# Mews Booking Engine Guide

Welcome to the online documentation for the **Mews Booking Engine**. We're here to guide you through the process of integrating the Mews Booking Engine into your website, so your guests can create reservations in your properties directly in **Mews Operations**. You can do this in one of three ways:

* [Booking Engine Standalone](/booking-engine-guide/booking-engine-standalone.md)\
  Redirect to a standalone booking page hosted by Mews
* [Booking Engine Widget](/booking-engine-guide/booking-engine-widget.md)\
  Embed a JavaScript widget into your own website
* [Booking Engine API](/booking-engine-guide/booking-engine-api.md)\
  Create your own custom booking engine using the Booking Engine API

Not sure which option is right for you? See [Ways to integrate](/booking-engine-guide/faq/ways-to-integrate.md). If you need further assistance, or have any questions or special requests, please open a ticket from Mews Operations via our Mews Digital Assistant.

> #### Terminology
>
> You may see reference to the term *Distributor*, either in the Guide, in URLs or in code snippets, this is the old name for the *Mews Booking Engine* before it was re-branded. So if you see *Distributor*, this is synonymous with *Mews Booking Engine*. For a full description of all the terms used in the Guide, see the [Mews Glossary for Open API users](/getting-started/glossary.md).

> #### Changes to this Guide
>
> * For the history of changes to the Guide, see the [Changelog](/booking-engine-guide/changelog.md)
> * For important information on deprecations in the API, see [Deprecations](/booking-engine-guide/booking-engine-api/deprecations.md)
> * To track changes and updates to any part of the Guide, you can follow the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/MewsSystems/open-api-docs)


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