Our goal: Make it easy for everyone to find and book the broadest selection of sustainable experiences.
As part of the booking.com commitment to sustainability, we have been working on better ways to support our partners to implement, communicate, and improve sustainable options for customers.
What are we doing?
As part of this initiative we are introducing two new car types. Electric Standard and Electric Luxury. Both car types are being introduced to offer clarity to customers by offering an 100% electric option.
What will each car type mean?
| Transport Category |
Vehicle Example |
Vehicle Description |
| Electric Standard | Standard (Hyundai Ioniq or similar) | Standard class 100% electric saloon/sedan with space for 4 passengers and 2 luggage. |
| Electric Luxury |
Executive limousine (Tesla Model S or Similar) |
Executive class 100% electric saloon/sedan with space for 4 passengers and 3 luggage. |
When will this be ready to integrate?
All our standard documentation will be updated here when we are ready for supplier integrations however the detail below should give you an idea of the solution in order for you to plan and prioritise accordingly. We are currently aiming for this to be ready towards the middle of November.
Proposed Technical Changes: Implementation
If you wish to introduce the two new car types, then you are able to do this through our API integration.
The changes which are expected in the API:
- In the search webhook we expect new transport category to be sent through
End Point: POST /v2/search-results
Post this change expectation:
| Transport Category |
String |
One of the following values: STANDARD EXECUTIVE LUXURY PEOPLECARRIER EXECUTIVEPEOPLECARRIER LARGEPEOPLECARRIER MINIBUS ELECTRICSTANDARD ELECTRICLUXURY |
1. If we get a booking for one of the new car types then you can expect to see them reflected in the booking endpoints within the ‘Vehicle Type’ Field.
End Point:
GET /v1/bookings
GET /v1/bookings/:customerReference/:bookingReference
Field: vehicle_type will return one of the following:
ELECTRIC_STANDARD
ELECTRIC_LUXURY