Booking.com Review Widget for Big Cartel — Free, the Only Free Path

BlooTrue's Booking.com Review Widget for Big Cartel is a free, app-free embed that displays your Booking.com guest reviews on any Big Cartel shop — the merch store, gift-card page, or coffee-bean shop your hotel runs on Big Cartel. There is a triple gap to bridge here: Booking.com's official website widget only takes bookings and never displays reviews, Big Cartel has no native Booking.com integration, and the Big Cartel App catalog does not list a Booking.com-specific app. BlooTrue fills all three gaps as a pure HTML embed that works on every Big Cartel plan from Gold (free, 5-product) to Titanium. Every review shown comes from a verified guest — someone who booked through Booking.com and honored the booking — with real 1–5 star ratings shown as-is, no conversion. Install path: Pages editor — add a custom Page, click the Source button to switch to HTML view, paste the snippet, save. Diamond and Titanium shops can also paste into theme code (layout.html before </body>) for sitewide placement. Six widget styles with light and dark themes plus a free custom color picker. On paid plans, schema.org Review + AggregateRating JSON-LD is added to the page, which makes it eligible for star ratings in Google search results where the embed runs inline rather than inside an iframe.

How to embed Booking.com reviews on Big Cartel in 60 seconds

Paste your full Booking.com hotel URL (e.g. https://www.booking.com/hotel/your-hotel) into the BlooTrue builder on this page.
Pick a widget style and customize colors, theme, and layout.
Publish, then copy the one-line HTML embed code from the builder.
In Big Cartel admin: Pages → Add a page (or edit an existing custom Page).
Click the Source button (</>) to switch to HTML view, paste the embed, and click Save.
Optional sitewide placement (Diamond+): Customize design → Theme code → Edit code, open layout.html, paste before </body>.

Why doesn't Booking.com's own widget show reviews?

Booking.com's official website widget is built for one job: taking bookings. It embeds a booking form, not your review feed — the verified-guest reviews that convince people to book stay locked on booking.com. Booking.com does not publish a paste-ready review embed the way Google publishes Place Cards. For Big Cartel sellers in particular, the gap is wider — Big Cartel does not list an Booking.com-specific app in its catalog, so third-party widgets like BlooTrue are the canonical way to surface Booking.com guest reviews on a Big Cartel storefront.

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Free Booking.com Review Widgets for Big Cartel

Embed verified guest reviews on any Big Cartel shop in 60 seconds — works on every plan including Gold (free). Booking.com's official widget only books tables, never shows reviews, and Big Cartel has no Booking.com app; BlooTrue is the only free path.

Key facts: 60-second install on Big Cartel · shows the reviews Booking.com's widget won't · works on every Big Cartel plan · Gold-tier (free) compatible · no Booking.com API key required · schema.org markup on paid plans

Last updated September 14, 2026·by Mike Ragimov

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Star ratings in search results, on paid plans

Paid widgets add schema.org Review and AggregateRating JSON-LD to the page they sit on, so search engines and AI answer engines can read your Google reviews as structured data. The free plan shows the reviews without the schema. See how the schema works

Install guides

Same Booking.com widget, platform-specific install guide. Pick where your hotel's site lives.

Looking for a different review source? See all Booking.com widgets

Setting this up on a different platform? See all Booking.com review widgets

Why Use BlooTrue for Booking.com on Big Cartel?

The only free way to put Booking.com guest reviews on a Big Cartel shop — Booking.com's widget only books tables, and Big Cartel has no Booking.com app.

Shows What Booking.com's Widget Won't

Booking.com's official website widget only takes bookings — it never displays your reviews. BlooTrue is the free, paste-and-go complement — pulls verified guest reviews from your public Booking.com hotel page automatically.

Works on Every Big Cartel Plan

Gold (free, 5-product), Platinum, Diamond, Titanium — all supported via the Pages editor. No tier upgrade required.

Fills the Big Cartel App Gap

Big Cartel has no Booking.com-specific app in its catalog and no native Booking.com integration. BlooTrue is the only free third-party path.

No Booking.com API Key Required

Works with any public Booking.com hotel page. No developer application, no API quotas, no Booking.com partnership required.

How Do I Install BlooTrue Booking.com on Big Cartel?

Takes less than a minute. The Pages route works on every plan including Gold.

Add or Edit a Page in Big Cartel Admin

Log into your Big Cartel admin and open Pages. Click Add a page for a fresh custom Page, or open an existing custom Page (About, Reviews, Testimonials) to edit it.

This works on every Big Cartel plan — Gold (free), Platinum, Diamond, Titanium.

Switch to Source (HTML) View and Paste

In the page editor, find the Source button at the top-right of the editor toolbar — it looks like </>. Click it to switch to HTML view.

