Do the hotel results from the API come with photos and descriptions, or do I have to find all of that myself?

Yes, hotel results from the API normally come with photos and descriptions, so you do not have to go and collect that material yourself.

Most hotel APIs split the information into two parts. The search call returns prices, room names and availability, and a separate content call returns the property description, the address, the star rating, the facility list and the image links. Because the descriptive material rarely changes, it is common to pull it once and store it on your own side, then refresh it every so often. That keeps your pages loading quickly and means your search results are not waiting on a second lookup before anything appears on screen.

How good the material is depends entirely on the supplier behind each property. Some suppliers send a generous set of images with captions, room level photos and a clear write up in several languages. Others send a short paragraph, a few pictures of the lobby and nothing specific to the room your customer is actually booking. Independent and smaller properties tend to be thinner than chain hotels, and a description written for one market does not always read well for yours. You are also expected to follow the supplier's rules on how their images and text may be shown, so you cannot always crop, edit or reuse them freely.

Before you launch, pick a sample of properties in the destinations you sell most and look at what actually arrives for them, then ask which content fields are included on your plan and whether you are allowed to add your own photos or wording where the supplier's version is too thin.