Channel guide
Booking.com channel manager for Indian homestays and hotels
The largest global OTA — strong for international and metro demand. Here is exactly how MyOTASync connects to Booking.com, what Booking.com asks you for, and how long it honestly takes.
How it connects
Extranet authorisation
How long it takes
Hours–days (a waiting state is normal)
Typical commission
~15%
Markets
Global + India
How to connect Booking.com to MyOTASync
In the Booking.com extranet: Account → Connectivity Provider → accept the connectivity (XML) agreement. The connection stays in a waiting state until Booking.com accepts it.
What Booking.com asks you for
- Property ID
- Booking.com extranet, under your property name
Once authorised you map each Booking.com room and rate plan to a room type in MyOTASync. Mapping is always a manual step, and it is the one that decides whether rates land on the right room — so we do it with you rather than guessing. Booking.com also lets us pull reservations made before you connected, so your calendar starts complete.
What changes once Booking.com is live
- Booking.com draws from the same inventory pool as your direct bookings and every other OTA, so it cannot sell a room you already sold.
- Rates, minimum stays and stop-sell push to Booking.com from the same calendar as everywhere else.
- Every Booking.com booking lands in one reservations feed with its commission and net revenue already calculated at ~15%.
What we cannot do
- Create your Booking.com listing. Booking.com requires its own signup, verification and content review — no API creates listings. Typically a few days after your content is submitted.
- Speed up Booking.com’s own approval queue, or take a cut of what it books for you.
Booking.com channel manager questions
The things owners ask before connecting Booking.com.
How do I connect Booking.com to a channel manager?
In the Booking.com extranet: Account → Connectivity Provider → accept the connectivity (XML) agreement. The connection stays in a waiting state until Booking.com accepts it. After that you map each Booking.com room and rate plan to a room type in MyOTASync, and activation pushes a full forward sync of rates and availability.
How long does it take to connect Booking.com?
Hours–days (a waiting state is normal). Mapping rooms to rate plans adds a few minutes of your own time. Where a channel shows a waiting state, that is Booking.com processing the request rather than an error on our side.
What commission does Booking.com charge?
~15% is typical, though your own contract governs. MyOTASync stores your real Booking.com commission and reports every revenue figure net of it, so you can compare Booking.com against your other channels on what you actually keep.
Will connecting Booking.com stop double bookings?
Yes. Once Booking.com is live it draws from the same inventory pool as your direct bookings and every other connected OTA, so a room sold on any channel becomes unavailable on Booking.com within seconds.
Can MyOTASync create my Booking.com listing?
No. Booking.com requires its own signup, contract, verification and content approval, and no channel manager has an API that creates listings. We guide you through it and take over the moment your listing is live.
Can I import my existing Booking.com bookings?
Yes. Booking.com supports pulling reservations made before you connected, so your calendar starts complete rather than showing those dates as available.
Ready to connect Booking.com?
Tell us your property and the channels you sell on. We come back with what Booking.com needs from you and how long it will take.
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