Search for car rentals
Early access – Demand cars API pilot
This documentation is part of an early access pilot program and is only available to selected partners.
Please be aware of the following key points:
- Pilot phase: The functionality described is under active development and subject to change. Initial search functionality (Type 2) will be available for testing in Q4 2024/Q1 2025. General availability is targeted for 2025.
- Limited access: This API is currently offered to a limited number of pilot partners.
- If you are not part of the pilot, you will not have access to this version of the API.
- For inquiries regarding participation, please contact our partnerships team.
- Frequent updates: The documentation and API specifications will be regularly updated throughout the pilot. We recommend checking this page periodically for the latest changes.
Our Demand API has a subset of endpoints that allow access to Booking.com's car rental inventory, when implementing the Search and Look flow.
With /cars endpoints you can retrieve information about cars, suppliers, depots and even get the score breakdown assigned to a depot based on customer ratings.
Similar to accommodations, this is the overall flow for car rentals:
These are the main actions and involved endpoints:
| Action | Endpoint | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Search for available vehicles. | Post - /cars/search | Travellers see the price and details about the full list of available vehicles for the route they are interested on. |
| Look at details. | Post - /cars/suppliers Post -/cars/depots Post -/cars/details | Travellers look at the vehicles, suppliers and depots details. They can also see specific supplier details. |
| Redirect to booking. | Post - URL from /cars/search response | Travellers can book their car rental directly from cars.booking.com |
Use the /cars API in your client application so your travellers can search and look at car rentals provided by Booking.com.
Try it out!
- Get started and try our Cars API.
- Refer to the examples section for more tips and suggestions.