Paste the BlooTrue Booking.com embed code you copied above into the HTML view. Click Source again to flip back to the visual view and confirm the widget renders before saving.

Save the Page

Click Save to publish the page. Your Booking.com guest reviews appear on the live page instantly. No app install, no Booking.com API key, no plan upgrade required.

Optional — Sitewide Placement (Diamond+)

For sitewide placement in your header, footer, or homepage, open Customize design → Theme code → Edit code, find your active theme's layout.html file, and paste the embed code just before the closing </body> tag.

Plan note: Theme code editing is gated behind the Diamond plan and up. Gold and Platinum shops should stick with the Pages route in steps 1–3.

Reviews auto-sync from Booking.com every 24 hours.

How BlooTrue Compares to Other Booking.com-on-Big-Cartel Options

Booking.com's widget only books tables. Big Cartel has no Booking.com app. Here are the only paths.

Option	BlooTrue	Booking.com official widget	Hand-rolled HTML
Displays Booking.com reviews on your site		—	Manual scrape
Works on Big Cartel Gold (free)		—
Auto-sync new Booking.com reviews		—	—
No Booking.com API key needed		—	Sometimes
No coding required		—	—
SEO rich snippets (JSON-LD)		—	Manual
Pricing for full features	$9/mo	N/A	Dev time

About Booking.com reviews in this widget

For Booking.com the widget shows the guest reviews from your property page at booking.com/hotel. The number at the top is your Booking.com review score on its 10-point scale, with the review count, both taken from the page rather than the cards. Only a guest who completed a stay booked through Booking.com can leave a review, and Booking.com invites them after checkout, so every card ties to a real stay. It is easy to confuse the star class next to a property name on Booking.com, a hotel category, with a review rating; the widget shows the guest score.

Frequently Asked Questions

My Booking.com score is 8.7, does the widget show that or convert it to stars?

The header carries the score as Booking.com reports it on its 10-point scale, so an 8.7 stays an 8.7, along with the review count from your property page. The widget does not average the reviews on your site to make its own number. Each card keeps the score the guest gave after their stay.

Can someone who never stayed at my hotel post a Booking.com review that ends up on my website?

No. Booking.com only invites a review once a stay booked through Booking.com is completed, so a person who never checked in has no way to submit one, and the widget takes only what is on your booking.com/hotel page. Your widget therefore holds reviews from completed stays and nothing else.

Booking.com already gives me a widget for my website, why would I need another one?

Because Booking.com's widget takes bookings and shows none of your guest reviews; Booking.com keeps those on its own marketplace. The BlooTrue embed is built from your property page URL and shows the guest reviews with your review score out of 10 in the header. The free plan adds a small BlooTrue badge; paid plans refresh daily and drop it.

Is the BlooTrue Booking.com widget free for Big Cartel?

Yes. BlooTrue is completely free for Big Cartel. No app install, no recurring fee, unlimited widget views, no plan upgrade required. The free plan shows your Booking.com guest reviews with BlooTrue branding in the footer.

I'm on the Gold (free) plan — can I still install this?

Yes. The Pages route works on every Big Cartel plan including the free Gold tier. You add a custom Page in admin, click the Source button to switch to HTML view, paste the embed code, and save. Theme code editing is the only feature gated behind Diamond+, but Gold-tier shops don't need it.

Doesn't Booking.com already offer a website widget?

Yes, but it only takes bookings — Booking.com's official website widget books tables and never displays your reviews. Combined with the fact that Big Cartel itself has no native Booking.com integration and no Booking.com app in its catalog, BlooTrue is effectively the only free path.

Do I need a Booking.com API key or developer access?

No. BlooTrue works with any public Booking.com hotel page — no Booking.com API key, no developer application, no partnership required. Just paste your full hotel URL (e.g. https://www.booking.com/hotel/your-hotel) into the BlooTrue builder.

Where do I find the Source button in the Big Cartel page editor?

The Source button is at the top-right of the page editor toolbar — it looks like </> (angle brackets with a forward slash). Clicking it toggles between the visual rich-text view and the raw HTML view.

Will the widget slow down my Big Cartel shop?

No. The widget loads asynchronously after your page content, so it never blocks rendering. The script is under 20KB and reviews are served from a CDN cache. Typical impact on Largest Contentful Paint is under 50ms — well within Core Web Vitals thresholds.

Can I customize the widget to match my Big Cartel theme colors?

Yes. The style gallery on this page and the BlooTrue builder let you pick from 100+ styles, light or dark themes, and a custom accent color (free hex picker). The outer background is transparent so the widget blends with any Big Cartel theme.