AIRBNB REVENUE MANAGEMENTDC | MARYLAND | VIRGINIA

For DMV-based, self-managing Airbnb hosts who’ve accidentally turned pricing into a full-time job

Stop falling behind with your pricing.

You keep the operations that already work. We take the pricing work off your plate.

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Market analysis

Pricing strategy

Rate management

Pace monitoring

Bright coastal rental interior illustrating the properties Rod and Staff Stays helps owners position

The difference

Less guesswork. More control.

Pricing should not become your second job

You can run cleaners, guest communication and the rest of the property without also checking competitors every week or second-guessing PriceLabs. Yet rates, minimum stays, discounts and booking pace still need attention as demand moves. When that work gets postponed, the quickest reaction is often a discount—and repeated discounts can trade pricing power for a busier calendar without improving total revenue.

Underpricing

A calendar can fill quickly because the property is performing—or because valuable nights were sold too cheaply.

Time

Manual competitor checks and recurring tool updates turn pricing into a job that never quite ends.

Control

Keep ownership of your Airbnb and visibility into the goals. Delegate the recurring pricing decisions.

Our Process

01 · Audit

Free Pricing Audit

Submit your listing and current pricing details. We review your pricing setup, market position, booking pace, and available history to identify potential opportunities, then deliver your free audit by email for you to keep.

02 · Implement

Implement

If there is a clear opportunity and the property is a fit, we build a property-specific strategy and implement pricing rules, stay restrictions, software settings, discounts, booking-window logic, and market positioning.

03 · Manage

Manage

We take over the recurring revenue-management responsibility—monitoring performance, demand, booking pace, competitors, events, and market conditions, then refining the strategy over time.

Proof, not promises

Using our optimization strategy, we've achieved more than 100% year-over-year revenue growth for one of our clients. 

Individual results vary based on property, market, demand, seasonality and implementation. No specific outcome is promised or implied.

100%+ YoY Growth

September 2026 vs. September 2024

$4,093.62 vs. $1,828.45

September 2026 vs. September 2024

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Revenue comparison chart showing August 2026 revenue of $2,529.42 compared with prior years
Revenue comparison chart showing September 2026 revenue of $4,093.62 compared with 2024

Our Services

Everything behind your pricing, handled for you.

Property-Specific Pricing Strategy

We build and implement a pricing strategy around your property, market, demand patterns, and revenue goals.

Revenue & Pricing Management

We manage nightly rates, booking pace, minimum stays, discounts, gaps, seasonality, events, and overall revenue strategy.

Dynamic Pricing Software Management

We configure and manage tools like PriceLabs, Beyond Pricing, and similar platforms so the software follows the right strategy—not just automated rules.

Ongoing Performance Optimization

We continuously review results, monitor market changes, and refine the strategy based on how your property is actually performing.

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You manage the property. We manage the pricing.

What we watch so you don't have to.

Nightly Pricing

Seasonality

Local Events

Booking Windows

Minimum Stays

Gap Nights

Weekend Pricing

Discounts

Market Position

Booking Pace

Occupancy

ADR

Competitive Listings

Fee Strategy

Ongoing Adjustments

Engagements typically include initial property and market analysis, competitive set analysis, dynamic pricing setup and optimization, ongoing nightly rate adjustments, seasonal and event pricing, minimum stay and booking window strategy, gap night management, discount and fee recommendations, and regular reassessment as your property's performance changes.

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This is for you if…

  • •You independently operate 1–3 Airbnb or short-term rental listings
  • •Your cleaners, guest communication and maintenance already work
  • •You are tired of checking competitors or adjusting PriceLabs every week
  • •You recently left a property manager and inherited the pricing work
  • •You are adding a second or third property and do not want more calendars to babysit
  • •You want pricing off your plate without giving up control of the property
  • •You value total revenue and rate quality over a visually full calendar
  • •You want a specialist to own the recurring decisions, not another software subscription

This may not be the right fit if you need full-service property management, expect pricing to rescue a weak listing, want one permanent setup, or require guaranteed revenue or bookings.

