Managing room types

Room types are labels or categories used to organise physical rooms in a property.

How does Booking.com define a room type?

In its most basic form, each room type is defined by:

• A room type code: This can be a name ("Double") or a code (9), both referring to a double room.
• The max occupancies of the room type: You should also include max occupancies for adults and children.
• A more descriptive name to refer to the room type: For example, Deluxe Double Room with Mountain View.'

What falls under managing room types?

Managing room types involves the following actions:

• Creating and updating room types.
• Creating and updating room types with multi-bedroom setup.
• Deactivating and activating room types.
• Retrieving the active room types of a property.

What does not fall under managing room types, but could still be relevant?

The following two actions could be relevant for your user flow, but are not technically part of the room type and rate plan management API:

• To add content, such as room type amenities and bed types, to existing room types, see modifying room type content.
• To add photos for your property's room types, see managing photos.

To retrieve all the relevant room type information and retrieve both deactivated and active room types, you must also implement the retrieving property details endpoint.

What is the maximum number of room types the API supports?

You can create a maximum of 100 room types for a property, including both active and inactive room types.

Creating a room type

POST https://supply-xml.booking.com/hotels/ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif

The POST /ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif request enables you to create one or more room types for your property.

Creating or updating

To create a room type, you must set InvNotifType to New. If you want to update a room type, you must set InvNotifType to Overlay and add the InvCode (Booking.com ID referring to a room type).

→ To learn more on how to update room types, see updating room types.

Requirements for creating a room type

To create a room type on Booking.com, the following elements are required:

• Property ID
• Room type code: To see a list of all the possible Booking.com room type codes, see room type codes.
• Max occupancy
  💡 You must include the maximum number of total guests, adults and children that are physically able to stay in the room type. As an addition, you can include the maximum number of children that can stay for a children rate.
• Room type name: To see which room type names Booking.com allows per language, see retrieving room type names.
  💡 This helps to avoid duplicates, which could cause confusion when you are mapping and sending inventory.

Body parameters

The following table describes the elements you must and can add in the request body:

Request body example

The following is a request body example:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>
	<SellableProducts HotelCode="6314570">
		<SellableProduct InvNotifType="New">
			<GuestRoom>
				<Occupancy MaxOccupancy="2" MaxAdultOccupancy="2" MaxChildOccupancy="1"/>
				<Room RoomID="12345" RoomType="Double"/>
				<Description>
					<Text>Deluxe Double Room with Mountain View</Text>
				</Description>
				<TPA_Extensions>  
                	<Occupancy MaxChildPayableOccupancy="1" />  
                </TPA_Extensions>  
			</GuestRoom>
		</SellableProduct>
	</SellableProducts>
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>

Response body example

The following is a successful response body example:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRS >
    <InventoryCrossRefs>
        <InventoryCrossRef  RequestInvCode="12345" ResponseInvCode="631457019" />
    </InventoryCrossRefs>
    <Success />
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRS>
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The following is a response body example when the limit of 100 room types is reached:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRS >
    <Errors>
        <Error Type="10" Code="378" Status="NotProcessed" ShortText="The limit of 100 number of Rooms has been reached."/>
    </Errors>
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRS>
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Response body parameters

The following table describes the response elements:

Updating a room type

POST https://supply-xml.booking.com/hotels/ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif

The POST /ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif request enables you to update one or more room types for your property.

When updating a room type, it is very important to do the following:

• Set InvNotifType to Overlay.

• Include InvCode, which is the Booking.com ID referring to an existing room type. You do not need to add the RoomType again.

• Include all the other existing room type information and change the elements you want to update.

  → To retrieve information on your property's active room types (excluding max adults and children occupancies), see retrieving active room types.

  → To retrieve all the possible information for your property's room types (including max occupancies and whether room types are active or deactivated), see retrieving property details.

Requirements for updating a room type

To update a room type on Booking.com, the following elements are required:

• Property ID
• Booking.com room type ID
• Max occupancy
  💡 You should also include the maximum number of adults and children, which are allowed to stay in the room type.
• Room type name: To see which room type names Booking.com allows per language, see retrieving room type names.
  💡 This helps to avoid duplicates, which can cause confusion when you are mapping and sending inventory.

