# find_hotel_by_name

Get availability and pricing for one named property. Input: the hotel name a person would type (adding the city helps when a chain has many properties) plus check-in and check-out dates -- no internal property ID needed. Returns the property's price, review score, room type and a booking link. Rates go stale within minutes. FREE TIER: ad-supported. The paid server at https://hotels.flightpowers.com/mcp adds per-country pricing, filters, and no ads.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `find_hotel_by_name`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-flightpowers-freemium-google-flights-and-booking/find-hotel-by-name

## Facts

- Tool: `find_hotel_by_name`
- Server: Free Flight and Hotel Search (no API key) (`https://lulu.flightpowers.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-flightpowers-freemium-google-flights-and-booking.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/mtnrabi/travel-agent-skills
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade C, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 6 (3 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `adults` | object | no |  |
| `children` | object | no |  |
| `currency` | object | no |  |
| `hotel_name` | string | yes |  |
| `checkin_date` | string | yes |  |
| `checkout_date` | string | yes |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "find_hotel_by_name",
    "arguments": {
      "hotel_name": "<hotel_name>",
      "checkin_date": "<checkin_date>",
      "checkout_date": "<checkout_date>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why find_hotel_by_name is rated Low

Tool retrieves hotel data without modifying or committing financial transactions; provides informational queries only.

From the tool's own definition: "Get availability and pricing for one named property. Returns the property's price, review score, room type and a booking link."

## Use case

AI agents call find_hotel_by_name to retrieve information from Free Flight and Hotel Search (no API key) without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Free Flight and Hotel Search (no API key):

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "find_hotel_by_name": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Free Flight and Hotel Search (no API key) (3)

- `search_hotels` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-flightpowers-freemium-google-flights-and-booking/search-hotels.md
- `search_oneway_flights` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-flightpowers-freemium-google-flights-and-booking/search-oneway-flights.md
- `search_roundtrip_flights` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-flightpowers-freemium-google-flights-and-booking/search-roundtrip-flights.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-flightpowers-freemium-google-flights-and-booking · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-flightpowers-freemium-google-flights-and-booking