Manku27
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1 month ago This has become an ask
- We can scrape these by maybe building a browser extension
- We can fetch this on user's behalf if they share their credentials
None of these two seem like an ethical solution
What ?
A hotel uses several platforms to promote their hotels. Including but not limited to Make my trip, booking.com, Airbnb, etc.
Oyo
Oyo in the midst of trying to do live inventory, hit a roadblock. Now Oyo does exclusive contracts, where it lists the hotel on all those platform on behalf of the owner.
Source - time stamped
But how do you do it anyway ?
I doubt these big players exposes APIs to get booking data, even with client secret. The business by nature is monopolistic, not even accounting for over-booking.
Why Not for us ?
We are a glorified notebook. Our users log the ins and outs and charges on us, not accounting pre-booking exact rooms. We then, by the nature of our solution, don't care about unrealized bookings.