Body parameters

The following table describes the elements you must and can add in the request body:

Request body example

The following is a request body example:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>
	<SellableProducts HotelCode="6314570">
		<SellableProduct InvNotifType="Overlay" InvCode="631457019">
			<GuestRoom>
				<Occupancy MaxOccupancy="3" MaxAdultOccupancy="2" MaxChildOccupancy="1"/>
				<Room RoomID="12345" />
				<Description>
					<Text>Deluxe Double Room with Mountain View</Text>
				</Description>
				<TPA_Extensions>  
                	<Occupancy MaxChildPayableOccupancy="1" />  
                </TPA_Extensions>  
			</GuestRoom>
		</SellableProduct>
	</SellableProducts>
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>

Response body example

The following is a successful response body example:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRS >
    <Success />
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRS>
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Response body parameters

The following table describes the response elements:

Creating a multi-bedroom room type

POST https://supply-xml.booking.com/hotels/ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif

The POST /ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif request enables you to create a room type with a multi-bedroom (includes bathroom or living room) setup for your property.

Creating or updating

To create a room type, you must set InvNotifType to New. If you want to update a room type, you must set InvNotifType to Overlay and add the InvCode (Booking.com ID referring to a room type).

→ To learn more on how to update room types with multiple bedrooms, see updating multi-bedroom room types.

Which room types can have a multi-bedroom setup?

You can set a multi-bedroom for the following room types:

• Apartment
• Suite
• Chalet
• Bungalow
• Holiday home
• Villa
• Mobile home

Requirements for creating a room type with multi-bedroom setup

To create a room type with multiple bedrooms on Booking.com, the following elements are required:

• Property ID
• Room type code of the entire unit: To see a list of all the possible Booking.com room type codes, see room type codes.
• Room types of each (bed)room: Possible subroom types are Bedroom, Living room, and Bathroom.
• Max occupancy
  

💡 You should also include the maximum number of adults and children, which are allowed to stay in the room type.

Adding bed types for rooms that support multiple bedrooms

To add bed types for rooms that support multiple bedrooms (such as Apartment or Suite), you must use the Amenities element under SubRooms.

For example, see room amenities and bed types in a multi-bedroom room type.

Body parameters

The following table describes the elements you must and can add in the request body:

Request body example

The following request body creates an apartment with two bedrooms, one living room and two bathrooms:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>
    <SellableProducts HotelCode="6314570">
        <SellableProduct InvNotifType="New">
            <GuestRoom>
                <Occupancy MaxOccupancy="4" MaxAdultOccupancy="4" MaxChildOccupancy="1"/>
                <Room RoomID="12345" RoomType="Apartment"/>
                <TPA_Extensions>
                  <SubRooms>
                      <SubRoom RoomType='Bedroom' PrivateBathroom="1">
                      </SubRoom>
                      <SubRoom RoomType='Bedroom' PrivateBathroom="0">
                      </SubRoom>
                      <SubRoom RoomType="Living room">
                      </SubRoom>
                      <SubRoom RoomType="Bathroom" Number="2" />
                  </SubRooms>
                  <Occupancy MaxChildPayableOccupancy="1" />
              </TPA_Extensions>
            </GuestRoom>
        </SellableProduct>
    </SellableProducts>
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>

Response body example

The following is a successful response body example:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRS >
    <InventoryCrossRefs>
        <InventoryCrossRef  RequestInvCode="12346" ResponseInvCode="631457020" />
    </InventoryCrossRefs>
    <Success />
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRS>
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Response body parameters

The following table describes the response elements:

Updating a multi-bedroom room type

POST https://supply-xml.booking.com/hotels/ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif

The POST /ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif request enables you to update a room type with a multi-bedroom (includes bathroom or living room) setup for your property.

When updating a multi-bedroom room type, it is very important to do the following:

• Set InvNotifType to Overlay.

• Include InvCode, which is the Booking.com ID referring to an existing room type. You do not need to add the RoomType for the main unit again.

• Include all the other existing room type information and change the elements you want to update.

  → To retrieve information on your property's active room types (excluding max adults and children occupancies), see retrieving active room types.

  → To retrieve all the possible information for your property's room types (including max occupancies and whether room types are active or deactivated), see retrieving property details.

