{"product_id":"google-hotels-price-drop-alerts-apify-gmail-n8n","title":"Google Hotels Price Drop Alerts: Apify + Gmail (n8n)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eGet alerted the moment your Google Hotels shortlist drops in price—automatically (Apify + Gmail in n8n)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis n8n workflow tracks hotel prices on \u003cstrong\u003eGoogle Hotels\u003c\/strong\u003e every day and sends you an \u003cstrong\u003eemail via Gmail\u003c\/strong\u003e whenever a hotel you’re watching gets cheaper—no manual checking required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this workflow does\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRuns daily on a schedule\u003c\/strong\u003e to continuously monitor changes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUses the \u003cstrong\u003eGoogle Hotels Prices Scraper\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eApify Actor\u003c\/strong\u003e (https:\/\/apify.com\/kestrel\/google-hotels-prices) to read nightly rates and stay totals from Google Hotels, which compares multiple booking sources (e.g., Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Hotels.com, and the hotel’s own site).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDetects price drops\u003c\/strong\u003e by storing yesterday’s price per hotel using \u003cstrong\u003en8n static data\u003c\/strong\u003e (no database setup).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eApplies a \u003cstrong\u003econfigurable drop threshold\u003c\/strong\u003e (default \u003cstrong\u003e10%\u003c\/strong\u003e) to determine what counts as a meaningful decrease.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIf any monitored hotels drop, it \u003cstrong\u003eemails you the results through Gmail\u003c\/strong\u003e (you can swap the email node for another channel if desired).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eUse cases\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSaaS operators and founders\u003c\/strong\u003e tracking travel costs for upcoming trips with predictable schedules (“N days out”).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAutomation engineers\u003c\/strong\u003e using n8n to build reliable daily monitoring without maintaining a price database.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrequent travelers\u003c\/strong\u003e who shortlist specific hotels and want price-drop alerts for those exact stays.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScheduler trigger\u003c\/strong\u003e with relative dates (e.g., “30 days” → “32 days”) so the workflow doesn’t go stale.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHTTP Request\u003c\/strong\u003e node calling Apify’s \u003ccode\u003erun-sync-get-dataset-items\u003c\/code\u003e endpoint (one call can return up to \u003cstrong\u003e200 hotels\u003c\/strong\u003e).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCode\u003c\/strong\u003e node compares current results vs previous run and emits only drop events.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIF\u003c\/strong\u003e node gates the notification.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGmail\u003c\/strong\u003e node sends the email notification (upgrade path: Slack\/Telegram\/Google Sheets by replacing the last node).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUses \u003cstrong\u003esticky note\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eno op\u003c\/strong\u003e where applicable, and \u003cstrong\u003estatic data\u003c\/strong\u003e for persistence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSetup:\u003c\/strong\u003e Create an Apify account and add your API token as a header auth credential named \u003cstrong\u003eApify Header Auth\u003c\/strong\u003e (header name is provided in the template’s setup instructions).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"N8N Commerce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45916546498739,"sku":"N8N-18841","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0749\/6279\/6723\/files\/oib1lFS3zRpyAnjwXVedB_956m1ASL.png?v=1788034932","url":"https:\/\/buyflowscripts.com\/products\/google-hotels-price-drop-alerts-apify-gmail-n8n","provider":"N8N Commerce","version":"1.0","type":"link"}