Eligibility

We currently support the Request to Book model only for properties that meet the following eligibility criteria:

1. New to Booking.com – The Request to Book model is only available for properties that are new to Booking.com. Existing properties cannot be converted from Instant Booking (IB) model to Request to Book (RtB) model.

2. Specific property types – The property must be one of the following property types that concerns renting out the entire place:

   • Holiday home
   • Apartment
   • Villa

Request to Book model is available worldwide.

Checking if a property is eligible

To validate whether a property is eligible for Request to Book model, you can use Content API /ota/OTA_HotelDescriptiveInfo endpoint.