Rapid Booking Test Requests

To send a test request for a Booking API method, include an additional HTTP header named Test in your booking request and use the appropriate value from the tables below. Please review our testing notes in full before attempting any tests.

Create Booking

Important Test Booking Notes

Failing to send or sending an invalid Test header will cause the booking to be processed live.

• Always check the returned cancellation policy to ensure no penalties will apply.
• Always use refundable rates for test bookings.

• Test bookings will return itinerary IDs within the range 900000000000 - 999999999999
• Cancelling an on-hold test booking (hold = true) without confirming it will cause the itinerary ID returned by the initial response to be reused by our booking system, since the original itinerary was never completed. Be aware of potential false duplicates in this testing scenario.
• Test bookings are not surfaced to our booking support agents' platform. Contact your EPS representative or partner support for test booking issues.

Important Live Test Booking Notes

Live tests are simply standard live bookings made with a real credit card, without a Test header, that are cancelled after confirmation. It is your responsibility to select acceptable candidate properties and to cancel your own tests. We recommend live tests only for the very final stages of pre-launch development. EPS is not responsible for any charges incurred by in-policy cancellations or nonrefundable rates used for live tests

Placing Live Test Bookings

• Search for stays at least 60 – 90 days into the future.
• Select rooms without any cancellation penalties before the policy period (some properties charge for both inside- and outside-policy cancellations)
• Verify the room does not have a false refundable flag
• Use "Test Booking" as your guest name values in the booking request's rooms object.
• Use the actual name, address, and phone associated with your credit card in the billing_contact object.

Cancelling Live Test Bookings

• Rooms must be cancelled within 48 hours of booking.
• Allow 5 business days to process the refund of the cancel fee
• Allow 30 business days for the credit to be posted to the credit card account

Retrieve Booking

Cancel Booking