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About Car Rentals

Enable travellers to easily find, compare, and book car rentals.


Demand API for Cars cars catalog

The Car Rentals API collection enables Demand API partners to search for, display, and—in Beta—book car rentals using Booking.com inventory. It provides access to vehicle availability, supplier information, depot details, pricing, booking flows and post-booking data.

v3.2 is currently in Beta and requires enablement by Booking.com.

Key benefits

  • Global reach – Access a worldwide catalogue of cars across 45,000 locations, sourced from over 200 trusted suppliers in 150 countries.
  • Real-time availability and data – Retrieve up-to-date prices, precise depot locations (including geographic coordinates and opening times), supplier and car details, etc.
  • Flexible architecture – Modular API design allows bespoke user journeys beyond standard booking solutions.
  • Advanced filtering – Implement granular search filters, such as insurance options and vehicle categories, for a highly tailored booking experience.
  • Full legal transparency – Access structured Terms & Conditions during booking and retrieve exactly what travellers accepted after booking.

Features

The Car rental API collection supports a wide range of capabilities:

Featurev3.1Beta
Search for cars
Retrieve detailed car information
Check depots & ratings
Retrieve supplier information
Retrieve pre-booking Terms & Conditions
Check availability
Create reservations
Retrieve car rental order details
Retrieve the accepted Terms & Conditions for an existing booking
  • Use v3.1 for quick search-and-redirect integrations.
  • And v3.2 (Beta) if you want full booking control within your application.

Use cases

Use caseDescription
Comparison websitesDisplay Booking.com Cars results alongside multiple suppliers for easy comparison.
Custom cross-sellOffer personalised car options post-booking flights or accommodation, e.g., filtered by cheapest options.
Interactive map integrationShow depot locations on an interactive map, allowing users to visually select pickup and drop-off points.
Fully customised experienceControl the look, feel, and branding of every step in the car rental journey.
In-pathOffer car rentals as an optional add-on within the flight booking process for a seamless multi-product experience.
Legal compliance & transparencyDisplay and retrieve structured Terms & Conditions during and after booking.

Who is this for?

The Car rentals API is recommended for Demand API Affiliate Partners who want to:

  • Build car rental search experiences.
  • Cross-sell rentals alongside accommodation or flights.
  • Create fully branded booking journeys.
  • Access structured legal information throughout the booking lifecycle.
  • Retrieve booking and reporting data after reservation.

Integration options

Depending on the integration model, partners can search for vehicles, retrieve detailed information, check availability, create bookings, and access post-booking order data.

The Car Rentals API offers the following integration flows, tailored to partner needs:


Search, look and redirect

This stable version allows you to search for and display car rental options with static data about depots, suppliers and scores, and redirect travellers to cars.booking.com to complete the reservation.

See the Search, look and redirect flow and the Static data guide for more details.

Main actions and endpoints

These are the main actions and involved endpoints. Use these endpoints in your client application so your travellers can browse available vehicles and then book car rentals from Booking.com.

ActionEndpointResult
Search for vehicles/cars/searchTravellers see prices and details for all available vehicles on their route.
View details/cars/suppliers
/cars/depots
/cars/details
/cars/constants
Travellers can explore vehicle, supplier, and depot details.
Redirect to bookingURL from /search responseTravellers complete their booking directly on cars.booking.com

See Car rentals quick guide for step-by-step explanation and best practices.


Search, look and book Beta

The Demand API Beta version supports end-to-end car rental booking, allowing your application to handle reservations directly through the API.

Beta version

This version is currently in Beta and subject to changes.

  • Use it for early integration or testing purposes only.
  • Special permission from Booking.com is required to access it, contact your Account manager for more details.

Main actions and endpoints

These are the main actions and involved endpoints. Use these endpoints in your client application so your travellers can search, look and book car rentals.

ActionEndpointResult
Search for vehiclescars/searchTravellers see prices and details for all available vehicles on their route.
Retrieve details/cars/suppliers
/cars/depots
/cars/details
Travellers can explore vehicle, supplier, and depot details.
Check availability (Beta)/cars/availabilityTravellers can see full breakdown of fees and prices, and select optional extras like Additional driver or Child seat.
See Terms & Conditions (Beta)/cars/terms-and-conditionsTravellers can see the Terms and Conditions for the selected vehicle before booking.
Complete the booking (Beta)/orders/preview /orders/createTravellers can book their car rentals directly from your platform.

See Car rentals tutorial for full Search, look and book end-to-end explanation and best practices.

Order retrieval and reporting

You can extract car rental order details such as commissions, labels, etc and generate your reports using a single endpoint:

Use this endpoint to:

  • Synchronise order data with internal systems.
  • Retrieve details by ID or within specific date ranges.
  • Generate operational or financial reports.
  • Track label attributions.

See the Order details guide for general examples and best practices.

Post booking flows

You can manage the orders, build your own Manage My Bookings experience in your platform so travellers can check their Car rental booking details.

Main actions and endpoints

These are the main actions and involved endpoints. Use these endpoints in your client application for post-booking actions.

ActionEndpointResult
Retrieve the details of a specific car rental order./orders/details/cars/liveTravellers see their booking details.
Retrieve the vehicle order FAQs./orders/cars/faqsTravellers see the list of FAQs for self support.
Retrieve the accepted Terms & Conditions./orders/details/cars/terms-and-conditionsTravellers can verify the legal terms for the booked vehicle.

Next steps

To start integrating Car Rentals API:

Try it out!