I build your pricing strategy with you, live, in your own account.You share your screen and I build your State College 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 State College, United States, one to one, remotely and in Eastern Time (UTC-5). In State College, I price September to November as the peak and January to February and December 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 State College: Penn State home football at Beaver Stadium; Commencement and move-in weekends; THON, the record-setting dance marathon; The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Guests I price for: Penn State alumni and visiting parents on 2 to 3 night stays for game weekends and graduations across State College and College Township. Where I start: Game-day surge pricing with two-night football minimums, commencement premiums, and calendar management around a schedule of a handful of huge weekends.
On Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com I set up your Happy Valley calendar in PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with opponent-based football prices, two-night game minimums and commencement premiums, then quieter rules for January and summer, so your pricing follows the academic year rather than a generic season.
The service in general is described on my airbnb pricing strategy page; this page covers how I apply it in State College.
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.
“State College is a handful of enormous weekends and a lot of quiet time. Penn State home football Saturdays, especially big rivalry games, and May commencement can earn a large share of the year. THON in February adds a winter spike. I price those dates early and aggressively, and keep the rest simple.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Outside THON weekend the town is quiet, so I hold a modest floor, allow single nights for visiting faculty and recruiters, and avoid deep discounts that would not create demand anyway.
The Blue-White spring game, admitted-student visits and commencement build steadily; I price graduation weekend from the moment the university confirms the dates and use a two-night minimum.
Arts Fest in July is the summer highlight, along with orientation and youth sports camps; I lift that week and keep the rest priced for short visits and summer conferences.
Every home football Saturday gets its own price based on opponent and kickoff time, with the White Out and top rivalry games at the very top of the year.
Winter commencement brings a smaller spike early in the month; I price that weekend modestly and then let floors settle until the spring semester returns.
Price Penn State home football weekends, with rivalry games highest, as soon as the schedule is out.
Use 2-night minimums on game weekends.
Price commencement and move-in weekends as premiums.
Add THON weekend in February.
Lower January and summer 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 State College. Lower January and summer floors. Next: use 2-night minimums on game weekends.
Busiest in State College: September to November for Penn State home-football Saturdays and May commencement, spiking hardest on the biggest rivalry games. March to May: The Blue-White spring game, admitted-student visits and commencement build steadily; I price graduation weekend from the moment the university confirms the dates and use a two-night minimum. September to November: Every home football Saturday gets its own price based on opponent and kickoff time, with the White Out and top rivalry games at the very top of the year. 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 State College: January and mid-summer, between the academic-year events. December: Winter commencement brings a smaller spike early in the month; I price that weekend modestly and then let floors settle until the spring semester returns. January to February: Outside THON weekend the town is quiet, so I hold a modest floor, allow single nights for visiting faculty and recruiters, and avoid deep discounts that would not create demand anyway.
Big game weekends priced like smaller games and single-night game bookings. I look for these first when I review Airbnb pricing strategy in State College, 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 State College behave differently. College Township and Lemont: Quieter homes close to Beaver Stadium; I market them to alumni families with parking and price game weekends near downtown levels. Downtown State College and Boalsburg and Bellefonte get their own treatment.
THON, the record-setting dance marathon, The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts and Penn State home football at Beaver Stadium are the dates I price first for Airbnb pricing strategy in State College. March to May: The Blue-White spring game, admitted-student visits and commencement build steadily; I price graduation weekend from the moment the university confirms the dates and use a two-night minimum.
For Airbnb pricing strategy in State College, each channel gets its own markup, so the net rate you receive is the same wherever the booking comes from. State College sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. March to May: The Blue-White spring game, admitted-student visits and commencement build steadily; I price graduation weekend from the moment the university confirms the dates and use a two-night minimum.
How far it is from Beaver Stadium and whether parking is available, since game-day guests pay noticeably more when they can walk or park without a shuttle. 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 State College I would start from March to May: The Blue-White spring game, admitted-student visits and commencement build steadily; I price graduation weekend from the moment the university confirms the dates and use a two-night minimum. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in State College.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In State College the first gains from Airbnb pricing strategy usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: lower January and summer floors. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
Yes. Airbnb Pricing Expert in State College is delivered remotely and scheduled in Eastern Time (UTC-5), and 100+ properties in and around State College have been optimized, including in areas such as College Township and Lemont. 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 State College.
The other services I offer in State College, 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 State College, or read the general page for airbnb pricing strategy.
If you also run properties outside State College, 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 State College and what you need. I reply in Eastern Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
