Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant for hotels, resorts, Airbnb hosts and property managers in St. Louis. He has optimized 100+ properties in and around the market, and works with you 1-on-1, remotely, in Central Time (UTC-6).
Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant who works 1-on-1 with hotels, serviced apartments, Airbnb hosts and property managers in St. Louis: pricing strategy, PriceLabs and Wheelhouse setup, hotel revenue consulting and channel optimization. Demand in St. Louis peaks July to August and is softest January to early February, and every plan he builds starts from that calendar.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around St. Louis
Cornell certified
Master certificate in Revenue Management, 18 years of experience
Central Time
1-on-1 sessions scheduled in your local time
“St. Louis is a steady regional market with a strong summer and useful medical demand. Cardinals home stands, festivals and the Gateway Arch bring visitors, while hospitals and universities keep weekdays busy. January and February are slow. I use weekly medical stays to support the quieter months.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
The moves Alaa makes first when a hotel or host in St. Louis books a session, and the errors he corrects most often. Every one is set up inside your own pricing tool, so it keeps working after the call.
Price Cardinals home stands and big events for homes near downtown.
Build weekly rates for medical stays near hospital campuses.
Add Washington University graduation and move-in weekends as premiums.
Set April to October as the main season.
Lower winter floors with monthly options.
Fully outsource your revenue management in St. Louis
Hand the daily pricing and these moves to me and my team, month to month.
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I let weekday rates follow hospital and convention bookings instead of tourism, and I quote 14 and 28 night totals so patient families can compare me against an extended-stay hotel.
For homes in Soulard, Lafayette Square and near downtown I treat the parade weekend as a standalone event with a two-night minimum, even though the rest of February is quiet.
Opening Day, Cardinals home stands and Washington University commencement all land here, so I load the home schedule into the calendar the day it is published and lift those Fridays and Saturdays.
Fair Saint Louis around the Fourth, summer baseball and family trips to the Arch and Forest Park keep weekends full; I hold firm and only soften weekdays when pickup stalls.
Move-in weekend, Blues home games and the fall convention calendar carry this stretch; I price game nights near the Enterprise Center separately and step floors down after Thanksgiving.
One person does the thinking on your account. Choose the kind of help your property in St. Louis needs; everything is remote, 1-on-1 and scheduled in your time zone.
For a St. Louis owner I start by splitting the calendar into three streams, medical, event and leisure, then check which one your home is actually positioned to win. From there we set floors, length-of-stay pricing and event dates together so the plan holds up in February as well as July.
On Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com I build your St. Louis pricing around the sports and convention calendar, weekly medical stays near the Central West End and sensible winter floors, inside PriceLabs or Wheelhouse, so each channel prices from one consistent set of rules.
St. Louis hotels live on conventions, medical travel and baseball. With my background in five-star hotel revenue I help build the group versus transient mix for convention weeks, negotiated rates for hospital partners, and a downtown comp set that reflects game-night compression rather than only star rating.
One-time and 1-on-1 on Zoom, priced by the listings in your account: from $125 to $615.
| Package | Listings | Session | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Up to 2 listings | 45-minute Zoom session | $125 |
| Growth | 3 to 6 listings | 60-minute Zoom session | $250 |
| Portfolio | 7 to 10 listings | 90-minute Zoom session | $370 |
| Scale | 11 to 15 listings | 90-minute Zoom session | $480 |
| Pro | 16 to 21 listings | 120-minute Zoom session | $615 |
| Enterprise | 22 or more listings | 120 to 240-minute Zoom session | From $635 |
One home in Central West End
I build its seasons, floors and stay rules against its own comparable listings.
Listings across several areas
For example Soulard and Lafayette Square plus Downtown West and near Busch Stadium: I set each area up separately, with its own comp set, seasons and minimum stays.
More than 21 listings
The large-accounts calculator shows the exact price and session length for your listing count.
Large-accounts pricingTell me what you run in St. Louis and what is not working. I reply in your time zone.
