Win direct bookings from Google, before guests reach an OTA.I set up your Google Business Profile, free booking links and Hotel Ads, and make sure your direct booking path is competitive. I work with hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Santorini, one to one, remotely and in Eastern European Time (UTC+2), and I have optimized 100+ properties in and around the market.
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Google Hotel Ads optimization for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Santorini, Greece, one to one, remotely and in Eastern European Time (UTC+2). In Santorini, I price June to August as the peak and December to February and November as the quiet time, and I build the work around that calendar. Google Hotel Ads optimization is quoted per property after a short chat, because the scope depends on the number of properties and room types.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around Santorini
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Eastern European Time
Sessions scheduled in your local time
Google Hotel Ads optimization is the work I do to make a property rank, convert and price correctly on Google. I set up your Google Business Profile, free booking links and Hotel Ads, and make sure your direct booking path is competitive.
What I plan around in Santorini: Caldera views in Oia, Fira, Imerovigli and Firostefani; Honeymoon and wedding travel; Cruise calls into the old port; Wineries and volcanic beaches at Kamari and Perissa. Guests I price for: Honeymooners and couples on 3 to 5 night stays, plus cruise and island-hopping visitors. Where I start: Caldera-view premiums, long shoulder seasons, honeymoon packages, and Greek registration and climate fee rules.
Santorini sells mostly through Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia and luxury agencies. For Santorini cave hotels and suites I work on room-type pricing by view, the mix of direct, OTA and luxury agency business, wedding blocks and the length of the season, using my experience running revenue for five-star chain hotels where view categories drive rate.
The service in general is described on my google hotel ads optimization page; this page covers how I apply it in Santorini.
Your profile is often the first thing a traveler sees. I complete it, correct the details and keep rates and availability accurate.
Free booking links cost nothing to appear in. I set them up, then judge whether paid Hotel Ads are worth it for your hotel.
A click only helps if the booking path converts. I review your site and engine against the OTAs and fix what loses the guest.
Reviews on these sites travel with the property. I set up a routine to collect and answer them consistently.
For Santorini hotels, Google is where guests often compare the direct rate with the OTAs after finding the property on social media. I connect free booking links, make sure the direct price includes the same fees, and keep the Business Profile focused on the view and the village. Accurate prices in the comparison panel stop the hotel paying commission on guests who wanted to book direct.
The first task is a price accuracy check across the summer, followed by a direct perk such as a sunset drink or an early check-in.
Easter and spring cruise calls bring couples who want mild weather and quieter paths, and I raise prices in stages from April as the caldera fills.
With demand strongest for sunset terraces, I hold the best caldera units at the top of the market and release gap nights to short-stay island hoppers only near arrival.
The most famous sunset and the busiest lanes, so caldera units here command the island's top rates; I watch crowding and price evenings honestly for guests seeking calm.
My full Santorini calendar, areas, pricing moves and the mistakes I fix are on the revenue management consultant page for Santorini.
Google shows your hotel, your rates and your OTAs side by side, and the direct link only wins if it is accurate and competitive. A modest amount of careful setup here is the cheapest way I know to move bookings off commission-heavy channels.
A new Google listing
You have just connected Google 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 Google.
Commission without much return
You pay Google commission and its share of bookings is small next to your other channels.
A portfolio with uneven quality
Some listings are polished on Google and others were never finished, and nobody owns the standard.
Send me the Google listing or property links and your channel manager. I check how the property ranks and reads today before we speak.
A scorecard for Google: content, photos, rates and promotions, policies and reviews, with every fix ranked by impact.
I make the changes live on Zoom in your Google 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 Google and adjust what the numbers say to adjust.
I quote Google Hotel Ads optimization per property after a short chat. You get a fixed scope and price before any work starts.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Single property | Google Hotel Ads optimization for one property | Quoted |
| Several properties | One scope and one price for a group on Google Hotel Ads | Quoted |
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
Santorini sells mostly through Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia and luxury agencies. June to August: With demand strongest for sunset terraces, I hold the best caldera units at the top of the market and release gap nights to short-stay island hoppers only near arrival. For Google Hotel Ads optimization in Santorini, i optimize Google alongside your other channels and check parity, so added reach never creates a conflict.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization, on Google, I line up promotions, rate plans and content with these windows so visibility peaks when demand does. Busiest in Santorini: June to September, with sunset-view weeks in July and August the highest. September to October: September is often as good as July for couples, so I keep rates high, then ease prices through October while the ferries and flights still run. June to August: With demand strongest for sunset terraces, I hold the best caldera units at the top of the market and release gap nights to short-stay island hoppers only near arrival.
Honeymooners and couples on 3 to 5 night stays, plus cruise and island-hopping visitors. Demand is driven by Caldera views in Oia, Fira, Imerovigli and Firostefani and Honeymoon and wedding travel. For Google Hotel Ads optimization, i write content and photo order on Google for the guests who actually search for Santorini.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization, i write location content, photos and amenity highlights on Google around the specific part of Santorini the property is in. Oia: The most famous sunset and the busiest lanes, so caldera units here command the island's top rates; I watch crowding and price evenings honestly for guests seeking calm. Imerovigli and Firostefani and Kamari and Perissa get their own treatment.
Rank every unit by view: full caldera and sunset, partial caldera, sea, then garden. Next: use 3-night minimums in peak months and 2 nights in April and late October. For Google Hotel Ads optimization, the first changes on Google are content completeness and the cover photo, because those decide whether a Santorini traveler clicks.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization, i check this on Google first, because it decides whether the listing is allowed to rank at all. How hot tubs and plunge pools are described and whether they are heated, because guests in April and October expect to use them and an unheated pool undermines the premium.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization in Santorini, this is how I would approach it. For Santorini cave hotels and suites I work on room-type pricing by view, the mix of direct, OTA and luxury agency business, wedding blocks and the length of the season, using my experience running revenue for five-star chain hotels where view categories drive rate. We start in the chat, and I confirm the scope and the price before any work begins.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization, 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 Santorini and work remotely in Eastern European Time (UTC+2). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: price private plunge pools and hot tubs as a clear tier above the view.
Google Hotel Ads optimization is quoted per property after a short chat, because the scope depends on the number of properties and room types. The scope of Google Hotel Ads optimization is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Santorini I would start from September to October: September is often as good as July for couples, so I keep rates high, then ease prices through October while the ferries and flights still run. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Santorini.
Yes. Google Hotel Ads Expert in Santorini is delivered remotely and scheduled in Eastern European Time (UTC+2), and 100+ properties in and around Santorini have been optimized, including in areas such as Oia. I implement it live on Zoom in your Google extranet or through your channel manager, in your time zone. Start in the chat or by email and tell me what you run in Santorini.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Santorini the first gains from Google Hotel Ads optimization usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: use 3-night minimums in peak months and 2 nights in April and late October. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
The other services I offer in Santorini, 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 Santorini, or read the general page for google hotel ads optimization.
If you also run properties outside Santorini, 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 Santorini and what you need. I reply in Eastern European Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
