Get your rentals booking on Booking.com, with a live audit and fixes.I audit the listing, complete the content score, tune photos, rate plans, deals and policies, and make the changes with you on Zoom. I work with Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Medellín, one to one, remotely and in Colombia Time (UTC-5), and I have optimized 100+ properties in and around the market.
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Booking.com optimization for rentals for Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Medellín, Colombia, one to one, remotely and in Colombia Time (UTC-5). In Medellín, I price Early August as the peak and September to November as the quiet time, and I build the work around that calendar. Booking.com optimization has three fixed-price plans from $95 for one listing, priced by listing count and delivered live on Zoom.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around Medellín
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Colombia Time
Sessions scheduled in your local time
Booking.com optimization for rentals is the work I do to make a property rank, convert and price correctly on Booking.com. I audit the listing, complete the content score, tune photos, rate plans, deals and policies, and make the changes with you on Zoom.
What I plan around in Medellín: Feria de las Flores; Christmas lights (Alumbrados); Digital-nomad demand in El Poblado and Laureles; Conference travel. Guests I price for: US and European remote workers on 1 to 3 month stays, and short-stay leisure visitors. Where I start: Monthly discount ladders, event premiums in August and December, and unit positioning inside dense El Poblado supply.
Medellín sells mostly through Airbnb and Booking.com. I set up your Airbnb and Booking.com pricing with a monthly discount ladder for remote workers, event blocks for the Feria and December and a July premium for Colombiamoda. I also tighten titles and photos so the listing stands apart from neighbouring units at the same price.
The service in general is described on my booking.com listing optimization page; this page covers how I apply it in Medellín.
Booking.com scores how complete a listing is. I fill the fields, rewrite descriptions for the guests who book there and tidy room details.
I choose the cover and order the gallery against the nearest competing listings.
I structure rate plans and judge which promotions and Genius levels pay for themselves.
Cancellation terms and review scores feed ranking, so I tune both and write reply templates.
“Medellín is one of Latin America's biggest nomad hubs, and El Poblado and Laureles are crowded with similar apartments. Monthly stays carry much of the year, while Feria de las Flores and the December Alumbrados bring short-stay peaks. Colombia requires registration in the RNT tourism register.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Dry weather and North American winter escapes keep El Poblado busy, so I hold weekends and use monthly terms for remote workers arriving for the season.
Easter brings domestic visitors, then the April and May rains thin leisure travel. I price Holy Week higher and lean on monthly stays through the wet stretch.
Colombiamoda at Plaza Mayor brings buyers and the fashion crowd in July, so I add a premium that week and keep mid-year holiday weekends firm.
Feria de las Flores and the Silleteros parade fill the city, so I price the festival as its own block with a three or four night minimum.
October rains and fewer events make this the quietest stretch, so I set monthly ladders, protect the floor and highlight workspace and internet.
The Alumbrados along the river and family visits lift demand, so I raise December weekends and price Christmas and New Year as premium nights.
Many hosts connect Booking.com once and never return, then wonder why it brings so little. The channel rewards completeness and price position, and it reaches guests who never open Airbnb. I fix the listing and tie its rates to your pricing strategy.
Build monthly rates for remote workers.
Price Feria de las Flores and December as short-stay peaks.
Price El Poblado and Laureles separately.
Keep the RNT registration current.
Highlight workspace and internet quality.
A new Booking.com listing
You have just connected Booking.com 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 Booking.com.
Commission without much return
You pay Booking.com commission and its share of bookings is small next to your other channels.
A portfolio with uneven quality
Some listings are polished on Booking.com and others were never finished, and nobody owns the standard.
Send me the Booking.com listing or property links and your channel manager. I check how the property ranks and reads today before we speak.
A scorecard for Booking.com: content, photos, rates and promotions, policies and reviews, with every fix ranked by impact.
I make the changes live on Zoom in your Booking.com 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 Booking.com and adjust what the numbers say to adjust.
Booking.com optimization has three fixed-price plans, priced by listing count, from $95. Each is a live Zoom session with a full audit and the fixes made on the spot.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Single | 1 listing, 30-minute session | $95 |
| Portfolio | 2 to 4 listings, 45-minute session | $145 |
| Scale | 5 to 8 listings, 60-minute session | $245 |
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 Booking.com optimization for rentals in Medellín, i optimize Booking.com alongside your other channels and check parity, so added reach never creates a conflict. Medellín sells mostly through Airbnb and Booking.com. June to July: Colombiamoda at Plaza Mayor brings buyers and the fashion crowd in July, so I add a premium that week and keep mid-year holiday weekends firm.
Busiest in Medellín: Feria de las Flores in August, December holidays, and the January to February dry season. December: The Alumbrados along the river and family visits lift demand, so I raise December weekends and price Christmas and New Year as premium nights. January to February: Dry weather and North American winter escapes keep El Poblado busy, so I hold weekends and use monthly terms for remote workers arriving for the season. For Booking.com optimization for rentals, on Booking.com, I line up promotions, rate plans and content with these windows so visibility peaks when demand does.
For Booking.com optimization for rentals, i write content and photo order on Booking.com for the guests who actually search for Medellín. US and European remote workers on 1 to 3 month stays, and short-stay leisure visitors. Demand is driven by Conference travel and Feria de las Flores.
Envigado: Calmer and more local just south of El Poblado; I price below Provenza and target remote workers and families on longer stays. Provenza and Manila and Laureles around La 70 and Primer Parque get their own treatment. For Booking.com optimization for rentals, i write location content, photos and amenity highlights on Booking.com around the specific part of Medellín the property is in.
For Booking.com optimization for rentals, the first changes on Booking.com are content completeness and the cover photo, because those decide whether a Medellín traveler clicks. Price El Poblado and Laureles separately. Next: highlight workspace and internet quality.
How the unit is described against the dozens of near-identical apartments within a few blocks of Provenza, because in dense supply a better title and photos often matter more than a lower rate. For Booking.com optimization for rentals, i check this on Booking.com first, because it decides whether the listing is allowed to rank at all.
For Booking.com optimization for rentals in Medellín, this is how I would approach it. I also tighten titles and photos so the listing stands apart from neighbouring units at the same price. com pricing with a monthly discount ladder for remote workers, event blocks for the Feria and December and a July premium for Colombiamoda. We start in the chat, and I confirm the scope and the price before any work begins.
For Booking.com optimization for rentals, 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 Medellín and work remotely in Colombia Time (UTC-5). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: keep the RNT registration current.
Booking.com optimization has three fixed-price plans from $95 for one listing, priced by listing count and delivered live on Zoom. The scope of Booking.com optimization for rentals is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Medellín I would start from early August: Feria de las Flores and the Silleteros parade fill the city, so I price the festival as its own block with a three or four night minimum. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Medellín.
Yes. Booking.com Optimization Expert for Rentals in Medellín is delivered remotely and scheduled in Colombia Time (UTC-5), and 100+ properties in and around Medellín have been optimized, including in areas such as Envigado. I implement it live on Zoom in your Booking.com extranet or through your channel manager, in your time zone. Start in the chat or by email and tell me what you run in Medellín.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Medellín the first gains from Booking.com optimization for rentals usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: highlight workspace and internet quality. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
The other services I offer in Medellín, 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 Medellín, or read the general page for booking.com listing optimization.
If you also run properties outside Medellín, 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 Medellín and what you need. I reply in Colombia Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