Done for you and month to month: I run your St. Louis short-term rental pricing every week. From $225 a month, priced by listing count with no cap.
| Listings | Core | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 listing | $225 | $305 | $395 |
| 5 listings | $565 | $765 | $990 |
| 10 listings | $965 | $1,305 | $1,690 |
| 25 listings | $1,415 | $1,910 | $2,475 |
| 50 listings | $1,865 | $2,520 | $3,265 |
Monthly prices. Managed plans start after the one-time PriceLabs strategy package above, so I build your St. Louis strategy with you first.
Managed pricing, run for you every day
For hosts in Central West End who handle guests and listings themselves and want the pricing done every week.
Pricing plus listing and channel optimization
For listings competing in Soulard and Lafayette Square: pricing plus listing content, promotions and channel work on every OTA.
Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call
For portfolios across Downtown West and near Busch Stadium and beyond, with forecasting, launch pricing for new listings and a monthly call.
Price your exact listing countI work as your outsourced revenue manager in St. Louis, priced by property size rather than per room: from $650 a month, after a one-time hotel pricing strategy setup from $750.
| Hotel size | Core | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| BoutiqueUp to 20 rooms | $650 | $900 | $1,150 |
| Small21 to 50 rooms | $950 | $1,300 | $1,650 |
| Midsize51 to 100 rooms | $1,400 | $1,900 | $2,450 |
| Large101 to 200 rooms | $2,000 | $2,700 | $3,500 |
| Large & luxury200+ rooms, luxury or multi-property | Custom quote | ||
Monthly prices, month to month. The one-time setup builds your St. Louis strategy before I take over.
A boutique hotel or guesthouse in Central West End
Up to 20 rooms: one comp set, daily rates and stay rules, without hiring a full-time revenue manager.
A city or resort hotel in Soulard and Lafayette Square
21 to 100 rooms: rate plans by room type, segment mix and event pricing, reported monthly.
Larger, luxury or multi-property in St. Louis
For example a group with hotels in Soulard and Lafayette Square plus Downtown West and near Busch Stadium: quoted on size and complexity.
Ask for a custom quoteMost revenue problems are strategy problems. They get solved faster by one experienced person who looks at your numbers than by a process.
Master certificate in Revenue Management from Cornell University, and 18 years of hands-on pricing work.
A decade running revenue for international five-star properties before moving into short-term rentals.
Client reviews on Fiverr, from single-listing hosts to large portfolios.
No hand-off to a junior account manager. The person who reviews your property in St. Louis is the one who sets the strategy.
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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
Yes, especially near large medical centers. Alaa sets weekly and monthly discounts aimed at medical stays.
April to October, with baseball and summer festivals. Alaa prices events individually within that season.
No, the lift is strongest in homes within a short drive or walk of Busch Stadium and downtown. A house in South County or out past Clayton rarely sees the same pressure. I add game-day premiums only where the home actually competes for fans, and keep the rest priced on its normal leisure curve.
Often yes, because a guaranteed month near the hospitals can beat the uncertain premium of one weekend. I compare the full stay against what the event dates would realistically earn, and I only block a long stay when a very strong weekend sits inside it and the numbers clearly favour short stays.
Yes. Alaa has optimized 100+ properties in and around St. Louis, from single Airbnb listings and small hotels to management companies running hundreds of units. Everything is remote on Zoom, scheduled in Central Time (UTC-6).
Start a chat or book a session online. One-time PriceLabs strategy sessions are priced by your exact listing count from $125; managed plans start at $225 a month; hotel consulting is quoted per property; Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing software is from $17.99 per listing per month. There is no minimum or maximum portfolio size.
Alaa Elhadi consults for clients worldwide. Reviews and booking history are also visible on his Fiverr profile.
Tell Alaa what you run and what is not working. You get a straight answer in the chat and a clear next step: a 1-on-1 session, a consulting proposal or managed pricing.
Instant answers from the assistant, a revenue manager follows up in the same chat.
