Practical pricing, occupancy, and operational insights — built on 3,000+ actively managed vacation rental units.
Fee structures, guest demographics, booking patterns, and a rate-setting strategy for optimizing your cross-channel distribution mix.
Portfolio StrategyReal numbers for a 2BR unit across gross revenue, occupancy, expenses, and net yield — plus when each strategy wins and the hybrid approach that combines both.
Pricing StrategyThe 4 demand seasons for STRs, rate adjustment ranges, minimum stay rules by season, and the four mistakes that cost property managers $20,000–$60,000+ per year.
OperationsWhat a channel manager does, how to sync Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com without double-bookings, the features that actually matter, and the four mistakes property managers make after setup.
Revenue ManagementRevPAR, occupancy, ADR, booking lead time, channel mix, review scores, and net revenue — the 7 STR metrics that separate operators who optimize from those who guess, and how they interact.
Revenue ManagementThe discipline behind the pricing decisions — 5 levers that move portfolio revenue, why spreadsheet management breaks at 10+ units, and the signs you need a professional approach.
Pricing StrategyThe 5 most common vacation rental pricing mistakes property managers make — and the specific fixes that drive real ADR and occupancy gains.
Revenue ManagementThe 5 criteria that separate a real revenue manager from a pricing tool with a sales pitch. Includes the exact questions to ask before signing.
Revenue ManagementBeyond dynamic pricing — what a revenue manager actually does week over week. Comp set analysis, booking pace, gap fills, and the metrics that drive real results.
Revenue ManagementFee structures, what's included vs. extra, and an ROI framework for evaluating whether the cost pays for itself — before you sign anything.
Pricing StrategyDemand signals, comp set analysis, booking velocity, and minimum stay strategy — the full picture of what dynamic pricing actually is, and where automation falls short.
Listing OptimizationChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews can't see your listing photos — only text. Pacer writes amenity-specific captions at scale, flags anomalies (blur, seasonal decor, people, wrong property), and pushes live to Guesty in seconds.
Revenue ManagementRevPAR formula, worked examples for a 50-unit portfolio, benchmarks by market type, and the specific levers that move it — dynamic pricing, length-of-stay, gap nights, and channel mix.
Occupancy StrategyDynamic pricing, gap nights, channel distribution, listing quality, repeat guests, and the occupancy trap that destroys RevPAR when you push too hard for 100% fill. Benchmarks by market type included.
Free ToolEnter your nightly rate, available nights, and occupied nights — get your RevPAR, ADR, and occupancy rate instantly, with benchmark comparison across 5 market types (beach, mountain, urban, lake, secondary).
Pacer provides hands-on outsourced revenue management for property managers running 20–500 units.
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