If you have noticed differences between the price configured in AvaiBook and the price displayed on Booking.com, this does not necessarily mean there is a synchronisation issue.
Booking.com may apply different settings, promotions or its own calculations to the amounts sent from AvaiBook.
In this article, we explain the most common causes.
Booking.com may apply promotions automatically
Booking.com offers different promotions and discounts that may change the price displayed to travellers.
For example:
Genius,
mobile discounts,
automatic promotions,
geo rates,
commercial campaigns,
country-specific discounts,
or temporary promotions offered by the platform.
In many cases, these promotions may be active even if they have not been configured directly from AvaiBook.
For this reason, we recommend regularly checking the promotions that are active directly on Booking.com.
Child rates and occupancy-based pricing
Booking.com may generate price differences depending on:
occupancy,
number of guests,
children,
supplements,
or specific child rate settings.
This may cause the amount displayed on Booking.com to differ from the base price configured in AvaiBook.
👉 See: “Booking.com child rates: how to identify, remove or convert them into an independent rate plan”
Currency conversion and taxes
Booking.com may apply:
currency conversions,
taxes,
VAT,
fees,
or automatic rounding.
For this reason, the price displayed publicly may differ from the amount sent from AvaiBook.
This does not necessarily mean that the final booking price is incorrect.
Unsynchronised rates or non-XML rate plans
In some cases, Booking.com may have:
unsynchronised rate plans,
independent rates,
or settings that are not managed from AvaiBook.
These rates may change the price displayed on Booking.com even when the main prices are being synchronised correctly.
👉 See: “Booking.com child rates: how to identify, remove or convert them into an independent rate plan”
Changes may take a few minutes to update
After changing prices in AvaiBook, Booking.com may need a few additional minutes to update the information displayed in the listing.
During this time:
previous prices may still be displayed,
temporary differences may appear,
or calculations may not yet have been updated.
Settings active directly on Booking.com
Some settings configured directly on Booking.com may also affect the price displayed.
For example:
promotions,
discounts,
supplements,
occupancy settings,
child policies,
or commercial restrictions.
Recommendations to avoid price differences
To maintain a more stable configuration, we recommend:
Managing your main rates from AvaiBook
Regularly reviewing active promotions on Booking.com
Checking child rates and occupancy settings
Reviewing unsynchronised rate plans
Waiting a few minutes after making price changes