Charles Akinmade, founder of Rod & Staff Stays and Airbnb revenue consultant

Founder

Charles Akinmade

Founder, Rod & Staff Stays · Airbnb Consultant

Charles helps independent Airbnb owners protect the economics of their property without making pricing their second job. The work is practical: read the market honestly, understand what the listing can support, supervise the tools and keep making the recurring decisions as conditions change. Owners keep their operations and control. Rod & Staff takes responsibility for the revenue-management work.

Airbnb revenue management questions, answered plainly

What is Airbnb revenue management?

Airbnb revenue management is the ongoing practice of deciding what your property should charge, for which nights, and under which conditions. It covers nightly rates, seasonality, minimum stays, booking windows, discounts, fees and market positioning. The goal is total revenue over a period of time, not simply a full calendar.

What does an Airbnb revenue manager do?

An Airbnb revenue manager sets the pricing strategy, configures and supervises your dynamic pricing tools, tracks booking pace against upcoming dates, watches your competitive set, and adjusts rates and stay rules as demand changes. In practice it is a mix of market analysis and judgment calls that software cannot make on its own.

Is Airbnb pricing software enough?

Pricing software is useful and we use it, but it applies rules you give it. It does not know your goals, how your listing compares to nearby properties this month, or whether a slow two weeks means you should hold your rate or open up shorter stays. Software changes rates; strategy decides what those rates should be.

How often should Airbnb prices be adjusted?

There is no single correct interval. Rates are typically reviewed weekly, with closer attention to the next 30 to 60 days where booking pace changes fastest, plus deeper reassessments as seasons turn and local events are confirmed. Constant unstructured changes tend to hurt more than help.

How do you determine what my Airbnb should charge?

We start with your property: its size, amenities, reviews, photos, guest experience and how it reads against comparable listings. Then we look at market demand, seasonality, booking windows and current pace. Your rate comes from where the property actually sits in its market, and where we believe it can be positioned next.

Do I need PriceLabs?

Not necessarily. PriceLabs and similar platforms are common and effective when configured well, but they are one option. If you already use one, we work inside it. If you do not, we will tell you honestly whether adding it is worth the subscription for your property.

Can you manage pricing without managing my entire Airbnb?

Yes. This is a pricing and revenue engagement, not full-service property management. You keep your cleaners, your guest communication and your operations. We take responsibility for pricing strategy and its ongoing execution.

What is the difference between occupancy and revenue optimization?

Occupancy measures how many nights are booked. Revenue optimization asks what those nights earn and what it takes to earn it. A full calendar can still underperform when rates are cut simply to fill dates. We would rather see a property book fewer nights at stronger rates and produce more revenue than stay busier for less. Occupancy is one input, not the goal.

What happens during the free pricing audit?

We review your listing, your market, your competitive set and your current pricing setup, then email you what we found: where the listing is strong, where perceived value is being lost, and what your pricing structure looks like today. It is the first step of the Airbnb Profit Path, not a sales presentation.

How will I receive my Free Pricing Audit?

We deliver your free pricing audit by email. It is yours to keep, so you can revisit the findings later or act on them yourself if you prefer.

How much does Airbnb revenue management cost?

Pricing depends on the property, the market and the level of ongoing management involved. We quote after the Property Audit, once we understand what the property actually needs. The audit itself is free.

Can you guarantee my Airbnb will make more money?

No, and you should be cautious of anyone who does. Performance depends on your property, your market, seasonality, demand, competition, regulation and how consistently recommendations are implemented. What we commit to is a considered strategy and ongoing management of it.

Keep control of your Airbnb. Get pricing off your plate.

See how your listing is positioned, whether your current setup risks underselling valuable nights, and what we would change—whether or not you hire us.

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