Native MCP server · Airbnb + Booking + Vrbo + Google · OAuth 2.1
Give your AI agent live accommodation data — one MCP server.
The open-source Airbnb MCP servers are single-platform, unauthenticated, and unmaintained. ScoutingAPI’s native MCP server puts seven read-only tools — search, availability, price, cross-OTA compare, reviews — across Airbnb, Booking, Vrbo, and Google Hotels behind one OAuth-secured URL, billed on one balance.
Add mcp.scoutingapi.com to Claude, Cursor, or n8n · 100 credits free, no card · failed or empty tool calls cost 0 credits
POST https://mcp.scoutingapi.com · tool: search_stays
{
"location": "Sibenik, HR",
"checkIn": "2026-07-13", "checkOut": "2026-07-20",
"adults": 2, "children": 2,
"platforms": ["airbnb", "vrbo", "booking"]
}{
"data": [
{ "id": "stays_airbnb_42307961", "platform": "airbnb",
"name": "Seafront villa near Sibenik with pool", "propertyType": "villa",
"guestRating": 4.92, "ratingScale": 5,
"price": { "currency": "EUR", "totalPrice": 2625, "nights": 7 } },
{ "id": "stays_vrbo_5663861ha", "platform": "vrbo",
"name": "Awesome home in Pirovac with swimming pool", "propertyType": "house",
"guestRating": 4.8, "ratingScale": 5,
"price": { "currency": "EUR", "totalPrice": 2450, "nights": 7 } },
{ "id": "stays_booking_abramovic2", "platform": "booking",
"name": "Apartments Abramovic 2", "propertyType": "apartment",
"guestRating": 9.4, "ratingScale": 10,
"price": { "currency": "EUR", "totalPrice": 2122, "nights": 7 } }
],
"meta": {
"platforms": ["airbnb", "vrbo", "booking"], "creditsCharged": 15, "currency": "EUR",
"platformResults": [
{ "platform": "airbnb", "status": "ok", "count": 1 },
{ "platform": "vrbo", "status": "ok", "count": 1 },
{ "platform": "booking", "status": "ok", "count": 1 }
]
}
}Show, don’t sell
Seven read-only tools. One OAuth-secured server.
This is an actual search_stays tool result over the native MCP server — an Airbnb villa, a Vrbo house, and a Booking hotel in one array. Every tool below is read-only, annotated for Connectors, and validated by the same parsers the REST API uses, so a bad argument returns the same typed error.
search_staysDiscover properties by location, dates, occupancy & filters across every platform; prices embedded when dates are given.
check_availabilityDay-by-day availability for known listing(s) on one platform over a date range.
get_listingFull detail — amenities, photos, host, ratings — for one listing, with optional live price.
get_priceA price quote for one listing for specific dates and occupancy.
compare_pricesCross-OTA price comparison for one property (Google backbone); returns offers + computed min/median.
get_reviewsNormalized, paginated reviews for one listing on one platform.
get_jobPoll status and results of an async scrape job — always costs 0 credits.
The seven tools map 1:1 to the seven REST endpoints and return the same unified schema — so an agent gets the identical object shape for a short-term rental and a hotel. Every tool is read-only (no bookings, no writes), OAuth-scoped, and metered on your one credit balance; a failed or empty call costs 0 credits.
Self-serve access
Add one URL. Sign in with OAuth. Done.
No cloning a repo, no managing API keys inside your agent, no per-platform servers to stitch together. Add mcp.scoutingapi.com as a remote server or Connector, sign in once with OAuth 2.1 / PKCE, and every tool call is authenticated and metered on your account.
100 free credits — no credit card
Enough to wire the server into your agent and test every tool against real responses before you decide anything.
scout_test_ sandbox at zero cost
Point the server at your sandbox key for deterministic fixtures while you build the agent — zero spend.
One balance for every tool & platform
OAuth resolves your account and meters each call on one credit ledger — no separate billing per platform or per tool.
- 1Get your free key
- 2Add mcp.scoutingapi.com + OAuth
- 3Let the agent call the tools
The trust wedge
An MCP server you can put in production.
An agent is only as reliable as its tools. Open-source MCP servers scrape one site with no SLA and no auth. We run a product — monitoring, multi-actor failover, retries, caching, and OAuth — behind one contract.
