Accepted Credit Cards

EPS Rapid accepts the following credit cards for Expedia Collect reservations.

Booking Hold and Resume

​What is Hold and Resume?​ EPS's Hold and Resume functionality gives you the ability to support a 2-step booking model.​

Common Error Responses

Rapid uses the following HTTP status codes to indicate various error states. Some codes will also return a response body with additional information about the error.

Constructing Cancellation Policies

Constructing Cancellation Policies on EPS Rapid, read more here.

Content Reference Lists

Reference lists are provided to help you better understand the property content.

Country to Destination Language Mapping

Enhance the traveler experience by providing property addresses in the language of the destination.

COVID-19 EPS Rapid updates

Find out what changes EPS are making to better support you and travelers as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Currency Options

Default and supported currencies for all bookable countries under EPS, divided by global region.

Credit Card Guide

All partners, through their affiliate contract, are obliged to follow all PCI, credit card company, and electronic security policies as mandated by each of these areas of liability.

EPS Checkout

A secure way to collect credit card information for Hotel Collect bookings.

Property Message Center

A two-way messaging tool that facilitates direct interaction between properties and travelers or agents for a more streamlined post-booking experience.

EPS Rapid Booking Test Requests

To assist you in testing your integration's handling of possible booking error states. Test requests are available for all methods of the EPS Rapid Booking API.

EPS Rapid Postman collections

This page provides you with the option to download EPS Rapid Postman collections for all the relevant EPS Rapid versions.

EPS Rapid Shopping Test Requests

To assist you in testing your integration's handling of possible booking error states, test requests are available for all methods of the Booking API.

EPS Rapid Versioning Schedule

Please view the EPS Rapid Versioning Schedule to understand the timeline.

Geography Reference Lists

Reference lists are provided to help you better understand the geography region information.

Guest Reviews

Guest Reviews are textual reviews from verified Expedia Group travelers. The Guest Reviews API gives you access to over 58 million guest reviews from across Expedia Group brands, read on for more.

Handling Booking Requests

It is important to handling Booking Requests to avoid errors and losses. On this page you can find out the recommended procedures for best practices.

Language Options

Request localized static content by using the appropriate code below for requests where the language parameter is supported.

Property Collect Payments

Access property bookings which let your customers pay in person.

PSD2 European Compliance

Understand the impact of new EEA card payment regulation on your business.

Rate Limiting - API Traffic

This page provides the most common Rate-Limit header detail when using EPS Rapid. You can view more information about what the relevant headers mean here.

Recommendations API User Journey

This page explains the user journey of a customer when interacting with the Recommendations API. Click to read more and understand the journey.

Signature Authentication

EPS's signature authentication method is required for all API requests.

Supported Points of Sale

Transactions must specify the country code that matches the point of sale being used by the customer. EPS Rapid supports the following countries for shopping and booking.

Vacation Rentals

Give your travelers more of what they want by surfacing 300,000+ vacation rentals on EPS Rapid.

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