StayAPI Travel Tech Blog
Discover insights about hospitality APIs, best practices, and industry trends.
Hotel Amenities: What 5,957 Hotels Actually Offer, and Which Ones Cost Extra
This study counts the amenities 5,957 hotels in 50 cities list on Google Hotels: the most common ones, what's standard at each star level, what US hotels offer that others don't, and which amenities are free.
Vrbo vs Airbnb: Which Is Cheaper? We Priced 7,251 Stays in 8 US Vacation Markets
This study prices the same trips on Vrbo and Airbnb, matched by market, dates, group size, and bedrooms: which platform costs more, by how much, and what each one's search shows you first.
Booking.com vs Expedia: Which Is Cheaper? We Priced the Same Night at 3,614 Hotels
This study prices the same night at 3,614 hotels listed on both Booking.com and Expedia: how often each is cheaper, where, by how much, and how they compare with Hotels.com, Agoda, and the hotel's own site.
3-Star vs 4-Star Hotel: What the Extra Star Costs and What It Buys, Across 5,350 Hotels
This study compares 5,350 star-rated hotels in 50 cities on one night: what each step from 2 to 5 stars adds to the price, the guest rating, and the amenities, inside the same city.
Hotel Check-In Time: What 6,037 Hotels Set, and Where 4 PM Is Normal
This study counts the stated check-in and check-out times of 6,037 hotels in 50 cities on Google Hotels: the standard time, where 4 PM and 2 PM are the norm, and how many hours one night gives you.
Hotel Cancellation Policy: When Free Cancellation Really Ends at 1,368 Hotels
This study reads the cancellation terms of 1,368 hotels on Booking.com in 10 cities: when free cancellation ends, how many hotels sell non-refundable rates, and what the refundable rate costs extra.
Airbnb Occupancy Rate: The Formula, Real Calendar Data From 5 Cities, and How to Measure It
This guide covers the Airbnb occupancy rate formula, the benchmark Airbnb's own filings imply, what calendars from nearly 3,000 listings in 5 US markets show, and the code to measure it yourself.
Airbnb Ratings: How the System Works and What a 4.8 Really Means
This guide explains how Airbnb ratings work, what the average rating is across 6,348 live listings in 15 markets, and how the Guest favorite badge relates to the number.
Airbnb vs Hotel: Which Is Cheaper for the Same Nights in 18 Cities?
This study prices Airbnbs and hotels for the same nights in 18 cities, with taxes and fees included, for 2 and 4 guests on a weekend and a full week.
Average Cost of a Hotel Room: What a Night Costs in 50 Cities
This study prices 5,918 hotels in 50 cities for the same two November nights and reports the average cost of a hotel room by city, by night of the week, and by star class.
RevPAR vs ADR: How to Calculate Both and When Each One Matters
This guide explains RevPAR and ADR with formulas and worked examples, when each one matters, the related hotel KPIs, and what public rates reveal about competitors.
Hilton vs Marriott: We Compared 307 Hotels in 8 Cities on Price, Guest Scores, and Points
This study compares Hilton and Marriott hotels brand tier by brand tier: same-night rates, neutral guest scores, and what a free night costs in points, across 8 cities.
Vrbo Property ID Search: Find a Listing by ID, or the ID Behind Any Listing
This guide shows how to open any Vrbo listing from its property number, how to find the number on a listing, and which of Vrbo's IDs each tool expects.
Booking.com Review Score: How It's Calculated and What a Good Score Really Is
This guide explains how the Booking.com review score is calculated, what each label means, and what counts as good, using live scores from 2,523 properties in three cities.
Airbnb MCP Server: How to Connect Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT to Airbnb Data
This guide covers the two kinds of Airbnb MCP server, the tools each one exposes, setup in Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, and ChatGPT, and three real prompts with their raw output.
MakeMyTrip API: Every Official Route, Who Qualifies, and How to Get Hotel Data
This guide maps every MakeMyTrip API route: the myBiz, myPartner, and hotel-partner programs, the unofficial listings, and the working path to Indian hotel prices, details, and reviews as JSON.
OpenTable Reviews API: How to Access Verified Diner Reviews, Sub-Ratings, and Noise Levels Programmatically
This guide covers what makes OpenTable review data different, what the official programs actually expose, and the working route to verified-diner reviews for any restaurant as JSON, with live Chicago and Paris responses.
Radisson API: How to Get Room Rates, a Price Calendar, and Guest Ratings Programmatically
This guide covers what Radisson offers developers and the working route to public and member rates, a 60-day price calendar, property content, and guest ratings for any Radisson hotel, with live Berlin examples.
How to Scrape Hotel Reviews with Python Across Booking Sites (and When to Stop)
A real tutorial to scrape hotel reviews across booking sites: finding where reviews load, the headless fallback, one schema for every platform's score scale and fields, the incremental pattern, and the honest point where an API wins.
