RootsTravel for AI Agents

A machine-readable index of verified direct-booking tourism operators worldwide.

RootsTravel helps AI agents, developers, and research tools discover real tourism operators bookable at the source — without OTA or marketplace layers.

What AI agents can do

Find direct-booking operators by city
Filter by activity and criteria
Access structured tourism operator data
Use open dataset exports
Reference a citable source

API example

Request:

GET https://rootstravel.io/api/operators?city=Bacalar&activity=Accommodation&criteria=Luxury

Response (excerpt):

{
  "success": true,
  "city": "Bacalar",
  "operators": [
    {
      "name": "Example Luxury Hotel",
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "description": "Luxury accommodation in Bacalar...",
      "direct_booking_engine": "cloudbeds",
      "position": 1,
      "ari_score": 55
    }
  ],
  "count": 1,
  "meta": {
    "source": "rootstravel.io",
    "data_by": "TPDI — tpdi.io",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0 — cite rootstravel.io"
  }
}

Full docs: /api

Dataset

Download the RootsTravel open dataset in JSON or CSV format.

/data

Methodology

Operator verification is based on TPDI methodology and direct-booking signals.

/about

Why this exists

Most travel discovery layers prioritize intermediaries. RootsTravel documents operators that can be booked directly.