Booking preparation

If advertisers cannot provide non-cached rates or all required information (e.g. cancellation policy) in the booking_availability, trivago can optionally submit a "/booking_prepare" POST request to the advertiser's API.

This request is submitted once users have selected a room after viewing the booking availability results and are being redirected to the trivago Express Booking checkout page where they fill in their details being mandatory to make a booking.

Request

Sample code

Endpoint:

https://advertiser-site.com/api_implementation/booking_prepare

Header:

Content-Type: application/json

Body:

{
  "checkin_date": "2018-01-25",
  "checkout_date": "2018-01-26",
  "partner_reference": "abc123",
  "reference_id": "692e8acc-d1d9-45dc-b50f-e7b824f3306f",
  "partner_data": {
    "identifier_for_something": "9614b191-9e1b-4b7d-9cbc-5b9204ac2a2a"
  },
  "party": [
    {
      "adults": 2,
      "children": [
        1
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Request parameters

Field	Type	Description	Mandatory
checkin_date	string	The user's check-in date in YYYY-MM-DD.	true
checkout_date	string	The user's check-out date in YYYY-MM-DD.	true
partner_reference	string	Advertiser's unique hotel id.	true
reference_id	string	trivago identifier for the booking session. Please consider that this id might not be unique and should not be treated as a "confirmation" id.	true
partner_data	number, string or object	Echoed partner_data from the booking availability request.	true

Response

Sample code

Header:

Content-Type: application/json

Body:

{
  "status": "AVAILABLE",
  "checkin_date": "2016-01-25",
  "checkout_date": "2016-01-26",
  "partner_reference": "abc123",
  "room_type": {
    "name": "Double Room, 1 King Bed",
    "final_price_at_booking": {
      "amount": 100,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "final_price_at_checkout": {
      "amount": 5,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "description": "Air-conditioned room with a minibar, desk and private bathroom.",
    "rooms_available": 4,
    "partner_data": {
      "identifier_for_something": "9614b191-9e1b-4b7d-9cbc-5b9204ac2a2a"
    },
    "rate_key": "0fd6eca9-9c33-4978-b9bc-b3f3d60f6205",
    "room_type": "STANDARD",
    "occupancy": {
      "standard_persons": 2,
      "max_persons": 3,
      "max_adults": 2,
      "max_children": 2,
      "max_children_age": 16
    },
    "room_group": {
      "code": "e5db04fa67d6",
      "name": "Cozy Double Room",
      "description": "Air-conditioned room with a minibar, desk and private bathroom."
    },
    "line_items": [
      {
        "price": {
          "amount": 100,
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "type": "net_rate",
        "paid_at_checkout": false,
        "description": "base price"
      },
      {
        "price": {
          "amount": 5,
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "type": "city_tax",
        "paid_at_checkout": true,
        "description": "city tax"
      }
    ],
    "amenities": [
      "free bottle of water",
      "air condition"
    ],
    "value_adds": [
      "FREE_BREAKFAST",
      "FREE_INTERNET",
      "FREE_PARKING"
    ],
    "payment_methods": [
      {
        "code": "PaymentCard",
        "options": [
          {
            "code": "MasterCard",
            "fee": {
              "amount": 0,
              "currency": "USD"
            }
          },
          {
            "code": "Visa",
            "fee": {
              "amount": 2.77,
              "currency": "USD"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "code": "ExternalProvider",
        "options": [
          {
            "code": "Paypal",
            "fee": {
              "amount": 0,
              "currency": "USD"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "code": "BankAccount",
        "options": [
          {
            "code": "DirectDebit",
            "fee": {
              "amount": 0,
              "currency": "GBP"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "code": "ManualPayment",
        "options": [
          {
            "code": "Invoice",
            "fee": {
              "amount": 0,
              "currency": "GBP"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "photos": [
      {
        "url": "https://trv-companypages.s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/07/trivago_logo_twitter-1024x512.png",
        "caption": "Trivago logo",
        "width": 1024,
        "height": 512
      }
    ],
    "cancellation": {
      "policy": "free text",
      "penalties": [
        {
          "from": "2016-01-04T16:00:00+0000",
          "fee": {
            "amount": 0,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        },
        {
          "from": "2016-01-18T16:00:00+0000",
          "fee": {
            "amount": 100,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "promotions": [
      {
        "type": "MOBILE_ONLY",
        "description": "...",
        "discount": {
          "percentage": 25,
          "total": {
            "amount": 25,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "customer_support": {
    "phone_numbers": [
      {
        "contact": "1-153-072-9237 x6907",
        "description": "Tempora iure sit accusamus et cupiditate autem reiciendis iusto."
      }
    ],
    "emails": [
      {
        "contact": "Roxane.McKenzie@gmail.com",
        "description": "Aspernatur reiciendis quis at qui asperiores."
      }
    ],
    "urls": [
      {
        "contact": "http://kasey.info",
        "description": "Maiores enim cupiditate deserunt ut."
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response properties

Field	Type	Description	Mandatory
status	string	Specifies if the rate selected by the user is still bookable. Must be one of the following values: AVAILABLE - if rate is still bookable SOLD_OUT - if rate is no longer bookable ADJUSTED - if rate has changed in some way since last request, e.g. price difference	true
checkin_date	string	Echo the check-in date provided by trivago in the corresponding request.	true
checkout_date	string	Echo the check-out date provided by trivago in the corresponding request.	true
partner_reference	string	Echo the partner_reference provided by trivago in the corresponding request.	true
room_type	RoomType object	The room_type object containing the bookable rate. The short description must match the description of room type clicked by the user.	true, only if status is not SOLD_OUT.
customer_support	CustomerSupport	Contains the hotel’s customer support contact information for guests. Must be returned on both successes and failures.	true