# Expedia Hotel Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/expedia-hotel-scraper`) Actor

Resolves free-text places into Expedia destination regions, returning Gaia IDs, region types, names, coordinates, country details, and airport codes needed for downstream hotel searches.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/expedia-hotel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.99 / 1,000 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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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Expedia Hotel Destination Scraper

Turns any free-text place name into Expedia's canonical destination (region) entities. For
each match you get Expedia's region id (gaiaId) — the value every downstream Expedia hotel
search needs — along with the region type, coordinates, airport codes and country details.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `query` | `las vegas` | Free-text place, hotel or point of interest to resolve. |
| `lob` | `HOTELS` | Product bias: `HOTELS`, `FLIGHTS`, `CARS`, or `CRUISES`. |
| `limit` | `10` | Maximum region matches to return (1–50). |
| Proxy configuration | US proxy on | Optional. Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results. |

### Output

Each result is one Expedia region entity. Example record:

```json
{
    "query": "las vegas",
    "gaia_id": "2008",
    "type": "CITY",
    "full_name": "Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America",
    "short_name": "Las Vegas",
    "latitude": 36.17006,
    "longitude": -115.141376,
    "country_name": "United States",
    "country_code": "US",
    "airport_code": "LAS",
    "airport_id": "6139100",
    "raw": { ... }
}
```

### Notes

- Runs with empty input (defaults to `las vegas`).
- Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results.
- Please review the site's Terms of Service and use results responsibly.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Free-text place to resolve, e.g. 'las vegas', 'paris', 'maui', or a hotel/POI name. Returned as Expedia region entities with their gaiaId.

## `lob` (type: `string`):

Which Expedia product the typeahead is biased for. HOTELS returns cities, neighborhoods and POIs; FLIGHTS/CARS bias toward airports.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of region matches to return for the query.

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

Proxy settings for the run. Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results, especially for sites that limit non-US or datacenter traffic. Optional — leave off to run directly.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "las vegas",
  "lob": "HOTELS",
  "limit": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "query": "las vegas",
    "lob": "HOTELS",
    "limit": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/expedia-hotel-scraper").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 = {
    "query": "las vegas",
    "lob": "HOTELS",
    "limit": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/expedia-hotel-scraper").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 '{
  "query": "las vegas",
  "lob": "HOTELS",
  "limit": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/expedia-hotel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/expedia-hotel-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/25EYISQEhvBupKrDQ/builds/touO5ujLIlgGNepR4/openapi.json