Use cases

Follow the use cases instructions to construct your order/create request according to your specific business scenario.

The following examples show the most common payment scenarios applied to different parnership types, methods, timings and type of payments (online and offline payments).

• Each use case shows the payment structure that you need to define in the /orders/create request for each case.

• Follow the instructions that are relevant to your particular payment use case.

1. Check the available payment options

Before going to specific instructions on how to create your order request for your payment scenario, you must check the available timings, schedules and, payment methods for the desired accommodations.

Depending on the use case you are implementing, use one of the endpoints provided to check the available payment options.

Type		Endpoint	Response
	Pay at property	Use /accommodations/details	It returns the set of methods that a property accepts when paying at the property at checkin date.
	Online payment	Use /orders/preview	It returns the set of methods that a property accepts to secure the reservation: For pay online now / later, securing the reservation also means paying for it. For pay at property, the payment methods shown in /orders/preview might be only used for cancellation and no show fees.

2. Create your order

When the traveller has selected how and when they want to book, use /orders/create to make the booking.

• You need to construct your order request matching the requirements of your particular payment use case.

Use cases