Updated: 07 Aug 2017 | Edit on Github

Method Goals

This method aims to return the total price and cancellation policies of the Option selected in the previous step (Avail).

Request Format

The Valuation request format is similar to that of availabilityRQ. It’s here you will add data to the option selected.

Response Format

The returned XML contains the total price and list of cancellation policies.

Remarks

Our system allows for a maximum of 180000 milliseconds before the connection is closed.

ValuationRQ Example

<ValuationRQ>
   <StartDate>04/07/2016</StartDate>
   <EndDate>11/07/2016</EndDate>
   <MealPlanCode>15</MealPlanCode>
   <HotelCode>6259</HotelCode>
   <PaymentType>MerchantPay</PaymentType>
   <OptionType>Hotel</OptionType>
   <OnRequest>false</OnRequest>
   <BlockOption>false</BlockOption>
   <Nationality>ES</Nationality>
   <Parameters>
       <Parameter key = "ID1" value = "ID#1#VR"/>
       <Parameter key = "ID2" value = "ID#2#FGR#45187#10-5"/>
       <Parameter key = "PSR" value = "511.28"/>
   </Parameters>
   <Rooms>
       <Room id = "ITD10" roomCandidateRefId = "1" code = "TW" description = "Twinn"/>
       <Room id = "IOG22" roomCandidateRefId = "2" code = "IND" description = "Individual"/>
   </Rooms>
   <RoomCandidates>
       <RoomCandidate id = "1">
           <Paxes>
               <Pax age = "30" id = "1"/>
               <Pax age = "30" id = "2"/>
           </Paxes>
       </RoomCandidate>
       <RoomCandidate id = "2">
           <Paxes>
               <Pax age = "30" id = "1"/>
           </Paxes>
       </RoomCandidate>
   </RoomCandidates>
</ValuationRQ>

ValuationRQ Description

Element Number Type Description
ValuationRQ 1   Root node.
StartDate 1 String Start date of rate search.
EndDate 1 String End date of rates search.
OnRequest 1 Boolean Indicates if you want to receive the on request options in AvailRS, as long as the supplier returns it in this method (see StaticConfiguration).
BlockOption 1 Boolean Indicates if you want to block the option selected in AvailRS, as long as the supplier allows it in this method (see StaticConfiguration).
MealPlanCode 1 String MealPlan code.
HotelCode 1 String Hotel code.
PaymentType 1 String Indicates payment type.
OptionType 1 String Indicates option types.
Nationality 1 String Guest nationality (use ISO3166_1_alfa_2).
Rooms 1   Rooms in this option (room list).
Rooms/Room 1..n   Room Details.
@id 1 String Room Identifier.
@roomCandidateRefId 1 Integer Room candidate Identifier.
@code 1 String Room code.
@description 1 String Room description.
RoomCandidates/RoomCandidate 1..n   Room required.
@id 1 Integer Id of requested room (starting at 1).
RoomCandidates/RoomCandidate/Paxes/Pax 1..n   Pax required.
@age 1 Integer Passenger age.
@id 1 Integer Passenger id (starting at 1).
Parameters 0..1   Additional parameters reported in AvailRS.
Parameters/Parameter 0..n   Additional parameter requiring integration.
@key 1 String Contains keyword/Id to identify a parameter.
@value 1 String Contains parameter value.

ValuationRS Example

    <ValuationRS>
        <Parameters>
            <Parameter key = "bd1" value = "43"/>
        </Parameters>
        <Status>OK</Status>
        <Price currency = "EUR" amount = "36.20" binding = "false" commission = "-1"/>
        <CancelPenalties nonRefundable = "false">
            <CancelPenalty>
                <HoursBefore>48</HoursBefore>
                <Penalty type = "Importe"  paymentType = "MerchantPay" currency = "EUR">72.40</Penalty>
            </CancelPenalty>
        </CancelPenalties>
        <Fees>
            <Fee includedPriceOption = "true" description = "TaxAndServiceFee">
                <Price currency = "EUR" amount = "8.11" binding = "false" commission = "-1"/>
            </Fee>
        </Fees>
        <Remarks/>
        <PaymentOptions cash="false" bankAcct="false">
            <Cards>
                <Card code="VI"/>
                <Card code="AX"/>
                <Card code="CA"/>  
            </Cards> 
        <PaymentOptions/>       
       <CancelPoliciesDescription/>
    </ValuationRS>

