I run the pricing, you keep the property.I price every night of your Columbus 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 Eastern Time (UTC-5).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Airbnb revenue management for Airbnb hosts, vacation rental owners and property managers in Columbus, United States, one to one, remotely and in Eastern Time (UTC-5). In Columbus, I price September to November as the peak and January to February 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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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 Columbus: Ohio State football and university calendars; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Cedar Point; Bengals, Browns and Guardians seasons; Conventions and medical travel. Guests I price for: Regional event travellers on 2 night stays, medical and corporate guests. Where I start: Game-day premiums, medical-stay weekly rates, and winter floors.
In PriceLabs or Wheelhouse I add the football schedules, concert dates and hospital-driven long stays for each city, set weekly and monthly discounts, and keep two-night minimums on event weekends so the busiest Saturdays are not sold as single nights.
The service in general is described on my airbnb revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Columbus.
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.
“Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati are three event-driven cities with medical and university demand. Ohio State football weekends in Columbus are some of the strongest nights in the state, Cedar Point shapes summer near Sandusky, and major hospitals support weekly stays. I price each city on its own calendar.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Hospital and corporate stays carry these months, so I lean on weekly and monthly pricing and accept softer weekends rather than chasing leisure guests who rarely come in an Ohio winter.
The Arnold Sports Festival fills Columbus for a long weekend, and March basketball tournaments add dates; I price those individually while leaving Cleveland and Cincinnati on winter floors.
Commencements, the Memorial Tournament in Dublin and early concert season lift weekends, so I raise those dates and keep minimums at two nights for event travellers.
Summer concerts and baseball in all three cities, plus Cedar Point near Sandusky, keep weekends full; I watch weekday pricing more closely than weekends during these months.
Football Saturdays drive the season, so I set each home game date separately, with the biggest rivalry and night games highest, and lift Cincinnati and Cleveland dates around NFL home games.
Holiday visitors and bowl game travel give some weekends a lift, but I keep weekday floors modest and use longer-stay discounts to cover the quiet stretch before New Year.
Price Ohio State home football weekends as top premiums in Columbus.
Add Browns, Bengals and Guardians home dates for nearby homes.
Build weekly rates near the Cleveland Clinic and other medical centers.
Price Cedar Point season from May to October for homes near Sandusky.
Lower January and February floors.
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 Columbus: Ohio State and Bengals game weekends, summer concerts, and Cedar Point season from May to October. September to November: Football Saturdays drive the season, so I set each home game date separately, with the biggest rivalry and night games highest, and lift Cincinnati and Cleveland dates around NFL home games. April to June: Commencements, the Memorial Tournament in Dublin and early concert season lift weekends, so I raise those dates and keep minimums at two nights for event travellers. 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 is registered with the city where required, since Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati each have their own short-term rental rules, taxes and registration process.
Price Ohio State home football weekends as top premiums in Columbus. Next: build weekly rates near the Cleveland Clinic and other medical centers. For Airbnb revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Columbus 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 Columbus: January to February. December: Holiday visitors and bowl game travel give some weekends a lift, but I keep weekday floors modest and use longer-stay discounts to cover the quiet stretch before New Year. January to February: Hospital and corporate stays carry these months, so I lean on weekly and monthly pricing and accept softer weekends rather than chasing leisure guests who rarely come in an Ohio winter.
All three cities priced from one comp set and ohio State weekends priced too low. I look for these first when I review Airbnb revenue management in Columbus, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For Airbnb revenue management in Columbus, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Columbus sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. April to June: Commencements, the Memorial Tournament in Dublin and early concert season lift weekends, so I raise those dates and keep minimums at two nights for event travellers.
Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati: Historic and walkable to the riverfront stadiums and FC Cincinnati; I price event nights carefully and use midweek rates for corporate and medical guests from out of town. Short North and German Village, Columbus and Ohio City and Tremont, Cleveland 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.
Conventions and medical travel, Ohio State football and university calendars and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Cedar Point are the dates I price first for Airbnb revenue management in Columbus. December: Holiday visitors and bowl game travel give some weekends a lift, but I keep weekday floors modest and use longer-stay discounts to cover the quiet stretch before New Year.
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 Columbus and work remotely in Eastern Time (UTC-5). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: lower January and February floors.
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 Columbus I would start from April to June: Commencements, the Memorial Tournament in Dublin and early concert season lift weekends, so I raise those dates and keep minimums at two nights for event travellers. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Columbus.
Yes. Airbnb Revenue Management Consultant in Columbus is delivered remotely and scheduled in Eastern Time (UTC-5), and 100+ properties in and around Columbus have been optimized, including in areas such as Short North and German Village, Columbus. 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 Columbus.
The other services I offer in Columbus, 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 Columbus, or read the general page for airbnb revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Columbus, 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 Columbus and what you need. I reply in Eastern Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