Body parameters

The following table describes the elements you must add in the request body:

Request body example

The following request body sets two bedrooms, one living room and two bathrooms in an apartment:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>
	<SellableProducts HotelCode="6314570">
		<SellableProduct InvNotifType="Overlay" InvCode="631457019">
			<GuestRoom>
				<Occupancy MaxOccupancy="4" MaxAdultOccupancy="4" MaxChildOccupancy="2"/>
				<Room RoomID="12345" RoomType="Apartment"/>
                <TPA_Extensions>
                  <SubRooms>
                      <SubRoom RoomType='Bedroom' PrivateBathroom="1">
                      </SubRoom>
                      <SubRoom RoomType='Bedroom' PrivateBathroom="0">
                      </SubRoom>
                      <SubRoom RoomType="Living room">
                      </SubRoom>
                      <SubRoom RoomType="Bathroom" Number="2" />
                  </SubRooms>
                  <Occupancy MaxChildPayableOccupancy="2" />  
              </TPA_Extensions>
			</GuestRoom>
		</SellableProduct>
	</SellableProducts>
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>

Response body example

The following is a successful response body example:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRS >
    <Success />
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRS>
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Response body parameters

The following table describes the response elements:

Retrieving active room types

POST https://supply-xml.booking.com/hotels/xml/rooms

The POST /xml/rooms request enables you to retrieve all the active room types of a property.

→ To retrieve both deactivated and active room types, you must retrieve the property details and filter on GuestRooms.

Body parameters

The following table describes the elements you must add in the request body:

Request body example

The following is a request body example:

<request>
  <hotel_id>6314570</hotel_id>
</request>

Response body example

The following is a successful response body example:

<rooms>
    <room id="631457004" hotel_id="6314570" hotel_name="The Tech W" max_children="1">Double Room</room>
    <room id="631457005" hotel_id="6314570" hotel_name="The Tech W" max_children="1">Deluxe Double Room with Sea View</room>
    <room id="631457006" hotel_id="6314570" hotel_name="The Tech W" max_children="3">Apartment</room>
</rooms>
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Response body parameters

The following table describes the response elements:

Deactivating a room type

POST https://supply-xml.booking.com/hotels/ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif

The POST /ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif request also enables you to deactivate an active room type. To do so, you must:

• Set InvNotifType to Overlay.
• Add the InvStatusType attribute within SellableProduct and set it to Deactivated.
• Include the InvCode, which refers to the Booking.com ID of the room type you want to deactivate.

Deactivating causes roomrates to be deactivated

If you deactivate a room type, all roomrates (products) you have created for a property with this room type become deactivated as well. This also means any inventory or availability is removed.

If you decide to activate a deactivated room type, you must both create roomrates and push inventory (availability) again.

Body parameters

The following table describes the elements you must add in the request body:

Request body example

The following is a request body example:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>
  <SellableProducts HotelCode="6314570">
    <SellableProduct InvNotifType="Overlay" InvStatusType="Deactivated" InvCode="631457023">
      <GuestRoom RoomID="12345" />
    </SellableProduct>
  </SellableProducts>
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>

Response body example

The following is a successful response body example:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRS>
    <Success />
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRS>
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Response body parameters

The following table describes the response elements:

Activating a room type

POST https://supply-xml.booking.com/hotels/ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif

The POST /ota/OTA_HotelInvNotif request also enables you to reactivate a previously deactivated room type. To do so, you must:

• Retrieve deactivated room types by retrieving the property details and filtering on GuestRoom objects which have the Active attribute set to 0.
• Set InvNotifType to Overlay.
• Add the InvStatusType attribute within SellableProduct and set it to Activate.
• Include the InvCode, which refers to the Booking.com ID of the room type you want to activate.

Body parameters

The following table describes the elements you must add in the request body:

Request body example

The following is a request body example:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>
  <SellableProducts HotelCode="6314570">
    <SellableProduct InvNotifType="Overlay" InvStatusType="Active" InvCode="631457023">
      <GuestRoom RoomID="12345" />
    </SellableProduct>
  </SellableProducts>
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRQ>

Response body example

The following is a successful response body example:

<OTA_HotelInvNotifRS>
    <Success />
</OTA_HotelInvNotifRS>
<!-- RUID: [UmFuZG9tSVYkc2RlIyh9YZvDaUET+NMawINLs5rR3NaajLtEH/70GwD6OurpnDg0kGlNgNTpVkuAxZhiiu] -->

Response body parameters

The following table describes the response elements: