{
  "id": 13894860,
  "title": "There's no Google Hotels API, and the free fallbacks closed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/theres-no-google-hotels-api-and-the-free-fallbacks-closed",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-12T07:06:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/ishemah/theres-no-google-hotels-api-and-the-free-fallbacks-closed-1c4e"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google Hotels does not offer a public API for hotel prices. In fact, two previously common fallbacks for accessing hotel prices via API have closed for small developers. The Google Hotels results page itself is publicly available, and can be parsed to access hotel prices and other information. However, for small developers without a partnership, the options are limited.",
  "summary": "TL;DR: Google has no public API for the prices you see on Google Hotels. In 2026 the two fallbacks most tutorials pointed to also closed for small developers: Amadeus Self-Service (including Hotel Search) shut on 17 July, and Booking.com's Demand API is for contracted partners only. If you need hotel prices in code without a partnership, what's left is reading the public results page, yourself or…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "The absence of a public API and the removal of common fallback methods leaves small developers without reliable ways to access hotel pricing data without a formal partnership.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}