I run the pricing, you keep the property.I price every night of your Marfa listings, set the stay rules, manage the channels and send you a monthly report, with plans from $225 a month for one listing. Month to month, remote in Central Time (UTC-6).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Airbnb revenue management 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. Airbnb revenue management is priced monthly by listing count, from $225 a month for one listing and $325 for two, with Plus at 35 percent more and Pro at 75 percent more than Core. It runs month to month and is never a percentage of revenue.
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Properties optimized in and around Marfa
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Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
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Airbnb revenue management is the ongoing work of pricing every night, setting stay rules, managing channels and reporting results. It goes further than a pricing tool: I review the strategy as demand, events and your own pace change, and I explain every change I make.
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 revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Marfa.
I review demand and pace and make two or three price changes a week where the market calls for them, inside the tool you already use.
On Plus I also optimize listings, plan promotions, track competitor rates per listing and manage Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo together.
A monthly summary on every plan and a full ADR, occupancy and RevPAR report on Plus and Pro, so you see what changed and why.
On Pro I forecast demand, keep a 12-month pricing calendar, meet you monthly and review quarterly, and I set launch prices for new listings.
“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.
One listing and no time
You want pricing handled properly without checking the calendar every day.
A growing portfolio
You manage several listings and need one consistent, scalable method.
A property manager
You want owner-ready reporting and revenue leadership without an in-house hire.
Smart Pricing is not enough
Airbnb's own tool optimizes for Airbnb's fill rate, not your revenue across channels.
Send the listing links, your pricing tool and your goals. I confirm the plan level and the monthly price for your listing count.
I build the base, minimum and maximum prices, seasons, events and stay rules for your market before the first month starts.
I watch demand and pace and move prices and restrictions as the market does.
Step 4
You get the monthly report, and on Pro we meet, and I adjust the plan from the results.
Priced monthly by listing count on a graduated curve, so there are no tier cliffs. Plus adds 35 percent and Pro 75 percent to the Core price. Never a percentage of revenue.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Core | Managed pricing, run for you every day | From $225/mo |
| Plus | Pricing plus listing and channel optimization | Core +35% |
| Pro | Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call | Core +75% |
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
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. 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. 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 revenue management, i raise floors and tighten minimum stays ahead of these windows and review pace every week, so the strongest dates never sell early at a shoulder rate.
For Airbnb revenue management, that is the first thing I check before taking on the pricing, because everything else sits on top of it. Whether the listing states the drive time to Big Bend, Chinati and the nearest fuel and groceries, because guests in a remote area pay for certainty about distances.
Price Chinati Weekend in October as the top band with long minimum stays. Next: use 2 to 3-night minimums for road-trip guests. For Airbnb revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Marfa property usually leaks the most.
For Airbnb revenue management, in the quiet months my job is to protect the floor, close gaps with length-of-stay and last-minute rules, and keep the property visible on every channel. 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 revenue management in Marfa, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For Airbnb revenue management in Marfa, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Marfa sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. 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.
Terlingua and Study Butte: The doorstep of the national park, with spring break and holidays at the top; I set the longest minimum stays here and discount summer hardest. Marfa and Alpine and Fort Davis get their own treatment. For Airbnb revenue management, i set rates, comp sets and restrictions per area and per room or listing type, not as one citywide number.
Viva Big Bend and Trans-Pecos festivals, The Chinati Foundation and Marfa art scene and Big Bend National Park are the dates I price first for Airbnb revenue management in Marfa. 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.
For Airbnb revenue management, you get one experienced person who knows your numbers, with a small team and a tool stack behind me, and no account-manager layer in between. I have optimized 100+ properties in and around Marfa and work remotely in Central Time (UTC-6). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: discount June to August heavily.
Airbnb revenue management is priced monthly by listing count, from $225 a month for one listing and $325 for two, with Plus at 35 percent more and Pro at 75 percent more than Core. It runs month to month and is never a percentage of revenue. The scope of Airbnb revenue management 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.
Yes. Airbnb Revenue Management Consultant 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 Marfa. I work in your time zone, report monthly, and the engagement runs month to month with no long-term lock-in. 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 revenue management.
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.