ValuationRS Description

Element Number Type Description
ValuationRS 1   Root node.
Parameters 0..1   Parameters for additional information.
Parameters/Parameter 1..n   List of parameters.
@key 1 String Contains the keyword/Id to identify a parameter.
@value 1 String Contains parameter value.
Status 1   Status option (OK = available, RQ = on request).
Price 1   Total price of this valuation.
@currency 1 String Currency code.
@amount 1 Decimal Option Amount.
@binding 1 Boolean Identifies if the price is binding (When true the sale price returned must not be less than the price informed).
@commission 1 Decimal Commission: -1 = not specified (indicated in contract with the supplier), 0 = net price, X = % of the commission applied to the amount.
CancelPenalties 1   Cancellation policy details.
@nonRefundable 1 Boolean Indicate if this option is nonRefundable (true or false).
CancelPenalties/CancelPenalty 0..n   Listing cancellation penalties.
CancelPenalties/CancelPenalty/HoursBefore 1 String Number of hours prior to checkin date in which this Cancellation policy applies .
CancelPenalties/CancelPenalty/Penalty 1   Contains the value to apply.
@type 1 String Type of possible penalty values: “Noches” (nights) , “Porcentaje” (percentage) ,”Importe” (price value).
@currency 1 String Currency code.
@paymentType 1 String Indicates payment type of penalty.
Remarks 0..1 String Remarks (see StaticConfiguration in order to verify if a supplier implements it).
PaymentOptions 0..1 String Payment Types allowed by the supplier. This tag is mandatory only if payment type is different than MerchantPay.
PaymentOptions/Cards 1   List of cards allowed.
PaymentOptions/Cards/Card 1..n   Details of card.
@code 1 String Code card. See in CardInfo the possible values, provided in Detailed Description (VI,AX,BV,CA…)
Fees 0..1   Contains a list of fees.
Fees/Fee 1..n   Contains details of the fee.
@includedPriceOption 1 Boolean Indicates if the fee is included or not in the final price (value indicated in the node Price in ValuationRS).
@description 1 String Remarks regarding fee.
Fees/Fee/Price 1   Contains details of price.
@currency 1 String Currency code.
@amount 1 Decimal Fee Amount.
@binding 1 Boolean Identifies if is the price is binding (When true the sale price returned must not be less than the price informed.
@commission 1 Decimal Commission: -1 = not specified (indicated in contract with supplier), 0 = net price, X = % of the commission applied to the amount.
CancelPoliciesDescription 0..1 String Contains the cancellation penalties in free text (see StaticConfiguration in order to verify if a supplier implements it).

Detailed Description

**Suppliers with block allotment **

There are some suppliers who use block allotments, sometimes called pre-confirmation or quote. In that case, you will have 30 minutes to complete the booking, if not, you will have to re-launch Valuation 30 minutes after the last request, normally just before booking request.

Status:

The valuation response depends if the parameter is set: if it is set as false, the integration will filter this option. If the supplier provides us a new status in ValuationRS, then we return an error because the supplier changed the status option.

CardInfo:

Codes Names
VI Visa
AX American Express
BC BC Card
CA MasterCard
CB Carte Blanche
CU China Union Pay
DS Discover
DC Diners Club
T Carta Si
R Carte Bleue
N Dankort
L Delta
E Electron
JC Japan Credit Bureau
TO Maestro
S Switch
EC Electronic Cash
EU EuroCard
TP Universal air travel card
OP Optima
ER Air Canada/RnRoute
XS Access
O Others

CancelPenalty:

Booking cancellation penalties are affected by the following elements:

  • HoursBefore: cancellation fees applicable x number of hours before the check in date

  • Type: There are three values that can be inside types:

  • Noches: indicates the number of nights to be penalized.
  • Porcentaje: indicates the percentage to pay based on the option price.
  • Importe: indicates the exact amount payable
  • Currency: currency of the penalty fee.

Note:

Keep the parameters in the avail response to include them in the valuation request.

Keep the parameters in the valuation response to include them in the reservation request.