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The developer docs never state a price (https://developers.expediagroup.com/rapid/setup).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.expediagroup.com/docs/products/rapid", "openapi": "https://github.com/ExpediaGroup/rapid-java-sdk/blob/main/specs.yaml", "capabilities": [ "travel.stays", "travel.booking", "travel.changes", "travel.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "enterprise", "partner-only", "java" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 42.8, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1036, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1171, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 25, "payments": 10, "reliability": 25, "schema": 78, "security": 39, "transparency": 42 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Expedia's lodging inventory with shop, price check, book, change and cancel in one API. 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Lola leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "lola", "name": "Lola", "vendor": "Lola Agent LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://lola.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "travel", "summary": "Lola is a consumer AI assistant for discovering and arranging hotels, restaurants, activities and events. Part of Booking Holdings, it uses a member’s preferences to personalise recommendations and booking options.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lola", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lola.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lola.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lola.json", "license": "Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Consumer membership and login. No public developer API or official MCP endpoint was verified. Booking Holdings ownership does not imply access through the Booking.com or OpenTable APIs.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free membership is available. Plus is advertised at $5 a month and VIP at $25, each with a 12-month commitment. Some benefits remain marked as coming in autumn 2026. 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External agent integration was not verified.", "bestFor": "Lola is a consumer AI assistant for discovering and arranging hotels, restaurants, activities and events.", "strengths": [ "Free membership and published paid-plan commitments", "Personal preferences can inform booking discovery", "Privacy notice explains the private-data training opt-out" ], "weaknesses": [ "External agent integration was not verified", "Some advertised benefits are still marked as forthcoming", "Private-data training requires an opt-out" ], "agentNotes": [ "Have the traveller confirm booking details, charges and cancellation terms.", "Check whether a membership benefit is live before relying on it." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 1.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 15.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 5, "maintenance": 0, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 15, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 35 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/lola" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Lola Agent LLC", "domain": "lola.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://lola.com/terms-conditions", "privacy": "https://lola.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-19", "notes": [ "Domain registration was not checked. No ownership claim was verified." ], "score": 35 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lola.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Expedia Group", "b": "Lola Agent LLC", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.ean.com", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-09-16", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-01-30", "b": "2026-09-16", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes, with an opt-out", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "1.5/5 (2)", "b": "1.8/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Expedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Lola's 15.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Lola leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Expedia Group Rapid API or Lola?" }, { "answer": "Expedia Group Rapid API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.ean.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Lola.", "question": "Can an agent call Expedia Group Rapid API and Lola without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 25 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 69 against 5", "Security \u0026 auth, 39 against 15", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 25 against 0" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "An established travel business that already holds Rapid keys and wants Expedia's hotel inventory behind its agent.", "slug": "expedia-rapid", "watchFor": "Partner application and site review before production, no self-serve keys" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Lola is a consumer AI assistant for discovering and arranging hotels, restaurants, activities and events.", "slug": "lola", "watchFor": "External agent integration was not verified" } ], "job": { "capability": "travel.search", "name": "Travel search" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-expedia-rapid.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Expedia Group Rapid API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-expedia-rapid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-expedia-rapid.json", "title": "Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Expedia Group Rapid API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-expedia-rapid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-hotelbeds.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-hotelbeds" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-letsfg.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs LetsFG", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-letsfg" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-liteapi.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-liteapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-ratehawk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-travelport.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-travelport" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-lola.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Lola", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-lola" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-lola.json", "title": "Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Lola", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-lola" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-kiwi-mcp.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Kiwi.com MCP Server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-kiwi-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-trainline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-lola.json", "title": "FlightClaw vs Lola", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-lola" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-lola.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Lola", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-lola" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-lola.json", "title": "Kiwi.com MCP Server vs Lola", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-lola" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-lola.json", "title": "LetsFG vs Lola", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-lola" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-lola.json", "title": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs Lola", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-lola" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "Lola vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-ratehawk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Lola vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Lola vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-trainline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-travelport.json", "title": "Lola vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-travelport" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-flightclaw.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs FlightClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-flightclaw" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 10, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 25, "key": "reliability", "lola": 15, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 68, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 78, "key": "schema", "lola": 10, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 64, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 69, "key": "ergonomics", "lola": 5, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 24, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 39, "key": "security", "lola": 15, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "lola", "expedia-rapid": 10, "key": "payments", "lola": 30, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 25, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 25, "key": "maintenance", "lola": 0, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 42, "key": "transparency", "lola": 38, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Expedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Lola's 15.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Lola leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do travel search.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "expedia-rapid": "Expedia's lodging inventory with shop, price check, book, change and cancel in one API. Partner application and site review before production, no self-serve keys.", "lola": "Free membership and published paid-plan commitments. External agent integration was not verified." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-lola", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-lola.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-lola.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-lola.min.md" }, "markdown": "Expedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Lola's 15.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Lola leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do travel search.\n\n- Expedia Group Rapid API: grade E, 42.8/100, rank #1036 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expedia-rapid.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/expedia-rapid.json\n- Lola: grade F, 15.1/100, rank #1142 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lola.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lola.json\n- Best travel search and booking APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/travel/index.md\n- All 78 travel comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/travel/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Expedia Group Rapid API (E)\n\nGood for: An established travel business that already holds Rapid keys and wants Expedia's hotel inventory behind its agent.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 25 against 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 5\n- Security \u0026 auth, 39 against 15\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 25 against 0\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Partner application and site review before production, no self-serve keys\n\n### Lola (F)\n\nGood for: Lola is a consumer AI assistant for discovering and arranging hotels, restaurants, activities and events.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10\n\nWatch for: External agent integration was not verified\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Expedia Group Rapid API | Lola | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 15 | Expedia Group Rapid API +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 10 | Expedia Group Rapid API +68 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 5 | Expedia Group Rapid API +64 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 39 | 15 | Expedia Group Rapid API +24 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 30 | Lola +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 25 | 0 | Expedia Group Rapid API +25 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 38 | Expedia Group Rapid API +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **42.8 · E** | **15.1 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Expedia Group Rapid API | Lola |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |\n| Vendor | Expedia Group | Lola Agent LLC |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ean.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-16 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-01-30 | 2026-09-16 |\n| Customer content may train models | | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | yes |\n| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | 1.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Expedia Group Rapid API.** Expedia's lodging inventory with shop, price check, book, change and cancel in one API. Partner application and site review before production, no self-serve keys.\n\n**Lola.** Free membership and published paid-plan commitments. External agent integration was not verified.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Expedia Group Rapid API\n\n1. Build the SHA-512 signature from key, secret and the current epoch seconds in that order, per request\n2. Send `Customer-Ip` and the session headers the docs ask for, since fraud checks use them\n3. Point everything at test.ean.com until the site review is through; the paths match api.ean.com\n4. Follow the `links` in each response rather than building URLs; price check and book links carry tokens\n5. Read the `Rate-Limit-Minute-Remaining` and `Rate-Limit-Day-Remaining` headers, since the docs publish no ceilings\n\n### Lola\n\n1. Have the traveller confirm booking details, charges and cancellation terms.\n2. Check whether a membership benefit is live before relying on it.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Expedia Group Rapid API or Lola?\n\nExpedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Lola's 15.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Lola leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Can an agent call Expedia Group Rapid API and Lola without installing anything?\n\nExpedia Group Rapid API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.ean.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Lola.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-lola.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-lola.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"expedia-rapid\", \"b\": \"lola\"}`. 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