I build your pricing strategy with you, live, in your own account.You share your screen and I build your Marfa 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 Marfa, United States, one to one, remotely and in Central Time (UTC-6). In Marfa, I price March to April and October to early November as the peak and May to September 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 Marfa: The Chinati Foundation and Marfa art scene; Big Bend National Park; The Marfa Lights; Viva Big Bend and Trans-Pecos festivals. Guests I price for: Art and outdoor travellers on longer road-trip stays in Marfa, Alpine and Terlingua, often combining the desert parks with the galleries. Where I start: Festival-weekend surge pricing, longer minimum stays for remote road-trip guests, and steep summer discounting when the heat suppresses demand.
For Marfa, Alpine and Terlingua hosts I configure PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with Chinati, chili cookoff and spring break premiums, long minimum stays for remote road trips, and a summer profile that accepts short stays without losing sight of the floor.
The service in general is described on my airbnb pricing strategy page; this page covers how I apply it in Marfa.
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.
“Marfa and Big Bend are remote, and that shapes everything. Guests drive a long way, so they stay longer. Chinati Weekend in October and local festivals fill the small supply, spring and autumn are pleasant for the parks, and summer heat nearly stops demand. I set longer stays and strong festival pricing.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Mild days bring park hikers and the Alpine cowboy poetry gathering, so I keep weekend rates firm, allow shorter stays in Marfa and reward longer stays near the park.
Spring break fills Big Bend National Park and the lodges inside it, so Terlingua and Study Butte homes carry their highest rates with three night minimums.
Heat empties the desert, so I discount deeply, allow single nights, and still lift the weeks of Viva Big Bend in July and the Marfa Lights Festival on Labor Day.
Chinati Weekend leads the Marfa calendar, and the Terlingua chili cookoffs fill the south county, so I price each event block separately with long minimum stays.
Holiday road trips to the park bring families who book far ahead, so I open these weeks early near Terlingua and keep Marfa weekends priced for gallery visitors.
Price Chinati Weekend in October as the top band with long minimum stays.
Add Viva Big Bend and Trans-Pecos festival weekends as premiums.
Use 2 to 3-night minimums for road-trip guests.
Price Terlingua and Alpine homes by park access.
Discount June to August heavily.
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 Marfa. Discount June to August heavily. Next: add Viva Big Bend and Trans-Pecos festival weekends as premiums.
Busiest in Marfa: March and October to November, spiking for Chinati Weekend in October and the Viva Big Bend and Trans-Pecos festivals, with mild desert temperatures. October to early November: Chinati Weekend leads the Marfa calendar, and the Terlingua chili cookoffs fill the south county, so I price each event block separately with long minimum stays. Thanksgiving to New Year: Holiday road trips to the park bring families who book far ahead, so I open these weeks early near Terlingua and keep Marfa weekends priced for gallery visitors. 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 Marfa: June to August, when desert heat peaks. May to September: Heat empties the desert, so I discount deeply, allow single nights, and still lift the weeks of Viva Big Bend in July and the Marfa Lights Festival on Labor Day. January and February: Mild days bring park hikers and the Alpine cowboy poetry gathering, so I keep weekend rates firm, allow shorter stays in Marfa and reward longer stays near the park.
Short stays in a market where guests travel far and chinati Weekend priced too low. I look for these first when I review Airbnb pricing strategy in Marfa, 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 Marfa behave differently. Alpine and Fort Davis: A practical base with Sul Ross State University and the McDonald Observatory star parties; I price for value and longer stays, with university event weekends lifted. Marfa and Terlingua and Study Butte get their own treatment.
The Marfa Lights, Viva Big Bend and Trans-Pecos festivals and The Chinati Foundation and Marfa art scene are the dates I price first for Airbnb pricing strategy in Marfa. March to April: Spring break fills Big Bend National Park and the lodges inside it, so Terlingua and Study Butte homes carry their highest rates with three night minimums.
For Airbnb pricing strategy in Marfa, each channel gets its own markup, so the net rate you receive is the same wherever the booking comes from. Marfa sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. March to April: Spring break fills Big Bend National Park and the lodges inside it, so Terlingua and Study Butte homes carry their highest rates with three night minimums.
Whether water, power, cooling and internet are described honestly for an off-grid or desert home, since a missed expectation here costs more in reviews than any rate cut can recover. 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 Marfa I would start from March to April: Spring break fills Big Bend National Park and the lodges inside it, so Terlingua and Study Butte homes carry their highest rates with three night minimums. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Marfa.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Marfa the first gains from Airbnb pricing strategy usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: discount June to August heavily. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
Yes. Airbnb Pricing Expert in Marfa is delivered remotely and scheduled in Central Time (UTC-6), and 100+ properties in and around Marfa have been optimized, including in areas such as Alpine and Fort Davis. 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 Marfa.
The other services I offer in Marfa, 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 Marfa, or read the general page for airbnb pricing strategy.
If you also run properties outside Marfa, 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 Marfa and what you need. I reply in Central Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
