# Google Hotels Scraper - Prices and Rate Calendar (`conserving_windflower/google-hotels-scraper-prices`) Actor

Extracts hotel prices from Google Hotels for given dates, guests and currency. Supports Google's filters, booking-site rates and a per-date price calendar.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/conserving_windflower/google-hotels-scraper-prices.md
- **Developed by:** [claptrap](https://apify.com/conserving_windflower) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, E-commerce
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.50 / 1,000 hotel results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google Hotels Scraper - Prices and Rate Calendar

Extracts hotel prices from Google Hotels for given dates, guests and currency.

### What it does

- **Search mode:** one row per hotel for a search query such as "hotels in Barcelona". Includes name, property type, hotel class, guest rating, review count, nightly price, price with taxes, deal note, amenities, coordinates and a Google Hotels link. Results are paginated and de-duplicated.
- **Booking-site rates (optional):** for each hotel, the rates listed by Google from booking sites and the hotel's official site, with nightly and total prices and links.
- **Price calendar mode:** the price of selected hotels for each check-in date in a date range, with the cheapest booking site and a summary per hotel (cheapest and most expensive date, median price).

Google's filters are supported: hotel class, minimum guest rating, price range, amenities, free cancellation, special offers and sort order. Class, rating, price and ten amenities are checked again on every row; rows that do not match are dropped and not charged.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `queries` | Search queries, e.g. `["hotels in Barcelona"]` |
| `checkIn`, `checkOut` | Dates in YYYY-MM-DD |
| `adults`, `childrenAges` | Party size |
| `currency`, `language`, `country` | Currency code and Google locale |
| `hotelClass`, `minRating`, `minPrice`, `maxPrice`, `amenities`, `sortBy` | Filters |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | Maximum hotels per query |
| `includeOffers` | Add booking-site rates |
| `mode` | `search` or `priceCalendar` |
| `hotelUrls`, `hotelNames`, `calendarTopHotels` | Hotels for the price calendar: Google Hotels URLs or tokens, hotel names with city (e.g. "Hotel Adlon Berlin"), or the top hotels of each search query |
| `calendarStartDate`, `calendarDays`, `calendarStepDays`, `calendarNights` | Calendar range |
| `calendarFastMode`, `calendarListPages` | Price hotels from search result pages where possible, and how many result pages to check per date |

Example:

```json
{
  "queries": ["hotels in Vilnius"],
  "checkIn": "2026-12-10",
  "checkOut": "2026-12-11",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 20
}
```

### Output

One dataset row per hotel (search mode) or per hotel and check-in date (price calendar mode). Data can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, Excel or via the API. Example row from a test run (selected fields):

```json
{
  "position": 1,
  "query": "hotels in Vilnius",
  "name": "Hotel Vilnia",
  "propertyType": "hotel",
  "stars": 4,
  "rating": 4.7,
  "price": 70.11,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "checkIn": "2026-12-10",
  "checkOut": "2026-12-11",
  "adults": 2,
  "googleHotelsUrl": "https://www.google.com/travel/hotels/entity/..."
}
```

Price calendar by hotel name:

```json
{
  "mode": "priceCalendar",
  "hotelNames": ["Hotel Adlon Berlin"],
  "calendarStartDate": "2026-12-10",
  "calendarDays": 7,
  "currency": "EUR"
}
```

If Google does not find a name directly, nearby hotels are checked for a close name match. Names that still do not match return an error row that is not charged.

Run statistics are saved to the key-value store as `RUN_STATS`.

### Pricing

Pay per event:
| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Hotel row | $2.50 per 1,000 |
| Booking-site rates for one hotel | $2.00 per 1,000 |
| Price-calendar row with a price | $3.00 per 1,000 |

Duplicates, failed lookups, rows removed by filters and calendar dates without a price are not charged. Charges never exceed the maximum cost per run that you set.

### Limitations

- Prices are those shown by Google at the time of the run and can change.
- Google may return fewer hotels or booking-site rates than requested, for example for larger parties.
- Free cancellation and special offers are applied by Google and are not checked again on each row.
- The Actor depends on the structure of Google's pages and may need updates when it changes.

### Disclaimer

This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Google LLC. Google and Google Hotels are trademarks of Google LLC. Data is provided as is, without warranty of accuracy or completeness. Users are responsible for using the Actor and its output in compliance with applicable laws and terms of service. The Actor does not collect personal data.

