Booking a Hotel Directly Through Lato

In Lato, you can book a hotel directly within the platform — search available properties, view real‑time room rates and availability, select your preferred rooms, and complete the reservation without leaving your itinerary workflow. This guide walks you through each step of hotel booking in Lato so you can secure stays quickly and efficiently for your trips.

Feature Advantages

• You can book hotels directly in Lato using our RateHawk bedbank integration. Simply search for any hotel you’d like to book and add it to your trip itinerary.

• There are no additional fees when booking through Lato compared to RateHawk.

• Additionally, you can use RateHawk’s hotel content, including images and details, in your trip itineraries - even if RateHawk is not configured. However, booking functionality requires RateHawk to be fully set up.

• Whether you’re looking to book, or just add hotel content to your itineraries, RateHawk in Lato makes it easy to enhance your travel planning.

Getting Started with RateHawk Bookings

Complete Setup

Follow our step-by-step guide to configure the RateHawk API.

Without this setup, you can still use hotel content, but booking will not be possible.

Search for Accommodations

Once RateHawk is configured, go to the Booking menu in Lato.

1. Enter the destination or accommodation name

2. Select your preferred check-in and check-out dates

3. Specify the number of guests and rooms

4. Click on “Search”

View and Book

Browse the available hotels and select any hotel to view its details.

1. On the “Select rooms…” menu, choose your desired room type

2. Click on “Review Selection”

3. Proceed to “Enter Guest Details” to finalise the reservation