How We Built a White-Label Travel Portal Using Real-Time APIs

This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Rayds Services Limited

Intro:
Building a travel booking platform from scratch sounds complex — and it is. But with today’s API ecosystem, developers can connect real-time hotel, flight, and activity data without reinventing the wheel.

At Rayds.org
, we focused on creating a white-label travel portal that combines multiple supplier APIs like TBO, Tripjack, and GRN — giving agencies instant access to real-time inventory under their own brand.

What We Solved:
🔗 Unified data from multiple travel APIs
📍 Mapped hotels using latitude & longitude
🧠 Created dynamic hotel search with caching and filtering
💰 Added custom markups for agents and resellers
🧩 Used PHP + MySQL backend with API orchestration

Tech Stack We Used:
Backend: PHP (procedural structure for easy integration)
Database: MySQL
API Integration: TBO, Tripjack, GRN (JSON-based REST APIs)
Caching: CloudFront + S3 for image and data caching
Frontend: Bootstrap + JS

Lessons Learned:
Mapping data from multiple APIs is harder than it looks — names, coordinates, and addresses often vary.
A caching layer (like AWS CloudFront) improves API performance drastically.
Always store raw API logs for debugging.

Conclusion:
If you’re planning to build a scalable travel-tech SaaS, focus on modular API integration and data mapping early on. Once that’s stable, adding new suppliers or services becomes effortless.

💬 Want to learn more about API-based travel solutions?
Visit Rayds.org
– where we’re simplifying travel technology for developers and agenc #api, #php, #traveltech, #saas, #startup

This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Rayds Services Limited

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