# Booking.com Hotel Price & Rating Snapshot Scraper (`vexaloom-labs/booking-com-hotel-price-and-rating-snapshot`) Actor

Get a quick snapshot of Booking.com hotel prices, ratings, review counts and distance from downtown for any destination and date range, without the full amenity and room breakdown.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/booking-com-hotel-price-and-rating-snapshot.md
- **Developed by:** [vexaloom-labs](https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, E-commerce, Automation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 50.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.49 / 1,000 results

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Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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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

## Booking.com Hotel Price & Rating Snapshot Scraper

Pull a clean price-and-rating snapshot from Booking.com for a destination or a list of hotel URLs. This actor is built for speed: it reads search cards in search mode, or a hotel's own page in details mode, and returns flat JSON rows you can compare, schedule or load into a spreadsheet.

### Two ways to use it

| Mode | What it reads | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| **Search a destination** | Booking.com search result cards, expanded with the page's own "Load more results" control | Rate shopping across a city, market snapshots, price monitoring |
| **Load hotel URLs** | Each hotel's Booking.com page (price and rating block) | Checking specific properties you already track |

Search mode never opens individual hotel pages, so it stays fast even at the 250-row cap. Details mode opens the pages you pass in and returns the property's own current rate, star rating and coordinates.

### Output per hotel

Every row uses the same field names in both modes. Fields that do not apply to a mode are omitted.

- `hotelId` — Booking.com property identifier from the URL
- `name` — property name
- `url` — canonical Booking.com property URL
- `propertyType` — accommodation type (details mode)
- `stars` — official star rating (1-5)
- `address` — street address (details) or district and city (search)
- `city`, `country`
- `latitude`, `longitude` — map coordinates (details mode)
- `distance` — distance from downtown as shown on the search card
- `rating` — guest score on Booking.com's 0-10 scale
- `reviewCount` — number of guest reviews
- `reviewWord` — score label such as "Wonderful" or "Very Good"
- `price` — price for the whole stay in the requested currency
- `pricePerNight` — `price` divided by the number of nights
- `originalPrice`, `discountPercent` — visible struck-through price and discount
- `taxesAndFees` — taxes and fees shown with the rate
- `currency` — three-letter currency code
- `photoUrl` — main property photo
- `checkin`, `checkout`, `nights`, `adults`, `rooms` — the search parameters used
- `mode` — `search` or `details`
- `detailStatus` — `search_only` or `enriched`
- `source` — `booking.com`
- `accessMethod` — `translate_mirror` or `browser+translate_mirror` when the direct/proxy paths were challenged
- `scrapedAt` — capture timestamp in ISO 8601

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | select | `search` | `search` for a destination, `details` for hotel URLs |
| `destination` | string | — | City, region or landmark; required in search mode (prefilled with `Paris`) |
| `startUrls` | array | — | Booking.com hotel links used by details mode (prefilled with one Paris hotel) |
| `checkIn` | string | — | `YYYY-MM-DD`; empty means tomorrow |
| `checkOut` | string | — | `YYYY-MM-DD`, must be after check-in; empty means check-in + 3 nights |
| `adults` | integer | `2` | 1-30 |
| `rooms` | integer | `1` | 1-30 |
| `propertyType` | select | `all` | Hotels, apartments, hostels, guesthouses, villas or resorts |
| `minReviewScore` | number | `0` | 0-10 exact minimum after Booking.com's own filter |
| `stars` | select | `0` (any) | 1-5 |
| `freeCancellation` | boolean | `false` | Only properties with a free-cancellation rate |
| `breakfast` | boolean | `false` | Only properties with a breakfast-included rate |
| `pool` | boolean | `false` | Only properties with a swimming pool |
| `minPrice`, `maxPrice` | number | — | Nightly price bounds in the chosen currency |
| `currency` | string | `USD` | `EUR`, `GBP`, `JPY`, etc. |
| `language` | select | `en-us` | Page language used for the request |
| `maxItems` | integer | `10` | 1-250 |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Direct | Optional; without it the actor tries direct, then the free translate-mirror fallback, then Apify proxy |

The old input names are still accepted by the code: `location` maps to `destination`, `checkinDate`/`checkoutDate` map to `checkIn`/`checkOut`, and `maxResults` maps to `maxItems`.

### Examples

Weekend price check for Lisbon:

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "destination": "Lisbon",
  "checkIn": "2026-11-20",
  "checkOut": "2026-11-23",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "maxItems": 30
}
```

Track two specific hotels:

```json
{
  "mode": "details",
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/du-printemps-paris.html" },
    { "url": "https://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/sorbonne.html" }
  ],
  "checkIn": "2026-12-01",
  "checkOut": "2026-12-04",
  "adults": 2,
  "rooms": 1
}
```

Well-rated hotels with free cancellation:

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "destination": "Berlin",
  "propertyType": "hotels",
  "minReviewScore": 8.5,
  "freeCancellation": true,
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

### How pagination works

Booking.com returns a first batch of cards and adds more when its own "Load more results" control is clicked. The actor keeps clicking that control and scrolling until it reaches `maxItems` or the page stops growing. When the live site is WAF-challenged, the translate-mirror fallback reads successive result pages across several sort orders and deduplicates by hotel URL. The practical ceiling is 250 rows per run; split a large market by neighborhood, dates or filters to collect more.

### FAQ

**Do I need a Booking.com account?**
No. The actor reads public search and hotel pages. No login, cookie or API key is required.

**Do I need to configure a proxy?**
No. The actor connects directly first. If Booking.com challenges that connection, it retries through Google Translate's public mirror (no proxy or key) and only then falls back to Apify proxy groups. `accessMethod` tells you which path produced each row.

**Is `price` per night or for the whole stay?**
`price` is the full stay price Booking.com shows for your dates. `pricePerNight` divides it by `nights`.

**Why is a field missing from some rows?**
Search cards and hotel pages expose different data. Coordinates and `propertyType` usually come from a hotel page, while `distance` comes from a search card. Empty values are omitted rather than filled with zeros or placeholders.

**What happens when a hotel has no available rate?**
Details mode skips that hotel and reports a partial result. If every page fails, the run fails with a clear status instead of writing empty rows.

**Can I scrape more than one destination in one run?**
Yes at the task level: one run is one destination. Create one task per city, or use details mode with a URL list.

**Are prices guaranteed to match the live site a minute later?**
No. Availability and prices change continuously. Each row records `scrapedAt` so you can tell exactly when the snapshot was taken.

**Is this affiliated with Booking.com?**
No. It is an independent third-party tool that reads publicly available Booking.com pages.

### Limitations

- Search mode returns what the search page exposes: price, rating, stars, address and distance. It does not open each property, so room types, amenities and full policies are not included.
- Details mode reads the property page but does not wait for every lazy-loaded section; it returns the price/rating snapshot rather than a full facilities catalogue.
- Booking.com caps how many search results it will page through, and the actor caps a single run at 250 rows.
- Sold-out properties can be missing a rate. They are skipped in details mode and may be absent from search results.
- Booking.com serves more than one search layout. Some sessions expose stars and the load-more control, while a stripped mirror variant exposes cards without star icons. The actor reads whatever the page provides and never invents missing values; price, score and review count remain available.
- Booking.com can challenge direct, AUTO and residential exits with HTTP 202. The translate-mirror fallback normally recovers search and hotel pages; it can rate-limit (HTTP 429), serve a cached page, or omit a result batch. If every path fails the run stops with `BLOCKED` instead of returning empty or invented rows. Mirror rows are marked `accessMethod: translate_mirror`.

# Actor input Schema

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

Search a destination for hotel prices, or load specific Booking.com hotel pages.

## `destination` (type: `string`):

City, region or landmark to search, e.g. Paris, New York or Tokyo. Required in search mode.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Booking.com hotel page URLs, used in details mode. Copy links from a search result or your browser.

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

Check-in date as YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty to use tomorrow.

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

Check-out date as YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty to use a 3-night stay.

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

Number of adult guests.

## `rooms` (type: `integer`):

Number of rooms needed.

## `propertyType` (type: `string`):

Keep only one Booking.com property type, or search all types.

## `minReviewScore` (type: `number`):

Minimum guest score from 0 to 10. The actor applies Booking.com's score filter and keeps only properties at or above this exact score.

## `stars` (type: `string`):

Keep only properties with this star rating, or any star rating.

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

Return properties with at least one free-cancellation rate.

## `breakfast` (type: `boolean`):

Return properties with a breakfast-included rate.

## `pool` (type: `boolean`):

Return properties that have a swimming pool.

## `minPrice` (type: `number`):

Optional lower bound for the nightly price in the chosen currency.

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

Optional upper bound for the nightly price in the chosen currency.

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

Three-letter currency code such as USD, EUR or GBP.

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

Language Booking.com should use for the pages.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many hotels.

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

Optional. Leave empty to connect directly; the actor automatically retries with Apify proxy if Booking.com blocks the direct connection.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "destination": "Paris",
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/du-printemps-paris.html"
    }
  ],
  "adults": 2,
  "rooms": 1,
  "propertyType": "all",
  "minReviewScore": 0,
  "stars": "0",
  "freeCancellation": false,
  "breakfast": false,
  "pool": false,
  "currency": "USD",
  "language": "en-us",
  "maxItems": 2
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset containing every scraped Booking.com hotel snapshot.

# 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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "destination": "Paris",
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/du-printemps-paris.html"
        }
    ],
    "adults": 2,
    "rooms": 1,
    "propertyType": "all",
    "stars": "0",
    "freeCancellation": false,
    "breakfast": false,
    "pool": false,
    "currency": "USD",
    "language": "en-us",
    "maxItems": 2
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vexaloom-labs/booking-com-hotel-price-and-rating-snapshot").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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "destination": "Paris",
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/du-printemps-paris.html" }],
    "adults": 2,
    "rooms": 1,
    "propertyType": "all",
    "stars": "0",
    "freeCancellation": False,
    "breakfast": False,
    "pool": False,
    "currency": "USD",
    "language": "en-us",
    "maxItems": 2,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vexaloom-labs/booking-com-hotel-price-and-rating-snapshot").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 '{
  "mode": "search",
  "destination": "Paris",
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/du-printemps-paris.html"
    }
  ],
  "adults": 2,
  "rooms": 1,
  "propertyType": "all",
  "stars": "0",
  "freeCancellation": false,
  "breakfast": false,
  "pool": false,
  "currency": "USD",
  "language": "en-us",
  "maxItems": 2
}' |
apify call vexaloom-labs/booking-com-hotel-price-and-rating-snapshot --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vexaloom-labs/booking-com-hotel-price-and-rating-snapshot"
        }
    }
}
```

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/SF1jQJF5bOSKvRV63/builds/hifyYAy8vO71LL7pF/openapi.json