The Ultimate Guide to Hotel Dynamic Pricing Customizations Using PriceLabs
Summary
This PriceLabs guide provides hotel owners with dynamic pricing customizations to optimize revenue. It covers Smart Presets for quick setup, Orphan Day rules to fill gaps, last-minute and far-out pricing strategies, day-of-week and occupancy adjustments, the customization hierarchy, and the Preview Prices Graph for strategy visualization. The Table View streamlines management, allowing hosts to identify missing customizations to improve revenue.
Key Insights
- •By default, PriceLabs applies an automatic 20% discount to "orphan days" (1-2 night gaps) to attract bookings.
- •The article suggests that PriceLabs’ algorithm naturally accounts for day-of-week trends and seasonality, but adjustments can be made for patterns unique to a hotel, such as mid-week demand spikes.
Action Items
- ✓Log into your PriceLabs account and use the Table View to identify missing customizations that could be costing you revenue.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Consider using Day of Week Pricing Adjustments to add a premium specifically for mid-week stays if you run a corporate hotel.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Utilize Orphan Day rules to customize how you handle gaps in your calendar and avoid losing potential revenue.Effort: lowImpact: medium
Tools & Resources
- →PriceLabs: PriceLabs is a tool used for hotel dynamic pricing customizations.
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