# HolidayCheck Reviews Scraper (`valiant_quarter/best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-scraper`) Actor Scrape HolidayCheck hotel reviews: full review text, hotelier owner response, category ratings (1-6), review & travel dates, recommendation, traveler type, topics with sentiment, reviewer photos, user info and tour operator — as structured JSON. Works with holidaycheck.de/.at/.ch. - **URL**: https://apify.com/valiant\_quarter/best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [valiant quarter](https://apify.com/valiant_quarter) (community) - **Categories:** Travel - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $4.90 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## HolidayCheck Reviews Scraper Scrapes hotel reviews from [HolidayCheck](https://www.holidaycheck.de) with the fields the existing Apify actors are missing: **full review text**, **category ratings (1–6 scale)** and the **hotelier owner response**. ### How it works The scraper combines two public sources per hotel and merges them by review id: 1. **JSON API** — `GET /api/hotel-reviews;filter=hotel.id:;...;sort=entryDate:desc` (100 reviews/page). Provides the review body (`texts.GENERAL`), `textAdvice`, category `ratings`, travel/entry dates, locale and user info. This endpoint does **not** expose the hotelier reply (every reply-like field in `select` is rejected with HTTP 400). 2. **Review listing pages** — `/hr/bewertungen-/?sort=entrydate&p=` (10 reviews/page). The server-rendered `window.__FLUXIBLE_STATE__` payload carries `ownerComment` (reply text + date), `recommendation` and `traveledWith`. Both sources are requested in the same newest-first order, so limiting `maxReviewsPerHotel` keeps the run proportionally cheap. No browser is used — plain HTTP only. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `startUrls` | array | — | HolidayCheck hotel URLs. Any URL containing the hotel UUID works. | | `maxReviewsPerHotel` | integer | `0` | Max reviews per hotel, newest first. `0` = all. | | `includeOwnerResponses` | boolean | `true` | Crawl listing pages to attach the hotelier reply. Disable for a faster, API-only run. | | `includeRawData` | boolean | `false` | Attach raw API/page payloads under `raw`. | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify proxy | Proxy settings. | ### Output One dataset item per review: ```json { "hotelId": "2e44d958-7e5e-4423-92b2-84bb298826b0", "hotelName": "Lago Hotel", "hotelUrl": "https://www.holidaycheck.de/hr/bewertungen-lago-hotel/2e44d958-...", "reviewId": "d6aa73e9-74a0-4318-94a4-b12ca3741f43", "reviewUrl": "https://www.holidaycheck.de/hrd/x/d6aa73e9-74a0-4318-94a4-b12ca3741f43", "title": "Super empfehlenswert und immer wieder gerne", "text": "Sehr gut gelegen. Nettes Personal. ...", "textAdvice": null, "extraTexts": { "ROOM_OPINION": "...", "BEACH_OPINION": "...", "TRANSPORTATION_OPINION": "..." }, "ratings": { "GENERAL": { "GENERAL": 6 }, "FOOD": { "GENERAL": 6 }, "...": {} }, "generalRating": 6, "recommendation": true, "traveledWith": "FAMILY", "proofedReservation": true, "travelDate": "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z", "entryDate": "2026-06-24T09:47:54.000Z", "originalLocale": "de", "returnedLocale": "de", "tourOperator": { "id": "770085e5-...", "name": "ITS" }, "costPerformance": "GOOD", "roomName": "Family room Deluxe Sea View", "topics": [ { "id": "FOOD", "name": "Restaurants & Bars", "sentiment": 1 } ], "ranking": 0.76, "media": [ { "id": "...", "type": "PICTURE", "title": "Pool", "url": "https://media-cdn.holidaycheck.com/ugc/images/..." } ], "user": { "id": "...", "firstName": "Zafer", "ageGroup": "FROM_36_TO_40", "hotelReviewCount": 1, "hasPublicProfile": true, "profilePictureUrl": null }, "ownerResponse": { "text": "Sehr geehrter Gast, vielen herzlichen Dank für Ihre ...", "respondedAt": "2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z" } } ```` Field notes: - `ownerResponse` is `null` when the hotel has not replied (common for reviews only a few days old). - `reviewUrl` 301-redirects to the canonical review permalink. - `extraTexts` are the reviewer's free-text answers to sub-questions (room, beach, transportation, service, sustainability...), keyed by question id. - `topics` are HolidayCheck's automatic topic tags with sentiment (-1/0/1, sometimes `null`). - `ranking` is HolidayCheck's internal relevance/helpfulness score (0-1). - `recommendation`, `traveledWith`, `proofedReservation`, `extraTexts`, `tourOperator`, `costPerformance`, `roomName`, `topics`, `ranking` and `media` come from the listing pages, so they are `null` when `includeOwnerResponses` is off. A per-hotel run summary (counts, errors) is stored in the key-value store under `SUMMARY`. ### Notes - Ratings use HolidayCheck's 1–6 scale (6 = best). - Works with holidaycheck.de/.at/.ch URLs (origin is taken from the input URL). - Listing-page failures are non-fatal: the affected reviews are still output, just without `ownerResponse`. - When `includeOwnerResponses` is on, the scraper automatically switches to residential proxies if HolidayCheck blocks datacenter IPs (HTTP 403). Residential proxy traffic is billed as platform usage — roughly 6 MB per 100 reviews. Disable `includeOwnerResponses` for the cheapest possible run. