# Monitor competitor hotel rates every day

**Use case:** 

Watch a competitive set of hotels and get only what changed since the last run: price drops and rises, sell-outs, and rooms coming back, with every booking site's price. Schedule it daily; check-in stays 30 days ahead.

## Input

```json
{
  "locations": [
    "Lisbon"
  ],
  "hotels": [
    "Hotel Mundial Lisbon",
    "Avenida Palace Lisbon",
    "Hotel Lisboa Plaza"
  ],
  "propertyType": "hotels",
  "checkInDate": "+30",
  "nights": [
    1
  ],
  "dateStep": 1,
  "adults": 2,
  "childrenAges": [],
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "amenities": [],
  "freeCancellation": false,
  "specialOffers": false,
  "maxResults": 20,
  "includeBookingSources": true,
  "includeRoomRates": false,
  "monitorMode": true,
  "monitorName": "example-competitor-rates",
  "changeTypes": [
    "new",
    "price-drop",
    "price-rise",
    "sold-out",
    "back-in-stock"
  ],
  "priceChangePercent": 1,
  "priceChangeMinAmount": 0,
  "removedAfterRuns": 2,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "languageCode": "en",
  "countryCode": "us",
  "outputFormat": "nested",
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "changeType": {
    "label": "Change",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "hotelName": {
    "label": "Hotel",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "checkInDate": {
    "label": "Check-in",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "nights": {
    "label": "Nights",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousPricePerNight": {
    "label": "Before",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "pricePerNight": {
    "label": "Now",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "priceChange": {
    "label": "Change",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "priceChangePercent": {
    "label": "Change %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previouslySeenAt": {
    "label": "Last seen",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "googleHotelsUrl": {
    "label": "Google Hotels",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Google Hotels Scraper: Prices by Date & Site Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Monitor competitor hotel rates every day". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/oP4bcbPdH8IKx9K4f) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Monitor competitor hotel rates every day" task

The Google Hotels Scraper: Prices by Date & Site Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like locations, hotels by name, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Monitor competitor hotel rates every day" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as change, hotel, check-in, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Monitor competitor hotel rates every day" task via API](https://apify.com/cleanpull/google-hotels-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Hotels Scraper: Prices by Date & Site](https://apify.com/cleanpull/google-hotels-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/cleanpull/google-hotels-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/cleanpull/google-hotels-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).