Airbnb Experiences API
An Activities API for Experiences exists inside Airbnb's developer program, covering listings, pricing, availability, bookings, and messaging. Access is invitation only via the Preferred Software Partner program, effectively closed to unsolicited applicants. No public docs or sandbox.
Frequently asked questions
Airbnb Experiences scores C+ on the API Report Card. An Activities API for Experiences exists inside Airbnb's developer program, covering listings, pricing, availability, bookings, and messaging. Access is invitation only via the Preferred Software Partner program, effectively closed to unsolicited applicants. No public docs or sandbox.
Airbnb Experiences has an official API, but teams routinely hit its limits: gated access, partial coverage, or paid tiers. Most end up supplementing it with exports or an unofficial API layer like Supergood.
Airbnb Experiences is the activities and tours marketplace inside Airbnb that lets local hosts sell guided activities, workshops, classes, food tours, adventure outings, wellness sessions, and 'Airbnb Originals' (celebrity- or expert-hosted experiences) to Airbnb travelers and locals.
Vertical: misc (closest Supergood neighbor is POS/Hospitality, but the product is fundamentally a consumer two-sided travel marketplace, not vertical operations software). A local host in Lisbon publishes a 3-hour Fado-and-wine walking experience on Airbnb Experiences, sets pricing at €55/seat with a max group of 8, and links a recurring weekly calendar.
Airbnb the parent company is genuinely ubiquitous (5M+ hosts, 2B+ guest arrivals lifetime, ~$11B 2024 revenue, NASDAQ: ABNB ~$80B market cap).
Partially.
Airbnb the company was founded in 2008 in San Francisco; Airbnb Experiences launched in November 2016 as part of the 'Trips' initiative; the product was significantly scaled back during the 2020 pandemic restructuring and effectively put on maintenance for ~4 years before being relaunched in spring 2025 at the 2025 Summer Release event under CEO Brian Chesky's app-overhaul push.
Partner API access is invitation-only and effectively closed to unsolicited applicants; independent developers and most channel-manager startups cannot get in regardless of technical readiness. Approved partners must pass a recurring data-security and API-quality review; failure or change of business model can result in loss of Preferred status, which is publicly listed and tied to host trust. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Viator (Tripadvisor), GetYourGuide, Klook, TripAdvisor Experiences, Expedia / Vrbo Activities, Booking.com Attractions. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.