Insights & Strategies for Independent Hoteliers.

Today’s Revenue Management Thought - ran for 4 years

Now I publish Monday Revenue Rethink each Monday

5 Revenue Management Mistakes

Costing You Money

Dynamic Pricing Myths

Holding Your Hotel Back

How to Compete with OTAs

Without Losing Margin

The Power of a

Balanced Channel Mix

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Monday Revenue Rethink

Monday Revenue Rethink

If you bundle everything, you just raised the base cost. Not the perceived value.

Guests don’t buy packages - they buy problems solved.
Lead with the outcome. Justify the price.

📌 Revenue rethink meets behavioural economics.
💬 What “value add” are you including that no one cares about?

Have a profitable week.

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Monday Revenue Rethink

Monday Revenue Rethink

Are your packages adding clarity - or confusion ?

Bundling should simplify the decision, not complicate the price.
If guests don’t understand the benefit, they won’t pay for it.

📌 Smart packaging every Monday.
💬 What’s the best-selling bundled product you’ve ever created?

Have a profitable week.

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Monday Revenue Rethink

Monday Revenue Rethink

Design sells. Description closes. Experience keeps.

If you’re not upgrading these three in sync, you’re leaking revenue.
Guests don’t pay for square metres - they pay for moments.

📌 Follow for practical pricing psychology.
💬 Where do your rooms fail to deliver what your price promises?

Have a profitable week.

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Monday Revenue Rethink

Monday Revenue Rethink

A king bed in a boring room is still a boring room.

Product isn't just furniture - it's feeling.
Your highest ADR rooms should feel designed, not assigned.

📌 Revenue meets design every Monday.
💬 What’s one sensory detail you could add to elevate experience?

Have a profitable week.

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Monday Revenue Rethink

Monday Revenue Rethink

Two rooms. Same size. One earns 30% more. Why ?

Because it’s been photographed and described like a dream.
If your best product looks average online, it will sell like it.

📌 Mondays are for commercial truth.
💬 Which room deserves better storytelling than it’s getting?

Have a profitable week.

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Monday Revenue Rethink

Monday Revenue Rethink

The smartest pricing strategy isn’t about what’s next. It’s about what’s clear.

Airlines showed the seat map. Hotels need to show the value map.

📌 Final post of the airline series. Weekly rethinks continue next Monday.
💬 What part of your pricing needs to be made visible?

Have a profitable week.

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Monday Revenue Rethink

Monday Revenue Rethink

You’re not competing on price. You’re competing on perceived fairness.

Guests don’t need a discount. They need a reason.

📌 Pricing transparency every Monday.
💬 When has a “higher” price converted better than a cheaper one?

Have a profitable week.

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Monday Revenue Rethink

Monday Revenue Rethink

Would you let passengers board without checking their fare class ? Then stop treating every guest the same.

Tiered treatment isn’t unfair. It’s essential.

📌 Follow for hospitality truths every Monday.
💬 What moment in the guest journey could be tiered better?

Have a profitable week.

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Monday Revenue Rethink

Monday Revenue Rethink

You can't segment by rate alone. Segment by reason.

Leisure, loyalty, long-stay, last-minute… each behaves differently.

📌 Smarter segmentation every Monday.
💬 Which guest type do you understand best?

Have a profitable week.

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Monday Revenue Rethink

Monday Revenue Rethink

No one gets angry about a €4 bottle of water in First Class. Context is everything.

Same product. Different margin. Different story.

📌 Margin meets meaning every Monday.
💬 Where are you undercharging out of fear?

Have a profitable week.

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