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This API endpoint is currently in beta. Make sure to direct any questions during the beta phase to your Booking.com contact person via the appropriate channels.
Implementation use cases¶
This section contains use cases and scenarios to help you implement the Policies API.
Assigning a cancellation policy to a roomrate¶
The diagram below shows how a property with the following resources can create 3 or more roomrates:
- 2 room types
- 2 rate plans, and
- 2 policies
Note that the property has created 3 roomrates each with a combination of room type, rate plan and a cancellation policy. You can specify any combination of existing room types, rate plans and cancellation policies to create more than one roomrate.
- To create a room type, use the OTA_HotelInvNotif endpoint
- To create a rate plan, use the OTA_HotelRatePlanNotif endpoint
- To create a roomrate and assign a policy to it, use the OTA_HotelProductNotif endpoint
Figure 1. A simplified view of how room type, rate plan and policy interact to create a roomrate.
Cancellation policies are assigned at the roomrate level
Policies are assigned on the roomrate level using a policy ID. When creating a roomrate, you must select an existing room type, rate plan and a policy (if you do not want the API to assign the default policy).
Policy change impacts roomrates¶
The Policies API enables you to change the details of a policy even when it is assigned to a roomrate. After the change, the roomrate uses the updated policy rules. The following figure shows how changing a policy impacts the existing roomrates with the policy assigned to them.
Figure 2. Actions on a policy.
Use cases¶
The following use case aims to capture the most common usage scenario of policies by a property.
Scenario 1¶
Implementation steps¶
Scenario 2¶
Implementation steps¶
Support and feedback¶
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What's Next?¶
→ To create a policy, see Creating a policy.
→ To modify policy details, see Changing policy details.