Hospitality API: The Five Kinds of Hotel API, How Access Works, and Which One Answers Your Question
This guide maps the five kinds of hospitality API in plain language, walks through how a PMS API is accessed using Oracle's OHIP and an open-API PMS as examples, and covers the market-data API most hotels don't have.
Hotel Price History: Why You Can't Find It, Where It Actually Exists, and How to Build Your Own
This guide explains why no booking site publishes hotel price history, maps the four places it actually exists, reads the national index, and shows the daily poll that builds a history you own.
Hilton API: How to Check Availability and Get Room Rates Programmatically
This guide covers what Hilton's developer portal actually grants, and the working route to availability, starting rates, and property status for any of Hilton's 28 brands, with live London and Manchester examples.
Hotel Database: Where to Get One (Directories, Free Datasets, and the Live API Route)
This guide maps the four things people mean by a hotel database, where to get each one, how big the free datasets really are, and how a live catalog is assembled from an API.
Hotel Booking API: How Booking Flows Work, Who Qualifies, and What to Use When You Only Need Data
This guide maps the six kinds of hotel booking API, the four-step flow they all share, who qualifies for each, and the data-API route for projects that read rates and reviews without selling rooms.
Booking Scraper: Tools, DIY Python, and Scraper APIs Compared
This guide compares the real Booking scraper options for Booking.com hotel data: per-run tools, DIY Python, and scraper APIs, with live calls, honest costs, and a fit table by job.
Hotel Price API: How to Get Live Room Rates, Availability, and Partner Offers as JSON
This guide maps every hotel price API route, the four shapes price data comes in, and the fields that trip people up, with live Booking.com, Google Travel, Hilton, and Radisson responses.
Hotel Search API: How to Find Hotels by Location and Get IDs, Prices, and Ratings
This guide maps every hotel search API route: the official partner programs, GDS inventory, and third-party data APIs, with live Booking.com, Google, TripAdvisor, and chain-site examples.
IHG API: How to Check Availability and Get Room Rates Programmatically
This guide covers what IHG offers developers and the working route to availability, room types, rates, and points pricing for any IHG hotel, Holiday Inn to InterContinental.
Hotels.com API: The Official Routes, the Wrappers, and What Actually Works
This guide maps every Hotels.com API route: the Expedia Group affiliate and partner programs, the marketplace wrappers, and the working path to rates and reviews as JSON.
Expedia Scraper: Tools, DIY Python, and What Each Actually Costs
This guide compares the real Expedia scraper options for hotel data: per-run tools, DIY Python, and data APIs, with honest costs and a fit table by job.
TripAdvisor Scraper: Tools, DIY, and What Each Actually Costs
This guide compares the real TripAdvisor scraper options: per-run tools, DIY Python, and data APIs, with honest costs and a fit table by job.
Google Reviews API: The Official Routes and What They Miss
This guide maps every route to Google reviews data via API: the two official Google APIs and their limits, the at-scale alternatives, and what each costs.
Hotel Rate Shopper: How They Work and How to Choose One
This guide explains what a hotel rate shopper does, where the data comes from, how to evaluate one, and when building on a price API makes more sense.
How to Build an AI Travel Agent That Plans Real Trips
A build-along tutorial: a small web app where a tool-calling LLM plans trips with live hotel prices and ratings. Real code, real screenshots, about 200 lines total.
STR Report Explained: Metrics, Cost, and How to Read One
This guide explains what an STR report is, the metrics inside it (occupancy, ADR, RevPAR and their indexes), what it costs, and where live OTA rate data fills its gaps.
How to Find a Booking.com Hotel ID (3 Ways, With Examples)
Every Booking.com property has a numeric hotel ID that never appears in the URL. Here are three ways to find it: read the page source, convert the URL with an API call, or look up IDs in bulk for a whole hotel list.
Airbnb Scraper: Tools, DIY Python, and Scraper APIs Compared
This guide compares the real Airbnb scraper options: per-run tools, DIY Python, and scraper APIs, with a working three-call pipeline, honest costs, and a fit table by job.
Expedia Rapid API: Who Gets Access and What It Covers
This guide covers what the Expedia Rapid API includes, who qualifies for access, and the open route to Expedia hotel rates and reviews.
Hotel Mapping: How Property Matching Works (and When You Need It)
This guide explains why the same hotel has different IDs on every platform, how matching works, and when you need a mapping tool versus an endpoint.
VRBO API Documentation: What Exists and How to Get Vacation Rental Data
This guide maps where VRBO API documentation actually lives, how to find any property ID, and the open route to VRBO review data as JSON.
Accor API: How to Get Availability, Prices, and Reviews Programmatically
This guide covers the working route to Accor hotel data: search, availability, price calendars, and guest reviews as JSON, across every Accor brand.
TripAdvisor API Pricing: What Terra Costs After the Content API Shutdown
This guide covers TripAdvisor API pricing on Terra: the one-time free allowance, the per-entity tiers, what each endpoint bills, and monthly costs for common jobs.
Trip.com API Documentation: What Exists and How to Get Access
This guide maps what each official Trip.com program actually covers, who qualifies for access, and the working routes to hotel data if you don't.
