MVP hotel discovery layer

Search first on ZEV City.

This MVP now prioritizes BrightData Trip.com hotel listings, with tracked Trip.com handoff for partner checkout.

BrightData is the primary Trip.com source. SerpAPI Trip.com-visible filtering remains an explicit fallback only, protecting quota while we validate BrightData latency and record limits.

Primary: BrightData Trip.com Handoff: tracked Trip.com Reward: estimate only until matched

Run a search to show BrightData Trip.com listings with tracked Trip.com handoff. Use provider=serpapi only when intentionally testing the old Google Hotels visible-price fallback.

{
  "zev_city_hotel_search_mvp": {
    "status": "discovery_layer_mvp",
    "live_booking": false,
    "price_guarantee": false,
    "reward_guarantee": false,
    "user_flow": "search_on_zev_city -> brightdata_trip_com_listing -> continue_to_trip_com_partner_checkout -> match_conversion_later",
    "provider_priority": ["brightdata_trip_com_default", "stayapi_google_hotels_preview_fallback", "serpapi_trip_com_visible_filter_explicit_fallback"],
    "claim_boundary": "BrightData Trip.com prices are discovery data until partner checkout, booking confirmation, and commission matching."
  }
}