Hotel rate shopper
The rate shopper built for independent hotels & rentals
A rate shopper that scans your competitive set every day across Booking.com and Airbnb. Heatmaps, comparison tables, and undercut alerts — set it up in minutes, no extranet access required.
Automated daily rate shopping
OTABot shops your competitive set every day across Booking.com and Airbnb — no spreadsheets, no manual checking. Build a real price history instead of one-off snapshots.
Market rate heatmap
See nightly competitor rates across every check-in date in a color-coded calendar. Instantly spot weekend premiums, event spikes, and soft periods worth discounting.
Undercut & drop alerts
Get an email the moment a competitor undercuts you, drops a rate, sells out, or the market shifts on a date you care about — so you can react while it still matters.
What you get
- Daily rate shopping across every Booking.com and Airbnb competitor
- Nightly rates, availability, and minimum-length-of-stay per check-in date
- Market rate heatmap calendar with daily granularity
- Rate positioning charts comparing your listing to competitors
- Side-by-side comparison tables sortable by price and gap
- Lead-time analysis: how far out competitors price each date
- Email alerts on undercuts, price drops, sell-outs, and market shifts
- Historical price trends going back months, plus an interactive map view
What is a rate shopper?
Ask any revenue manager and they will tell you: you cannot price a room well if you do not know what the room next door costs. A rate shopper is the tool that answers that question. It collects competitor nightly rates and availability across the channels travellers actually book on, then puts them in one place so you can see exactly where your price sits in the market on any given night. OTABot is a rate shopper built specifically for independent hotels and short-term rentals — it shops Booking.com and Airbnb every single day and turns the raw numbers into decisions you can act on.
Why manual rate shopping fails
Plenty of operators still “rate shop” by hand: open a few competitor listings, jot the prices into a spreadsheet, repeat next week. The problem is that the market does not wait for your spreadsheet. Competitors run last-minute drops, raise rates for a local event, tighten minimum-stay rules, and sell out — often weeks before arrival. By the time you check manually, the rate that mattered has already changed, and you have either left money on the table or lost the booking to a cheaper neighbour. Manual rate shopping also only ever gives you a single snapshot; it can never show you the trend, the lead-time behaviour, or the moment a price actually moved.
How OTABot automates rate shopping
Paste the public Booking.com or Airbnb URL of any property you want to follow — your own listing or a competitor's. OTABot shops each one daily, capturing the nightly rate, availability, and minimum-length-of-stay for every check-in date, and stores it so you build a real price history instead of a single reading. Because it reads only public listing data, you never need extranet access or a host account. The data lands in a dashboard built for fast calls: a colour-coded rate heatmap across every date, side-by-side comparison tables, lead-time analysis, and trend charts going back months. If you only want to focus on one channel, the same engine powers our Booking.com price tracker and our Airbnb rate monitor.
Turning rate data into pricing decisions
Shopping rates is only worth it if it changes what you charge. That is why OTABot shows your own rate positioned directly against the competition and sends email alerts for the moments that matter — an undercut, a sudden drop, an unexpected sell-out, or a market-wide shift on a date you depend on. Timing is everything here: most rate moves happen weeks before arrival, not days, which is exactly why daily shopping beats a weekly manual check. We dug into the numbers on when OTA prices actually change and what that means for cadence. For a hands-on walkthrough of the workflow, see our guide on how to track competitor prices on Booking.com. Start free with up to 2 listings and upgrade when you are ready for daily shopping, alerts, and full trend history — all priced in €.
Frequently asked questions
What is a hotel rate shopper?+
A rate shopper is a tool that collects competitor nightly rates and availability across booking channels so you can see where your prices sit in the market. OTABot is a rate shopper for independent hotels and short-term rentals — it scans Booking.com and Airbnb every day and surfaces the data in a dashboard with heatmaps, comparison tables, and alerts.
How often does OTABot shop competitor rates?+
OTABot shops rates daily, scanning each tracked Booking.com and Airbnb listing for nightly prices, availability, and minimum-length-of-stay across every check-in date. Paid plans also support on-demand manual rescans when you need fresh data for a time-sensitive pricing decision.
Do I need extranet access to use the rate shopper?+
No. OTABot reads only public listing data — the same rates and availability any traveller can see. You don't need a Booking.com extranet login, an Airbnb host account, or any channel-manager integration to shop competitor rates.
Can I shop my own rate alongside competitors?+
Yes. Mark a listing as your own property and OTABot displays your rate side-by-side with competitors so you can instantly see your rate positioning, spot undercuts, and reposition before you lose the booking.
What alerts can the rate shopper send?+
Configure email alerts for competitor price drops, undercuts (when a competitor goes below your rate), unusual price increases, sell-outs, and market-wide rate shifts on the check-in dates you care about most.
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Start shopping competitor rates today
Add up to 2 listings on the free plan. Upgrade anytime for daily rate shopping, undercut alerts, and full trend history — all in €.