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): HolidayCheck hotel URLs. Any URL containing the hotel UUID works, e.g. https://www.holidaycheck.de/hr/bewertungen-lago-hotel/2e44d958-7e5e-4423-92b2-84bb298826b0 ## `maxReviewsPerHotel` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of reviews to scrape per hotel (newest first). Use 0 to scrape all reviews. ## `includeOwnerResponses` (type: `boolean`): Also scrape the hotelier reply (owner response) for each review. This requires crawling the review listing pages (10 reviews per page), so it makes the run slower but adds the `ownerResponse` field. ## `includeRawData` (type: `boolean`): Attach the raw API and page payloads for each review under the `raw` key. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. HolidayCheck may block datacenter IPs; Apify automatic proxy is recommended. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.holidaycheck.de/hr/bewertungen-lago-hotel/2e44d958-7e5e-4423-92b2-84bb298826b0" } ], "maxReviewsPerHotel": 100, "includeOwnerResponses": true, "includeRawData": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `reviews` (type: `string`): All scraped reviews with text, ratings and owner responses (JSON) ## `summary` (type: `string`): Per-hotel counts: reviews scraped, owner responses found, total on site # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.holidaycheck.de/hr/bewertungen-lago-hotel/2e44d958-7e5e-4423-92b2-84bb298826b0" } ], "maxReviewsPerHotel": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("valiant_quarter/best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.holidaycheck.de/hr/bewertungen-lago-hotel/2e44d958-7e5e-4423-92b2-84bb298826b0" }], "maxReviewsPerHotel": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("valiant_quarter/best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.holidaycheck.de/hr/bewertungen-lago-hotel/2e44d958-7e5e-4423-92b2-84bb298826b0" } ], "maxReviewsPerHotel": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call valiant_quarter/best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=valiant_quarter/best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "HolidayCheck Reviews Scraper", "description": "Scrape HolidayCheck hotel reviews: full review text, hotelier owner response, category ratings (1-6), review & travel dates, recommendation, traveler type, topics with sentiment, reviewer photos, user info and tour operator — as structured JSON. Works with holidaycheck.de/.at/.ch.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "85mw7zaD4UgKA9kf8" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/valiant_quarter~best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-valiant_quarter-best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/valiant_quarter~best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-valiant_quarter-best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/valiant_quarter~best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-valiant_quarter-best-holidaycheck-de-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Hotel URLs", "type": "array", "description": "HolidayCheck hotel URLs. Any URL containing the hotel UUID works, e.g. https://www.holidaycheck.de/hr/bewertungen-lago-hotel/2e44d958-7e5e-4423-92b2-84bb298826b0", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxReviewsPerHotel": { "title": "Max reviews per hotel", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 50000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of reviews to scrape per hotel (newest first). Use 0 to scrape all reviews.", "default": 0 }, "includeOwnerResponses": { "title": "Include owner responses", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also scrape the hotelier reply (owner response) for each review. This requires crawling the review listing pages (10 reviews per page), so it makes the run slower but adds the `ownerResponse` field.", "default": true }, "includeRawData": { "title": "Include raw data", "type": "boolean", "description": "Attach the raw API and page payloads for each review under the `raw` key.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. HolidayCheck may block datacenter IPs; Apify automatic proxy is recommended.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```