How we work with locations

We define a location as a branch or office where car rentals are available. These locations may include settings such as airport terminals, off-site areas, or downtown/city locales.

In order to obtain and update locations, we require the following essential information:

• Internal Office IDs: A mapping of company’s internal office IDs for all locations

• Non-Airport Locations: Office ID, latitude/longitude coordinates, and country code

• Airport Locations: Office ID, IATA codes, and country codes

We highly recommend including the following information as well:

• Localized Address: An address customized to the specific destination market

• Location Identifier: Indicates if it’s a downtown or airport location

Location information can be provided of any of the following formats:

• CSV

• XML

• JSON

Location Information Examples

AIRPORT

{

    "address": "Serviced By Europcar, Paphos International Airport, Paphos",

    "airport": true,

    "city": false,

    "railway": false,

    "city_iata_code": "PFO",

    "city_name": "Paphos",

    "country_code": "CY",

    "country_name": "Cyprus",

    "iata_code": "PFO",

    "latitude": 34.716667,

    "longitude": 32.483333,

    "office_id": "100",

    "office_name": "Paphos - Airport",

    "postal_code": "”,

  },

CITY

{

    "address": "Avda Antartida Argentina 821, Buenos Aires, C1104aat",

    "airport": false,

    "city": true,

    "railway": false,

    "city_iata_code": "",

    "city_name": "Buenos Aires",

    "country_code": "AR",

    "country_name": "Argentina",

    "latitude": -34.7923472,

    "longitude": -58.2091196,

    "office_id": "10008",

    "office_name": "Puerto Madero",

    "postal_code": "C1104AAT",

  },

RAILWAY/TRAIN

{

    "address": "Suite 46 Evans Bus Centre, Bolton, Bl32nz",

    "airport": false,

    "city": false,

    "railway": true,

    "city_iata_code": "",

    "city_name": "Bolton",

    "country_code": "GB",

    "country_name": "United Kingdom",

    "latitude": 53.794,

    "longitude": -2.245,

    "office_id": "100928",

    "office_name": "Burnley Central Railway",

    "postal_code": "BL32NZ",

  },

Location Configuration

When a user searches for a downtown location, Skyscanner will query your API to retrieve and display data for multiple office locations near the user's specified pick-up location.

Skyscanner will query your API multiple times using the office ID. In return, our system receives information on available cars near the user's pick-up location.

Please be aware that we will implement a 'Max Query' limit to regulate the number of times we call your API per user search. This ensures efficient utilization while maintaining a smooth user experience.

Kindly provide us with the unique values of office IDs if your rates API accommodates radius search functionality for a single office.