Agoda API Key: How to Get One (and What It Includes)
This guide covers who qualifies for each Agoda partner program, what the API key actually gives you, and the working route to review data if you don't qualify.
Airbnb Data API: How to Get Airbnb Data in 2026
This guide maps the three routes to Airbnb data that actually work in 2026: official partner access, scraping, and third-party data APIs, with real requests and responses.
OpenTable Partner API: How to Get Access (and What It Doesn't Cover)
This guide maps OpenTable's partner APIs and how access works, explains Instant Booking, and shows the route to restaurant data without a partnership.
Hotel Data Scraper: Scraper Tools vs Hotel Scraper APIs (2026)
This comparison covers per-run scraper tools (scraper marketplaces, scheduled-export services, no-code robots), then hotel scraper APIs, with real pricing shapes, failure modes, and a fit table by job.
How to Scrape Hotel Listings: Property Data, Amenities, Photos, and Reviews
This guide maps each listing field to its best source, walks through the catalog-scale mechanics (pagination, schemas, dedup), and covers the dataset and API shortcuts that often beat scraping entirely.
How to Scrape Hotel Prices with Python (and When You Shouldn't)
This tutorial walks through the real Python approach to hotel prices: finding where they load, requesting, parsing, and keeping it alive, plus honest numbers on when a data API becomes the better call.
Amadeus API Alternatives: What Changed When Self-Service Closed, and What to Use for Hotels
This guide covers the July 2026 Amadeus Self-Service shutdown, what remains through Enterprise, and the alternatives for hotel booking flows and hotel data.
Building a Hotel Review Feed with Claude Code
This tutorial builds a live hotel review feed with three Claude Code prompts, showing the exact prompts, the code they produced, and a screenshot after every step.
Is There a Google Hotels API? What Google Offers and How to Get the Data
This guide maps Google's official hotel APIs, who each one serves and what it costs, and the working route to Google Hotels prices as JSON.
Booking.com API Explained: The Three Programs, Who Gets Access, and What Each Does
This guide maps every Booking.com partner portal: the Connectivity API, the Demand API, and the third-party route for data the official programs don't hand out.
Marriott API: How to Check Room Availability and Track Rates Programmatically
This guide covers what Marriott actually offers developers, then walks through automated availability checks and rate tracking, both buildable without a partnership.
How to Track Hotel Prices on Google: Alerts and Price History (2026)
This tutorial shows where Google Hotels' Track this hotel switch lives, what the price alerts and the 30-day price history show, and the feature's real limits.
Hotel Price Tracker: The Best Apps in 2026 (and How to Build Your Own)
This guide compares the hotel price tracking apps worth using in 2026, shows which ones keep price history, and walks through building a tracker with history across booking sites.
Hotel Rate Parity: What It Means in 2026 (and How to Automate Checks)
This guide explains what hotel rate parity means now, how OTAs enforce it without a contract clause, and how to build an automated parity monitor in an afternoon.
Free Hotel API: What's Actually Available in 2026 (and What the Tradeoffs Are)
This guide maps the real free hotel API options: commercial free tiers, official OTA programs, and open datasets, with the exact catch stated for each. Including ours.
How to Find a TripAdvisor Location ID (3 Ways, With Examples)
Three ways to find a TripAdvisor location ID: from the URL in seconds, via an API lookup, or in bulk for a whole spreadsheet of hotels.
Hotel Review Sentiment Analysis: How Revenue Managers Use It to Drive ADR
Here's what hotel review sentiment analysis is, why it moves ADR, and how to start, with or without a data team.
TripAdvisor Reviews API: What Replaced the Content API, and How to Get Review Data Now
This guide covers TripAdvisor's move from the Content API to Terra, what the official reviews endpoint returns now, and the routes to full review history.
Expedia Reviews API: How to Access and Use Expedia Guest Review Data
This guide covers the three practical ways to pull Expedia guest reviews at scale, what fields you actually get back, and why Expedia matters most for hotels with North American guests.
Booking.com Reviews API: Two Official Options, Who Qualifies, and What the Review Data Contains
This guide covers Booking.com's two official review APIs and who qualifies for each, the route for reading any hotel's reviews, and what a month of live review data looks like.
Agoda Reviews API: How to Access and Extract Agoda Review Data
Agoda has no public reviews API. Here's how developers and revenue managers actually access structured Agoda review data at scale, without scraping.
How to Access Airbnb Review Data: API, Extractors, and What Actually Works
This guide covers the routes to Airbnb review data: the host's review insights and export, extractor tools, review management tools, and a reviews API that returns any listing's reviews as JSON.
What Is a Hotel Data API? A Plain Definition and Four Real Examples
This guide defines a hotel data API and walks through four real requests (rates, reviews, availability, and IDs) with the JSON each one returns.
Hotel Reviews API: A Practical Guide to Guest Review Data
This guide explains what a Hotel Reviews API actually is, how it works, and why it's become the standard approach for accessing review data at scale.