Guides and research for hosts

Practical guides to pricing your nights and reading the market in the Gulf and Egypt, with a research report for every destination.

Base rates, weekday shape, supply pressure, lead time, seasons and holidays.

Choosing comparables, reading occupancy estimates and getting oriented in Gulf short-term rental markets.

How the revenue calculator reaches its numbers, and how to turn gross revenue into a net figure.

A research report for every destination, covering supply, asking prices, occupancy and revenue.

Pricing guides for each market, and findings from our data.

Worked examples for the JokerPrice data API: keys, markets, metrics, listings, estimates and trends.

Pricing strategies

Dynamic pricing strategies
Practical ways to set a base rate, follow the market week by week, and use lead-time and gap rules without leaving money on the table.
Pricing around seasons, holidays and events
Why the Gulf calendar needs date-specific pricing, how Hijri holidays move each year, and how to combine market data with your own known dates.

Reading occupancy estimates
What calendar-based occupancy measures, why it is an estimate, and how to spot when a number is not ready to rely on.
Choosing comparables that mean something
How to build a comp set by type, size and distance so that a median rate or occupancy figure actually describes properties like yours.
Gulf short-term rental market primer
An orientation to short-term rentals in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman: platforms, property types, seasons and what to check before you invest.

Revenue calculator basics
How the calculator turns nearby listings into a nightly rate, an occupancy range and a yearly revenue estimate, and how to read the result.
From gross revenue to what you keep
The calculator's revenue is gross accommodation revenue. A checklist of the costs to subtract, and a simple way to turn the estimate into a net figure.

API quickstart
Recipes for pulling market summaries, occupancy metrics, listings and revenue estimates into your own spreadsheets and tools.
Tracking a market over time
Pull daily series of asking rates, occupancy and supply with /api/v1/trends, and check how much history exists before comparing periods.