Car Hire Rental Actor

Scrapes rental car prices from car-hire.net and Skyscanner. Returns structured data for lead generation, SEO, or travel applications.

For bulk operations, use the dedicated actor: canadesk/car-hire-rental-bulk.

Key Features

• Dual Sources: Fetch from car-hire.net (default, stable) or Skyscanner (more results, higher block risk).
• Market Selection: Pre-configured domains, locales, and currencies for specific countries.
• Filtering: Narrow results by vehicle seats, transmission type, and driver age.
• Simplified View: Option to return only the cheapest vehicle per rental provider.
• Skyscanner Blocklist: Skip specific slow providers to improve speed.

How to Use

1. Configure your search parameters (location, dates, filters).
2. Adjust waiting time and retry settings (crucial for Skyscanner to avoid blocks and gather more data).
3. Run the actor.

Important: Always use a strong residential or custom proxy and sufficient delays between requests to avoid blocking.

Input Configuration

• Process: Choose Get Rental Prices (Car-hire.net) or Get Rental Prices (Skyscanner).
• Simplified View: Enable to get one cheapest result per provider.
• Market: Select country for domain/locale/currency defaults. Fallback is United States.
• Pickup/Return Locations: String.
• Pickup/Return Dates: String in YYMMDD format.
• Pickup/Return Times: String in HH:MM format (minutes must be 00 or 30).
• Age: Driver age (integer, 18-99). Ages 25-70 return identical data.
• Number of Seats / Transmission: Dropdowns to filter vehicles.
• Blocklist (Skyscanner only): Array of provider names to skip.

Output Format

Output structure depends on the selected process.

For Get Rental Prices (car-hire.net, default):
Returns one entry per rental company.

{
  "vendor": "string",
  "cheapest": { /* Cheapest vehicle data */ },
  "vehicles": { /* All available vehicles */ },
  "location": { /* Pickup information */ }
}

For Get Rental Prices (Skyscanner):
Returns one entry per vehicle with detailed fields.

{
  "vendor": "string",
  "price": float,
  "currency": "string",
  "carName": "string",
  "deeplink": "string",
  "seatingCapacity": integer,
  "baggageCapacity": integer,
  "fuelType": "string",
  "transmission": "string",
  // ... additional technical fields
}

Notes on Skyscanner

• Returns higher volume but is slower and more prone to blocking.
• Increased waiting time and retries yield more complete data.
• Some providers are inherently slow; reduce retries to skip them and speed up the run.

Support

Report bugs or request features via the actor's issue tracker. Ensure you use proper proxies and request timing for reliable operation.