RSS (or Really Simple Syndication) feeds are sources of content from websites, including Kayak.com, containing summarized information and links back to the full articles. RSS is an easy way for you to be alerted when content that interests you appears on your favorite websites.
As described below, we offer a variety of RSS feeds. If you'd like to see us provide other travel-related feeds, please let us know.
If you are a Kayak affiliate using Linkshare, request any of the RSS feeds below with &src=ls (or &src=lsuk for UK affiliates). This will wrap the links in the feed for use through Linkshare.
The base URL for the Kayak deals RSS feed is http://www.travelsearch.com/h/rss/deals
| Parameter Name | Presence | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| n | Optional | Maximum number of results to return (limit is 20). | n=20 |
| cat | Optional | Deal category of results to return. |
The base URL for the Kayak origin-based RSS feeds is http://www.travelsearch.com/h/rss/buzz?. The table below shows each of the arguments which can be used to qualify it. You can see the corresponding HTML page at http://www.travelsearch.com/h/buzz/view? using the same arguments.
| Parameter Name | Presence | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| code | Required | 3 letter IATA code for your origin airport. If omitted, we will attempt to determine the nearest airport based on your IP address. | code=BOS |
| t | Optional | Trip Idea id of trip idea you want to show prices for, if not specified you will get the Kayak top 25. | t=161 |
| tm | Optional | Travel month for which you want to see prices. Default is the cheapest month. YYYYMM format. | tm=200612 |
| mc | Optional | 3 letter currency code you want to display prices in. Default is currency of site's country. | |
| rc | Optional | Region code to which you wish to limit results. | |
| max | Optional | Max price in whole units of currency specified via mc parameter. |
Here are some examples.
The base URL for the Kayak destination-based RSS feeds is http://www.travelsearch.com/h/rss/buzzto?. The table below shows each of the arguments which can be used to qualify it.
| Parameter Name | Presence | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| code | Required | 3 letter IATA code for your destination airport | code=BOS |
| tm | Optional | Travel month for which you want to see prices. Default is the cheapest month. YYYYMM format. | tm=200612 |
| mc | Optional | 3 letter currency code you want to display prices in. Default is currency of site's country. |
The base URL for the Kayak airport-to-airport based RSS feeds is http://www.travelsearch.com/h/rss/fare?. The table below shows each of the arguments which can be used to qualify it. You can see the corresponding HTML page at http://www.travelsearch.com/h/buzz/view?dt=A using the same arguments.
| Parameter Name | Presence | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| code | Required | 3 letter IATA code for your origin airport. If omitted, we will attempt to determine the nearest airport based on your IP address. | code=SFO |
| dest | Required | 3 letter IATA code for your destination airport (up to 5 can be specified separated by commas) | code=BOS,PVD,MHT |
| tm | Optional | Travel month for which you want to see prices. Default is the cheapest month. YYYYMM format. | tm=200612 |
| mc | Optional | 3 letter currency code you want to display prices in. Default is currency of site's country. |
Here are some examples.
The base URL for the Kayak destination-based RSS feeds is http://www.travelsearch.com/h/rss/hotelrss/COUNTRY_CODE[/STATE_CODE]/CITY_NAME. The table below shows each of the arguments which can be used to qualify it.
| Parameter Name | Presence | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| max | Optional | Max number of results to return (limit is 20) | max=5 |
| stars | Optional | Only show hotels with a minimum star rating of this value. | stars=3 |
| maxstars | Optional | Only show hotels with a maximum star rating of this value. | maxstars=3 |
| sort | Optional | Sort order. One of: cost (default), recentprice (descending), name, memberrating, webrating | sort=name |
| diversity | Optional | If set to 1, show the lowest price for each star rating first. This ensures that you will get a variety of quality hotels. | diversity=1 |
| zero | Optional | If set to OK, allow results with no recent price to be returned. Good for small markets with few hotels and few searches. | zero=ok |
| mc | Optional | 3 letter currency code you want to display prices in. Default is currency of site's country. |
Here are some examples:
The base URL for the Kayak destination-based RSS feeds is http://www.travelsearch.com/h/rss/singlehotel?hid=[HID]. The table below shows each of the arguments which can be used to qualify it.
| Parameter Name | Presence | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| hid | Required | Hotel ID from our database | 64677 (Bellagio) |
Here are some examples:
