I build your pricing strategy with you, live, in your own account.You share your screen and I build your Montréal 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 Montréal, Canada, one to one, remotely and in Eastern Time (UTC-5). In Montréal, I price June as the peak and January to March 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 Montréal: Canadian Grand Prix; Montréal Jazz Festival and Just for Laughs; Osheaga; Conference and university travel. Guests I price for: US and European visitors on 3 to 4 night stays in the Plateau, Old Montréal and Mile End. Where I start: Grand Prix and festival premiums, CITQ-compliant positioning, and winter floors.
For hosts I set up your pricing tool with named events for the Grand Prix, Jazz Festival, Just for Laughs and Osheaga, plus monthly rates for winter. I make sure both language versions of the listing and every channel carry the same rules and fees.
The service in general is described on my airbnb pricing strategy page; this page covers how I apply it in Montréal.
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.
“Montréal is a festival city with strict rules. Short-term rentals need a CITQ registration, and the city has limited rentals of non-principal residences to a summer window in most boroughs. The Grand Prix, Jazz Festival and Osheaga are the peaks. I check the property's status first, then price the festival calendar.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Igloofest and Montréal en Lumière give a few weekends some life, so I price those and otherwise rely on conferences, students and longer stays to keep winter occupied.
As the terraces open, weekend demand returns first; I lift Friday and Saturday rates while leaving midweek near winter levels until June.
Grand Prix weekend gets a three-night minimum and its own rate, and the Francofolies and early Jazz Festival dates follow straight after, so I do not let the month average out.
Jazz Festival, Just for Laughs and Osheaga each get named premiums, with ordinary summer nights held firm because American visitors keep arriving by car.
Conferences and the start of the academic year carry weekdays, so I keep business-friendly midweek rates and soften weekends only after Thanksgiving.
Christmas markets and New Year in Old Montréal lift the final weeks, so I price the holiday period as a separate short season with a minimum stay.
Confirm CITQ registration and whether the unit is a principal residence.
Price the Grand Prix and summer festivals as top bands.
Plan non-principal units around the summer rental window.
Offer mid-term stays for students and professionals.
Lower January to March 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 Montréal. Lower January to March floors. Next: price the Grand Prix and summer festivals as top bands.
Busiest in Montréal: June to September, with the Grand Prix in June, Jazz Festival and Osheaga, plus the Christmas season. July to August: Jazz Festival, Just for Laughs and Osheaga each get named premiums, with ordinary summer nights held firm because American visitors keep arriving by car. December: Christmas markets and New Year in Old Montréal lift the final weeks, so I price the holiday period as a separate short season with a minimum stay. 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 Montréal: January to March. September to November: Conferences and the start of the academic year carry weekdays, so I keep business-friendly midweek rates and soften weekends only after Thanksgiving. January to March: Igloofest and Montréal en Lumière give a few weekends some life, so I price those and otherwise rely on conferences, students and longer stays to keep winter occupied.
Non-principal units rented outside the allowed window and listings without CITQ numbers. I look for these first when I review Airbnb pricing strategy in Montréal, 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 Montréal behave differently. Old Montréal: Heritage streets and a strong holiday season let me hold higher December rates, while the summer competes directly with boutique hotels on cobblestone views. Plateau Mont-Royal and Quartier des Spectacles and downtown get their own treatment.
Osheaga, Conference and university travel and Canadian Grand Prix are the dates I price first for Airbnb pricing strategy in Montréal. September to November: Conferences and the start of the academic year carry weekdays, so I keep business-friendly midweek rates and soften weekends only after Thanksgiving.
For Airbnb pricing strategy in Montréal, each channel gets its own markup, so the net rate you receive is the same wherever the booking comes from. Montréal sells mostly through Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. September to November: Conferences and the start of the academic year carry weekdays, so I keep business-friendly midweek rates and soften weekends only after Thanksgiving.
Which metro line and station the unit sits near, since festival guests heading for the Quartier des Spectacles or Parc Jean-Drapeau choose by transit 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 Montréal I would start from June: Grand Prix weekend gets a three-night minimum and its own rate, and the Francofolies and early Jazz Festival dates follow straight after, so I do not let the month average out. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Montréal.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Montréal the first gains from Airbnb pricing strategy usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: lower January to March floors. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
Yes. Airbnb Pricing Expert in Montréal is delivered remotely and scheduled in Eastern Time (UTC-5), and 100+ properties in and around Montréal have been optimized, including in areas such as Old Montréal. 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 Montréal.
The other services I offer in Montréal, 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 Montréal, or read the general page for airbnb pricing strategy.
If you also run properties outside Montréal, 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 Montréal and what you need. I reply in Eastern Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
