Update 25th November, 2025: Skyscanner has introduced a new US/CA pricing rule that requires partners to clearly separate mandatory fees from taxes—showing prices excluding taxes—and partners who don’t provide this clean breakdown may appear less competitive or be removed from those markets.
Introduction
Partners must provide the total price the user will pay, including, but not limited to:
Room cost
VAT
City Tax
Resort Fees
Destination Taxes
Service Charges (i.e. cleaning fee, transportation fee, any fee tied directly to the hotel – not location taxes)
Payment Fees
Prices will be shown differently according to the different markets.
New: There are now three price display policies (previously two), plus a special rule for US/CA users. Previously, CA belonged in the "Prices exclude all taxes and fees" group. It now uses "Prices excluding taxes."
Price Display Policies by Market
1. Prices exclude all taxes and fees
Applicable markets:
AR, BO, BR, CL, CO, CR, CU, DO, EC, GT, HN, MX, NI, PA, PY, PE, PR, SV, UY, VE, IN
Only the net price (room-only) will be displayed.
Taxes and fees are not included in the shown price.
User-visible copy:Taxes and fees not included.
*New: CA has been removed from this list because it now uses the new “Prices excluding taxes” policy.
2. New: Prices excluding taxes
Applicable markets:
United States
Canada
The price shown must include the base room price and all mandatory fees (e.g., resort fees, destination fees, service fees). All mandatory fees must be passed separately from taxes. Partners should not combine tax and fee components under a single fee label.
Taxes must be excluded from the displayed price.
User-visible copy:
Prices excluding taxes
3. Prices include all taxes and fees
Applicable markets:
All markets not listed under (1) or (2).
The price shown must include all taxes and fees, regardless of whether they are paid via the website or at the accommodation.
User-visible copy:
All taxes and fees included
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New: US/CA Special Policy
Old rule: "prices must include all taxes and fees for all users in the US."
New rule: Users physically located in the US or CA, or who have manually selected US/CA as their market, will now always see:
Prices excluding taxes (base + mandatory fees)
This overrides the former rule where US users saw fully tax-inclusive pricing.
In some cases on the app, US/CA device locale may also result in "Prices excluding taxes."
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Price Breakdown Example
As an example:
Net price: $100
City tax: $20 (paid at accommodation)
Resort fee: $10 (paid at accommodation)
Other taxes: $20 (paid via the website)
The total cost displayed will be $150
$120 paid via the website
$30 paid at the accommodation
API Expectations
Skyscanner requires a Net and Total price field through the API as well as a breakdown of the various fees charged (as listed above). This is not currently mandatory, but providing it allows Skyscanner to show a detailed price breakdown to users in the future.
If a partner is not able to provide the appropriate prices in any given market, they will not be displayed in that market.
NEW enforcement:
If partners fail to provide a clean breakdown in US/CA, Skyscanner will show total price instead — making them appear less competitive.
API Structure Examples
When prices exclude all taxes and fees:
{
"results": {
"hotels": [...],
"price_includes": []
}
}
When prices include all taxes and fees:
{
"results": {
"hotels": [...],
"price_includes": ["vat", "city_tax", "other_taxes"]
}
}
The applied price policy will be determined at query level. It is common to all results returned and based on the user’s selected market or hotel location (in the case of the US).
NEW: For the new Prices excluding taxes category, "price_includes" must cover mandatory fees but exclude tax.
Display Examples
Examples of how pricing appears across different markets, using Booking.com as the partner and a hotel in Florence as the case study:
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Argentinian market (taxes excluded):
Net price shown.
Label: Taxes and fees not included.
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Australian market (all taxes included):
Total price shown.
Label: All taxes and fees included.
-
United States market (NEW: Prices excluding taxes)
Base price + mandatory fees
Label: Prices excluding taxes
Ex: Argentinian market (Taxes and fees not included)
Ex: Australian market (All taxes and fees included)
Ex: United States market(Prices excluding taxes)
Enforcement
Skyscanner will conduct regular price accuracy testing.
Failure to comply with the price policy will result in immediate removal from any affected market until the partner is able to meet the requirements.
NEW:
In US/CA markets, partners who cannot provide correct fee/tax separation may have all-in prices displayed instead — reducing competitiveness.
Summary of Requirements for Partners
Provide Net and Total price fields
Ensure price display complies with the relevant market policy
Include all applicable fees and (if required) taxes
Support the new “Prices excluding taxes” requirements for US/CA
Optionally provide a breakdown of all fees (strongly encouraged)
Display labels to users clearly
Maintain price accuracy — non-compliance results in delisting
Ensure clean separation of fees vs taxes for US/CA to avoid penalties