99.9% monthly uptime SLA
Committed on the ScoutingAPI response envelope and published on a public status page. Multi-actor failover, retries, and caching sit behind one server.
Failed tool calls cost 0 credits
A blocked or unreachable upstream returns a typed upstream_unavailable (or meta.partial) and we charge nothing — so a flaky platform never runs up your agent’s bill.
OAuth 2.1 / PKCE, read-only
Every tool is read-only (no bookings, no writes) and scoped by an OAuth access token — Connectors-ready, with the token → account → billing bridge handled server-side.
Connect in five minutes
Add it to Claude, Cursor, or n8n.
Add the server URL to your MCP client and sign in with OAuth — the seven tools appear automatically. Same server, same tools, any client.
{
"mcpServers": {
"scoutingapi": {
"url": "https://mcp.scoutingapi.com",
"transport": "http"
}
}
}mcp.scoutingapi.com speaks Streamable HTTP with OAuth 2.1 / PKCE, so it works as a remote server in Claude Desktop and Cursor and as a custom Connector in Claude. The tools are advertised with human titles and read-only hints (a Connectors requirement), so agents pick the right one.
The honest comparison
Accommodation MCP: open-source repo, bolt-on, hotel-only, or ScoutingAPI?
| Capability | ScoutingAPI MCP | Open-source MCP (openbnb Airbnb) | Scraper + bolt-on MCP (Apify) | Hotel API MCP (LiteAPI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform coverage | Airbnb, Booking, Vrbo & Google — one server | Airbnb only | One platform per actor | Hotels only (no Airbnb / Vrbo) |
| Tools | 7 read-only, Connectors-annotated | A few, unannotated | Per-actor, varies | Hotel search / book |
| Auth | OAuth 2.1 / PKCE | None (runs locally, unauthenticated) | API token per actor | API key |
| Billing | One credit balance, metered server-side | n/a (you run it) | Pay-per-result per actor | Hotel booking economics |
| Reliability | 99.9% SLA, status page, failover | None — community-maintained | None (~86% success, no SLA) | Vendor-dependent |
| Failed-call billing | Free — 0 credits | n/a | You pay per attempt | n/a |
| Cross-OTA price-compare | Yes — compare_prices, min/median | No | No | No |
| Setup | Add one URL + OAuth sign-in | Clone repo, run locally, self-host | Bolt MCP onto each actor | API integration (hotels) |
The honest read: the open-source Airbnb MCP servers are a great demo but single-platform, unauthenticated, and unmaintained; a scraper’s bolt-on MCP inherits its per-actor, pay-per-attempt shape; hotel-API MCPs skip short-term rentals entirely. ScoutingAPI is the first purpose-built accommodation MCP — every platform, seven read-only tools, OAuth, one balance, an SLA.
Built for real agents
What builders ship on the accommodation MCP.
Not “an MCP demo” — the agent workflows a specific builder recognizes, across hotels and short-term rentals.
Trip-planning agents
Let a Claude or Cursor agent find and compare stays for a destination and dates across every platform — one server, seven tools, no per-platform glue.
Sourcing & research agents
Hand the agent search + compare_prices and it assembles a ranked, sourced shortlist with the cheapest cross-OTA rate per property.
n8n & workflow automations
Wire check_availability or compare_prices into an n8n workflow that watches listings and fires alerts — no code, OAuth-secured.
Budget-aware booking research
The agent uses compare_prices to stay under a budget and get_reviews to sanity-check quality before it recommends anything.
RAG over live accommodation data
Ground an assistant in current listings, availability, and prices — live tool calls instead of a stale scraped dump.
Connector-based internal tools
Add the server as a Claude Connector for your team so everyone’s agent shares one authenticated, metered accommodation tool.
Answers
Accommodation MCP server — frequently asked questions
The questions agent builders actually search — answered in full, with FAQ structured data for rich results.
Give your agent the accommodation tools it’s missing.
100 credits, no credit card. Add mcp.scoutingapi.com to Claude, Cursor, or n8n in under five minutes.
Seven read-only tools · OAuth 2.1 / PKCE · failed tool calls cost 0 credits