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/conserving_windflower/google-hotels-scraper-prices/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Search: one row per hotel for one date range. Price calendar: one row per hotel and check-in date.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One Google Hotels search per entry, e.g. "hotels in Barcelona". Optional in price-calendar mode when hotel URLs or names are given.

## `checkIn` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. If empty, Google's default dates are used.

## `checkOut` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD, after the check-in date.

## `adults` (type: `integer`):

Number of adult guests. Prices depend on party size.

## `childrenAges` (type: `array`):

List of ages, e.g. \[5, 9]. Leave empty for no children.

## `currency` (type: `string`):

ISO 4217 code, e.g. USD, EUR, GBP.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Google interface language code (hl), e.g. en, de.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Google country code (gl), e.g. us, gb. Can affect which prices and booking sites are shown.

## `hotelClass` (type: `array`):

Any of 2, 3, 4, 5, e.g. \[4, 5]. Leave empty for all classes.

## `minRating` (type: `string`):

Google guest-rating filter.

## `minPrice` (type: `integer`):

Whole units of the selected currency.

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Whole units of the selected currency.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Sort order applied by Google.

## `amenities` (type: `array`):

Return only properties that have all selected amenities.

## `freeCancellation` (type: `boolean`):

Google filter for rates with free cancellation.

## `specialOffers` (type: `boolean`):

Google filter for rates marked as special offers.

## `strictFilters` (type: `boolean`):

Check class, rating, price and supported amenities on every row and drop rows that do not match. Dropped rows are not charged. If off, such rows are kept and marked in filterMismatch.

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Results are paginated automatically. Google may return fewer hotels than requested.

## `includeOffers` (type: `boolean`):

Adds rates from booking sites and the hotel's official site, with links. One extra request per hotel, charged as a separate event.

## `maxOfferHotels` (type: `integer`):

Limits how many hotels per query get booking-site rates. 0 means all.

## `hotelUrls` (type: `array`):

Google Hotels property URLs or entityToken values from search results.

## `hotelNames` (type: `array`):

Hotel name and city, e.g. "Hotel Adlon Berlin". If Google does not find the hotel directly, nearby hotels are checked for a close name match. Names that still do not match are returned as error rows and not charged.

## `calendarTopHotels` (type: `integer`):

Number of hotels from each search query to include in the calendar. 0 means only the hotels listed above.

## `calendarStartDate` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. If empty, the check-in date above is used, or 7 days from today.

## `calendarDays` (type: `integer`):

Check-in dates to price per hotel.

## `calendarStepDays` (type: `integer`):

1 means every day, 7 means the same weekday each week.

## `calendarNights` (type: `integer`):

Length of each priced stay. If empty, the stay length from the dates above is used, or 1 night.

## `calendarFastMode` (type: `boolean`):

Price hotels from search result pages where possible, which needs fewer requests. If off, each hotel page is opened, which also returns the cheapest booking site and the official-site rate.

## `calendarListPages` (type: `integer`):

In fast mode, how many search result pages to check for each date before opening individual hotel pages for hotels that were not listed. More pages usually means fewer requests in total.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Number of parallel requests.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. The run slows down automatically if requests start failing and stops if the success rate falls below 50%.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "queries": [
    "hotels in Barcelona"
  ],
  "adults": 2,
  "childrenAges": [],
  "currency": "USD",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "hotelClass": [],
  "minRating": "any",
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "amenities": [],
  "freeCancellation": false,
  "specialOffers": false,
  "strictFilters": true,
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50,
  "includeOffers": false,
  "maxOfferHotels": 0,
  "hotelUrls": [],
  "hotelNames": [],
  "calendarTopHotels": 5,
  "calendarDays": 14,
  "calendarStepDays": 1,
  "calendarFastMode": true,
  "calendarListPages": 2,
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `hotels` (type: `string`):

One row per hotel (search mode).

## `offers` (type: `string`):

Hotels with booking-site rates (includeOffers=true).

## `calendar` (type: `string`):

One row per hotel and check-in date (price-calendar mode).

## `runStats` (type: `string`):

Request and result counts for the run.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "hotels in Barcelona"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("conserving_windflower/google-hotels-scraper-prices").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "queries": ["hotels in Barcelona"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("conserving_windflower/google-hotels-scraper-prices").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "hotels in Barcelona"
  ]
}' |
apify call conserving_windflower/google-hotels-scraper-prices --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,conserving_windflower/google-hotels-scraper-prices"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/mcNM7YjYKnKX0KlBe/builds/GbCbFATUCn5pM0lt3/openapi.json