Booking Rental Cars Scraper

An Apify actor that scrapes car rental offers from Booking Cars. It searches by location, dates, and driver details, returning structured data for price comparison and fleet analysis.

Overview

This actor extracts vehicle listings from Booking Cars, which aggregates offers from multiple rental suppliers. You provide search criteria like pickup location and dates; the actor returns detailed offers. An optional deepSearch mode enriches results with supplier info, reviews, and package details.

It’s useful for travel agencies, market researchers, or developers building travel products who need to monitor prices, compare suppliers, or analyze rental trends.

Key Features

• Location Search: Resolves pickup and optional drop-off locations using Booking Cars' suggestion API.
• Flexible Search Parameters: Set pickup/drop-off dates, times, and driver age (or use a preset for ages 30–65).
• Core Data Extraction: Quickly fetches vehicle details: price, class, transmission, fuel type, depot info, and fees.
• Optional Deep Enrichment: When enabled, adds supplier information, customer reviews, insurance details, extras, and alerts to each offer.

How to Use

Configure the actor run with an input JSON object. Only pickupLocationQuery, pickupTime, and dropoffTime are strictly required; other fields have defaults.

Input Schema

{
  "pickupLocationQuery": "Cairo",
  "dropoffLocationQuery": "Downtown Cairo",
  "pickupDate": "2025-10-10",
  "dropoffDate": "2025-10-17",
  "pickupTime": "10:00:00",
  "dropoffTime": "22:30:00",
  "driverAged30To65": true,
  "driverAge": 30,
  "maxItems": 20,
  "deepSearch": true
}

Notes:
* pickupLocationQuery is required. The actor uses it to fetch location suggestions.
* Times must be in HH:MM:SS format.
* If omitted, dates default to pickup in 2 days and drop-off in 10 days.
* Set deepSearch to true for enriched data.

Input/Output

The output is an array of vehicle offer objects. The structure varies based on the deepSearch flag.

Basic Output (deepSearch: false):
Includes core listing details: vehicle ID, name, price, class, fuel, transmission, depot information, and any applicable fees.

{
  "type": "vehicle",
  "id": "54548726",
  "name": "Toyota Corolla",
  "price": { "amount": 185.43, "currency": "USD" },
  "carClass": "Compact",
  "fuel": "Petrol",
  "transmission": "Automatic",
  "pickupDepot": {
    "id": "CAI_AIRPORT_T1",
    "name": "Cairo Intl Airport T1"
  }
}

Enriched Output (deepSearch: true):
Extends the basic data with supplier details (name, rating, reviews), package contents, insurance options, extra equipment, and customer alerts.

{
  "id": "710118491",
  "name": "Nissan Sunny",
  "price": { "amount": 135.68, "currency": "USD" },
  "supplier": {
    "name": "BestCar Rentals",
    "rating": 8.2,
    "reviewCount": 124
  },
  "insurance": [
    { "type": "Theft Protection", "included": true }
  ],
  "extras": [
    { "name": "Child Seat", "price": { "amount": 15, "currency": "USD" } }
  ]
}