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There are various types of pricing methodologies, and each has pros and cons.
Cost-plus pricing is the most basic of these methodologies. Cost-plus pricing considers the cost required to produce a product, and then adds a predetermined amount of profit.
This is a very simple method, but only considers internal factors when setting price. It ignores other factors like market reactions, seasonality, competitor pricing, and more.
Speaking of competitors, the next pricing method is Competitor-based. Businesses implementing this strategy want to monitor their competitors prices and then adjust accordingly.
Competitor-based pricing watches market leaders and then price-matches to keep a product competitive in the market.
Heavy reliance on this method can, however, lead to a so-called “price war” where revenue managers lower prices in complement to each other to the point where their product or service stops being profitable. Competitor pricing is better than flat pricing but still carries a significant risk.
Length-of-Stay pricing sets room prices based on how long the guests plan on staying.
This requires a great deal of forecasting, since you must consider inventories in the future, and can occasionally dive into guess work. Length-of-stay pricing can be effective, however, when there is a special event in town.
For example, if there is a special weekend event in town, a hotelier might want to limit stays to full-weekend bookings to capitalize on the influx of tourists.
Occupancy based pricing follows simple economic principles - as room supply goes up, prices go down.
During slow periods, room prices might drop to avoid leaving rooms empty, but during a busy period where a hotel is sold out, rooms become hot property, and room rates can increase.
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Bundle pricing is setting pricing based on a group of products or services at once.
For example, a cable company might charge a reduced rate for a channel package, or a hotel might reduce the cost per room for a big group of customers.
Finally, Time-based pricing aka Dynamic pricing considers demand peaks and valleys, and is extremely popular in industries where demand changes at different times of the day, or when companies want to encourage customers to purchase at a particular time of day. Here’s our very complete guide on dynamic pricing.
When considering the ever-changing supply and demand of rooms in a hotel, which pricing strategy works best?
Cost-plus pricing doesn’t allow for flexibility.
Competitor-based pricing can end up working against you.
Value-based pricing isn’t ideal when scarcity is low.
Bundle pricing can be useful for hotels when groups are staying, or events are in town, but is not a realistic day-to-day offering.
Time-based pricing makes the most sense when it comes to the hospitality industry, but doesn’t necessarily take into account the plethora of factors that determine optimal room pricing.
By taking a little from each of these methodologies, we can determine an ideal pricing strategy: the informed flexibility of dynamic pricing.
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