diff --git a/backend/services/booking_scraper.py b/backend/services/booking_scraper.py
index 7a1e48a..32e8cc8 100644
--- a/backend/services/booking_scraper.py
+++ b/backend/services/booking_scraper.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ async def scrape_hotel_date(
     backend: 'PlaywrightHotelPageBackend',
     batch_id: uuid.UUID,
     adults: int = 2,
-    max_retries: int = 2,
+    max_retries: int = 4,
 ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """
     Scrape all rate plans for one hotel on one date via the hotel page backend.
diff --git a/backend/services/scraper_backends/playwright_hotel_page.py b/backend/services/scraper_backends/playwright_hotel_page.py
index 387ccbb..b7ecb4d 100644
--- a/backend/services/scraper_backends/playwright_hotel_page.py
+++ b/backend/services/scraper_backends/playwright_hotel_page.py
@@ -298,7 +298,11 @@ class PlaywrightHotelPageBackend(ScraperBackend):
                 logger.warning(f"goto timeout for {hotel_url} {check_in}: {e}")
 
             if not page_loaded:
-                return ScraperResult(success=False, blocked=False, error_message='page load timeout')
+                # Treat as a retryable block — DataImpulse endpoints are intermittently
+                # broken (EOF after CONNECT); rotating to a fresh context hits a different
+                # endpoint and usually succeeds within 1-2 retries.
+                await self._rotate_context()
+                return ScraperResult(success=False, blocked=True, block_reason='page load timeout')
 
             # Wait for the room table (prices render via JS after DOM)
             room_table_appeared = False