Catalog only
Transport
Skyscanner Car Hire Live Prices API.
Live car-hire quote search from current day to one year ahead, using pickup and optional dropoff locations, driver age, market, locale, and currency. Use for authorized live price search, not static branch truth.
Commercial
Developer API documentation for live car-hire search and quote retrieval
Developer/commercial access and API key required
On request for live quotes; docs change on product revision
2026-05-11
Usually needs payment, partner approval, or a commercial agreement before production use.
page reference only
supplier, legal entity, branch/depot, airport terminal/floor/gate, depot type, lat/lon, vehicle class, ACRISS code, rate, taxes/fees, deposit, excess, insurance, IDP/license rule, pickup/dropoff rules, booking channel, source ID
Medium-high for discovery and context; operational reliability depends on endpoint stability.
Runtime truth
Catalog only
Not yet
No runtime entity scope yet.
No live observation ingestion yet.
Not wired into active decisions yet.
Profiled in the atlas and public pages, but not yet connected to live graph computation.
How this helps travel recommendations
Turns Thailand vehicle rental into source-backed decisions: whether the company legally exists, where pickup actually happens, whether the offer is self-drive or with-driver, what insurance/deposit terms apply, whether a motorcycle needs separate license logic, and which layer can actually prove live availability.
Endpoint and API notes
Live car-hire quote search from current day to one year ahead, using pickup and optional dropoff locations, driver age, market, locale, and currency. Use for authorized live price search, not static branch truth.
Open the source endpoint or documentation. Return to the Thailand data atlas.
Developer reference
Use Open DBD for legal rental-company identity, DLT for vehicle/license macro context, OCPB for controlled-contract rules, BOT for long-term leasing boundaries, AOT for airport counters, Booking/Expedia/Sabre/Amadeus/CarTrawler/Skyscanner for live offers where authorized, and OSM/Google/Longdo/NOSTRA for branch or shop enrichment.
Refresh weekly or when the catalog metadata changes; many agency catalogs update irregularly.
Turns Thailand vehicle rental into source-backed decisions: whether the company legally exists, where pickup actually happens, whether the offer is self-drive or with-driver, what insurance/deposit terms apply, whether a motorcycle needs separate license logic, and which layer can actually prove live availability.
Open DBD, DLT, OCPB, BOT, AOT, Drivehub, Drivemate, OSM/Overpass, Google Places, Longdo, NOSTRA, OIC, MOT road-accident datasets, ThaiRSC, and supplier/airport pages.
Example request
# Verify the documented rental endpoint before production use.
curl -L "https://developers.skyscanner.net/docs/carhire-live-prices/overview" -H "Accept: application/json"Failure modes
- There is no single all-rental Thailand API.
- A legal company record does not prove every branch, airport desk, or vehicle in stock.
- Airport counter pages show presence, not live availability or confirmed booking inventory.
- Motorcycle rental, self-drive car rental, with-driver services, peer rental, and long-term leasing need separate service models.
- Commercial booking APIs are the only reliable source for live rates, deposit, excess, and one-way fee fields.
- A vehicle class or ACRISS code often means 'or similar', not a guaranteed exact model.
- Compulsory insurance does not equal full rental protection, and contract fairness does not prove broad coverage.
- Free registration, keys, or rate limits can interrupt automated refresh.
Last checked and source confidence
Last checked: 2026-05-11.
Source confidence: Treat this profile as strongest for the exact role named above. It is weaker when the source is stretched into live availability, legal proof, or traveler-fit decisions it does not directly prove.