Before mapping to Expedia
Before you start mapping to Expedia, ensure you:
Connect the channel Expedia in your Channel Manager.
Connect “Siteminder RDX” in Expedia’s extranet.
Create your room types and rate plans in Expedia’s extranet. Set up settings such as room type details, occupancy settings, and extra person charges. Wait for at least 60 minutes for your Channel Manager to retrieve the rates from Expedia, before you start mapping your rates.
Identify all the Expedia rate types you need to map: Log in to Expedia Partner Central. Make a list of all your active rate plans, including Hotel Collect and Expedia Collect rate types (common with Expedia Traveler Preference model), and any package rates, linked rates, or derived rates
Check what inventory types are supported for each Expedia channel rate
Map to Expedia
To map your room rates to Expedia, follow these steps. Make sure you map the one room rate in Little Hotelier to all available Expedia rate types:
Go to Channel Manager > Channels > Expedia.
In the Rooms & Rates tab, click on Map to Expedia on the channel manager room rate you want to map to.
Select the channel room rate to map from the Map to drop-down list.
To start inventory updates to Expedia, click “Yes” to Start updating channel.
Select the corresponding channel rate from the Mapped to drop-down menu.
Update any additional settings for the channel rate. Some settings such as extra adult rate will need to be updated via Expedia’s extranet directly.
Click Save.
Map each additional channel rate (all Expedia Collect and Hotel Collect types, and any standard, package, derived, linked)
Click on the same rate > Map to Expedia.
Select a different rate type from the dropdown.
Use the same settings as your first mapping.
Click Save.
⚠️ Important: Make sure you map the one room rate in Little Hotelier to all available Expedia rate types, including sell/net rates rates for Expedia Collect and Hotel Collect, Package, Derived, and Linked rates, to ensure reservations are delivered correctly and that availability, rates, and restrictions are sent to the channel. The additional rate types receive inventory updates from the main rate only when mapped.
Map all rate types
Each room rate on Expedia can exist as multiple rate types. After mapping your main rate, repeat the mapping for each of the remaining rate types against the same Little Hotelier room rate:
Return to Channel Manager > Channels > Expedia > Rooms & Rates.
Find the same Channel Manager rate again > select Map to Expedia
Select a different rate type from the dropdown
Use the same settings as your first mapping
Click Save
Repeat for all rate types (all Hotel Collect and Expedia collect rates, plus any derived, linked, or package rates)
Notes:
If you apply a stop sell via Expedia’s extranet, you will have to manually remove it from Expedia’s extranet, as Little Hotelier will not be able to override/remove it when mapping.
Expedia Rates supports two rate acquisitions plans, "Sell" and "Net". If you are seeing incorrect prices on Expedia when mapped, check and confirm that the rate type (net or sell) is correct on Expedia.
About mapping to Expedia with the ETP business model
With the Expedia Traveller Preference (ETP) and Expedia Collect business models, one room rate can be sold in several different ways on Expedia. You need to map all of these rate types to your single Little Hotelier room rate to ensure reservations and availability are delivered correctly and that availability, rates, and restrictions are sent to the channel. The additional rate types receive inventory updates from the main rate only when mapped. Unmapped rates can lead to overbookings and missed reservations.
Understand Expedia rate types
An example of the different rate types you could have with Expedia:
Main rate (Sell or Net) — Expedia Collect or Hotel Collect: The rate you manage directly. Little Hotelier sends rates, availability, stop sell, CTA, CTD, minimum stay, and maximum stay to this rate on Expedia. Note: you may see "Net rate" instead of "Sell rate" if you're set up with this rate type on Expedia.
Package rate (Expedia Collect): Packages on Expedia are a price-bundle deal consisting of products, services, and extras — from flights, car rentals, and insurance, to tours and other activities. Pricing and restrictions are derived from the main rate and are managed by Expedia directly.
Derived or linked rates (Expedia Collect): Rates that inherit their pricing and restrictions from the main rate. Expedia manages the pricing and restrictions directly.
You may have a Hotel Collect main rate and separate Expedia Collect rates (sell, package, derived, or linked) for the same room. All of these need to be mapped individually.
➕ For example: On Expedia, you have a standard double room rate sold in the following ways:
Standard double room - SellRate - Hotel Collect
Standard double room - Derived - Expedia Collect
Standard double room - Package - Expedia Collect
Standard double room - Linked - Expedia Collect
In Little Hotelier, you have only one room rate: Standard double room.
You don't need to create four separate room rates: instead just map all four Expedia rate types to this single room rate.
Update your mapping after a business model change
Did you change your pricing model on Expedia? If the business model is changed, for example, changed from Expedia Traveller Preference (ETP) to Expedia Collect (EC), then the mapping will no longer sync. This requires our support team's assistance to update your pricing model settings. Your Expedia pricing model must match your settings in your Channel Manager.
Once our support team has updated the business model, you need to re-map all room rates:
Disconnect the current mapping:
Go to My apps > Channel Manager > Channels
Click on Expedia > Configure
Click on the Channel Rate name and select Disconnect from channel
Click Disconnect
Re-map the rate:
Then, click Map to Expedia for each room rate previously disconnected
Select the correct Expedia rate from the dropdown
Set Start updating channel to Yes
Click Save
Important: Even if there are no warning messages, if any changes to your rate setup are made (such as change to business model), you must re-save your mapping to ensure inventory updates are sent correctly to Expedia.
Check inventory data supported/not supported for each Expedia rate
Expedia may not support inventory updates for some rate types, such as packages and linked and derived rates. This is because packages and linked/derived rate plans are derived from the main rate, and can only be managed directly via Expedia.
Go to My Apps > Channel Manager > Channels > Expedia > Rooms & Rates.
Click on an existing Expedia rate > click Configure.
Supported inventory types will show in green.
Inventory types not supported will show in red. These inventory types are not supported for the rate type and are managed by Expedia directly. You must still map them.
Rates, availability or restrictions not syncing to Expedia for a certain room rate? Check the inventory data supported/not supported for each Expedia rate.
Why do I need to map a rate if it doesn't support inventory updates?
Some Expedia rate types — such as package, derived, and linked rates — do not accept inventory updates from your Channel Manager because they inherit their pricing and restrictions from the main sell rate and are managed by Expedia directly.
Even when a channel rate shows all inventory types as not supported, you still need to map it. Mapping is required for reservation processing. If the rate is not mapped, reservations made on unmapped rate types (such as package, derived, or linked rates) will not be delivered to Little Hotelier and inventory updates will not be sent to the additional rate types. This can lead to missed reservations and overbookings. The additional rate types receive inventory updates from the main rate only when mapped.
Note: Set Continue updating channel to Yes even for rates that do not support inventory updates.
Rate multiplier for Expedia
For Expedia, a rate multiplier can be set either at channel level for all channel rates, or at rate level for specific channel rates. When a rate multiplier is set, all of your associated rates in your Channel Manager will be multiplied by a specified value before they are sent to Expedia.
For example, you can enter 0.8 to send 80% of the rate, or 1.2 to send 120% of it.
The amount displayed on the Inventory grid will not include the rate multiplier.