict.
For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, on Google Vacation Rentals, I line up promotions, rate plans and content with these windows so visibility peaks when demand does. Busiest in Manila: December to May dry season, Holy Week, and Christmas. January to February: Sinulog in Cebu and Ati-Atihan in Kalibo near Boracay create festival weeks, so I price those dates as premiums and keep the rest of the dry season steady. March to May: Summer school break and Holy Week bring domestic families to the beaches; I lift Boracay and Cebu rates sharply and set three-night minimums across the Easter long weekend.
Domestic families and regional travellers on 3 to 5 night stays, corporate guests in Makati and BGC. Demand is driven by Boracay and Cebu beach season and Balikbayan Christmas travel. For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, i write content and photo order on Google Vacation Rentals for the guests who actually search for Manila.
For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, i write location content, photos and amenity highlights on Google Vacation Rentals around the specific part of Manila the property is in. Mactan Island, Cebu: Close to the airport and resorts, it suits families and divers; I price Sinulog week and Holy Week as premiums and reward longer summer stays. Bonifacio Global City (BGC) and Boracay Station 2 get their own treatment.
Confirm accreditation requirements on Boracay. Next: set weekday corporate rates for Makati and BGC condos. For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, the first changes on Google Vacation Rentals are content completeness and the cover photo, because those decide whether a Manila traveler clicks.
For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, i check this on Google Vacation Rentals first, because it decides whether the listing is allowed to rank at all. How the condo building in Makati or BGC treats short-stay guests, because some associations restrict them, and a guest turned away at reception damages the listing for months.
For Google Vacation Rentals optimization in Manila, this is how I would approach it. com I configure PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with Holy Week and Christmas overrides, rainy-season floors and monthly discounts for corporate guests in BGC and Makati, keeping rates, fees and minimum stays aligned across every channel so no listing undercuts another during Holy Week or Christmas. We start in the chat, and I confirm the scope and the price before any work begins.
For Google Vacation Rentals optimization, i price properties for a living, so content, rates and promotions are tuned together and not in isolation. I have optimized 100+ properties in and around Manila and work remotely in Philippine Time (UTC+8). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: lower rainy-season floors from June to October.
Google and TripAdvisor optimization is quoted per property after a short chat, because the scope depends on the number of properties and room types. The scope of Google Vacation Rentals optimization is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Manila I would start from November to December: Thirteenth-month pay, school breaks and balikbayan visits make Christmas the year's high point. I open December early, protect New Year with longer minimums and limit last-minute deals. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Manila.
Yes. Google Vacation Rentals Expert in Manila is delivered remotely and scheduled in Philippine Time (UTC+8), and 100+ properties in and around Manila have been optimized, including in areas such as Mactan Island, Cebu. I implement it live on Zoom in your Google Vacation Rentals extranet or through your channel manager, in your time zone. Start in the chat or by email and tell me what you run in Manila.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Manila the first gains from Google Vacation Rentals optimization usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: set weekday corporate rates for Makati and BGC condos. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
The other services I offer in Manila, 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 Manila, or read the general page for other ota optimization.
If you also run properties outside Manila, 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 Manila and what you need. I reply in Philippine Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
