We're launching a B2C travel booking website and need an experienced developer to build a professional platform with flight/hotel search, booking, payment integration, and admin panel.
Core Features RequiredCustomer Portal (B2C)
Flight Booking: Real-time search, filters, multi-city/round-trip, seat selection, e-ticket generation
Hotel Booking: Search by destination/dates, filters, room selection, voucher generation
Payment Gateway: Stripe + secure payment processing, PCI DSS compliant
User Features: Registration, login, profile, booking history, email notifications
Admin Panel
Dashboard with sales analytics and reports
Booking management (view, edit, cancel, refund)
Customer database
Financial management (transactions, commissions, revenue tracking)
Settings (markup, emails, taxes, API credentials)
Content management (pages, banners, FAQs)
Technical Requirements
Responsive design (mobile-first)
SSL/HTTPS, PCI DSS compliant
Page load 3 seconds
Cloud hosting setup (AWS/DigitalOcean)
SEO optimized
Google Analytics integration
CRITICAL: We Need Your API RecommendationWe have NOT chosen a travel API yet. We want YOUR expert recommendation.Our Requirements:
Market: North America-based, worldwide destinations
Inventory: Global flights (including low-cost carriers) + 500K+ hotels
Pricing: Competitive with major OTAs (Expedia, )
Cost: Low upfront fees, deposit or pay-per-booking model preferred
IATA: NOT required (we don't have accreditation)
Uptime: 99.5%+ SLA, 3sec response times
Contract duration of 3 to 6 months. with 40 hours per week.
Mandatory skills: API, PHP, Web Development, JavaScript, CSS, API Integration, MySQL