I build your pricing strategy with you, live, in your own account.You share your screen and I build your Sedona 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 Sedona, United States, one to one, remotely and in Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7). In Sedona, I price March to May and September to November as the peak and January and June to August 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 Sedona: Spring and autumn hiking season; Wellness and retreat travel; Grand Canyon road-trippers; Holiday-week demand. Guests I price for: Couples and small groups from Phoenix, California and beyond on 2 to 4 night stays. Where I start: Two shoulder-season peaks, weekend premiums, and view and hot-tub positioning against a dense casita supply.
I set up PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with spring and autumn as peak seasons, weekend premiums and feature-based pricing for views and hot tubs. Summer and January get lower floors, and Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com share one calendar so a peak weekend never sells cheaper on one site.
The service in general is described on my airbnb pricing strategy page; this page covers how I apply it in Sedona.
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.
“Sedona has two peaks, spring and autumn, instead of one summer season, and a very dense supply of casitas and small homes competing on views and hot tubs. Guests are mostly couples on short stays, often driving from Phoenix or California. The difference between a well-priced and a poorly priced listing here usually comes down to weekends and features.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Cold nights and occasional snow on the red rocks bring photographers and couples; I offer weekly rates and keep weekends modest, with Martin Luther King weekend as an exception.
The Sedona Marathon and the Sedona International Film Festival bring early visitors, and Valentine's weekend sells well, so I lift those dates and keep other nights flexible.
Spring break, Easter and perfect hiking weather make weekends hard to find; I keep two-night minimums and lift hot-tub and view homes above standard casitas.
Heat and monsoon storms slow hikers, so I target Phoenix residents escaping the valley heat with weekend offers and price weekdays for road-trippers heading to the Grand Canyon.
Cooler days and autumn colour in Oak Creek Canyon bring the second peak; I keep weekend rates firm and lift Thanksgiving week as its own band.
Christmas and New Year sell as a holiday block for couples and families, so I raise those nights and keep earlier December weekends priced for festive getaways.
Price March to May and September to November as the main seasons, with weekend premiums.
Charge clearly for red-rock views and hot tubs against comparable casitas.
Use 2-night weekend minimums and allow 1-night weekday stays for road-trippers.
Price Christmas week as a separate holiday band.
Lower July, August and January floors with weekly discounts for retreats.
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 Sedona. Lower July, August and January floors with weekly discounts for retreats. Next: charge clearly for red-rock views and hot tubs against comparable casitas.
Busiest in Sedona: March to May and September to November, plus Christmas week. September to November: Cooler days and autumn colour in Oak Creek Canyon bring the second peak; I keep weekend rates firm and lift Thanksgiving week as its own band. December: Christmas and New Year sell as a holiday block for couples and families, so I raise those nights and keep earlier December weekends priced for festive getaways. 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 Sedona: July to August and January. June to August: Heat and monsoon storms slow hikers, so I target Phoenix residents escaping the valley heat with weekend offers and price weekdays for road-trippers heading to the Grand Canyon. January: Cold nights and occasional snow on the red rocks bring photographers and couples; I offer weekly rates and keep weekends modest, with Martin Luther King weekend as an exception.
Summer treated as peak season because it is peak elsewhere and view and non-view units priced the same. I look for these first when I review Airbnb pricing strategy in Sedona, 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 Sedona behave differently. Village of Oak Creek: Close to Bell Rock and golf courses; I price for families and golfers, with lower rates than Uptown but strong spring and autumn weekends. West Sedona and Cottonwood and the Verde Valley get their own treatment.
Grand Canyon road-trippers, Holiday-week demand and Spring and autumn hiking season are the dates I price first for Airbnb pricing strategy in Sedona. September to November: Cooler days and autumn colour in Oak Creek Canyon bring the second peak; I keep weekend rates firm and lift Thanksgiving week as its own band.
For Airbnb pricing strategy in Sedona, each channel gets its own markup, so the net rate you receive is the same wherever the booking comes from. Sedona sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. September to November: Cooler days and autumn colour in Oak Creek Canyon bring the second peak; I keep weekend rates firm and lift Thanksgiving week as its own band.
How the listing photographs red-rock views, hot tubs and dark-sky stargazing, since these features decide which casita gets the booking in a crowded market. 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 Sedona I would start from March to May: Spring break, Easter and perfect hiking weather make weekends hard to find; I keep two-night minimums and lift hot-tub and view homes above standard casitas. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Sedona.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Sedona the first gains from Airbnb pricing strategy usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: lower July, August and January floors with weekly discounts for retreats. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
Yes. Airbnb Pricing Expert in Sedona is delivered remotely and scheduled in Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7), and 100+ properties in and around Sedona have been optimized, including in areas such as Village of Oak Creek. 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 Sedona.
The other services I offer in Sedona, 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 Sedona, or read the general page for airbnb pricing strategy.
If you also run properties outside Sedona, 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 Sedona and what you need. I reply in Mountain Standard Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
