# Tripadvisor Hotel Search API. Pay per record.

> Search Tripadvisor hotels for a destination, priced for your dates. Rating, rank, class and price range as JSON. From $0.0018 per hotel.

Canonical: https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/tripadvisor/hotel-search-api · Updated 2026-10-21

Search Tripadvisor hotels for a destination. Every hit comes back as a full hotel card, and when you give check-in and check-out dates each one is priced for that stay.

- Price: $0.0018 / hotel
- Billed: Per record
- Free to start: $0.10
- Endpoint: POST /v1/tripadvisor

## What people build with the Tripadvisor Hotel Search API

- **Travel price research.** Every hotel in a city for the same three nights, with rank and price range, in one call.
- **Market mapping for hotels.** Count the hotels in a destination by class and rating before you price or invest.
- **Trip planning agents.** Let an agent search a destination, then shortlist by rank, class and price.

## Quote it, then run it

1. free quote: the exact price, nothing charged:

```bash
curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/tripadvisor \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"searchHotels","query":"Lisbon","currency":"EUR","limit":20,"stay":{"checkIn":"2027-03-12","checkOut":"2027-03-15"},"estimateOnly":true}'
```

2. the same call, run:

```bash
curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/tripadvisor \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"searchHotels","query":"Lisbon","currency":"EUR","limit":20,"stay":{"checkIn":"2027-03-12","checkOut":"2027-03-15"}}'
```

## Inputs

Everything you can send in one searchHotels call. Required inputs first.

| Input | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| query * | string | A destination, or a dish for restaurants. ≤300 chars |
| language | string | BCP-47 |
| currency | string | ISO 4217 |
| limit | integer | 1-100 |
| stay.checkIn | string | First night, YYYY-MM-DD. Only read together with checkOut. |
| stay.checkOut | string | Departure day, YYYY-MM-DD, after checkIn. Leave both out for a card without prices. |

## What comes back

The fields of every row, always present. Nothing is guessed: a value that could not be measured is null, and the answer's coverage says why.

| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| taId | string |
| kind | string |
| name | string |
| tripadvisorUrl | string |
| description | string |
| address | any |
| city | string |
| country | string |
| latitude | number |
| longitude | number |
| phone | string |
| email | string |
| website | string |
| rating | number |
| reviews | integer |
| ratingBreakdown | any |
| reviewTags | any |
| rank | integer |
| rankOutOf | integer |
| photos | list of string |
| photoCount | integer |
| subcategories | list of string |
| hotelClass | string |
| rooms | integer |
| priceRange | string |
| priceLevel | string |
| amenities | list of string |
| hotelOffers | any |
| roomTips | any |
| categoryRatingBreakdown | any |
| nearbyTransit | any |
| cuisines | list of string |
| mealTypes | list of string |
| dietaryRestrictions | list of string |
| establishmentTypes | list of string |
| features | list of string |
| popularDishes | list of string |
| menuUrl | string |
| openingHours | any |
| timezone | string |
| neighborhood | any |
| closed | boolean |
| orderOnline | any |
| categoryRatings | any |
| attractionTypes | list of string |
| ticketOffers | any |
| lowestTicketPrice | number |
| bookingUrl | string |
| nearestMetroStations | any |
| details | object |

details is always the last field: everything else the source sent for that row, under our own field names. Its keys depend on the source that answered, so read them defensively; it is {} when there is nothing more.

## A sample answer

Made-up names and values in the real field names, so you can see the shape before you spend anything.

| name | kind | city | country | rating | reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Alfama View | hotel | Lisbon | Portugal | 4.6 | 1840 |
| Baixa Boutique Inn | hotel | Lisbon | Portugal | 4.4 | 960 |
| Rio Tejo Apartments | hotel | Lisbon | Portugal | 4.8 | 420 |

## Pricing

Pay as you go, in US dollars, per record. No subscription, nothing expires, $5 first top-up, and every new agent starts with $0.10 free.

| Request | Records | At the list price |
|---|---|---|
| One hotel | 1 | $0.0018 |
| 10 hotels | 10 | $0.018 |
| A full page | 100 | $0.18 |

These are per-record list prices. Some calls also carry a minimum, such as a page of search results, so a small request can cost more than the table shows. The quote ("estimateOnly": true) is free, gives the most your exact request can cost, and the charge then settles to what came back. Records that do not come back are refunded.

## Try it without writing code

- [Open the Tripadvisor Hotel Search API in the playground](https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=tripadvisor&op=searchHotels): The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

## Why this one, and not a scraper you run yourself

- No login, no Tripadvisor account, no cookies, no proxies, no browser to babysit.
- When the site changes its pages, your request stays the same: keeping the reads working is our job, not yours.
- A fetch that fails costs nothing: it is named in the answer with a reason, and the quote says the most a call can cost before it runs.

## Use it from your tools

- [Tripadvisor in n8n](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/n8n/tripadvisor)
- [Tripadvisor in Make](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/make/tripadvisor)
- [Tripadvisor in Zapier](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/zapier/tripadvisor)
- [Tripadvisor in Python](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/python/tripadvisor)
- [Tripadvisor in LangChain](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/langchain/tripadvisor)
- [Tripadvisor in Claude Code](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/claude-code/tripadvisor)

## Questions

### What does the Tripadvisor Hotel Search API return?

One row per hotel: name, kind, city, country, rating, review count, rank and how many it is ranked among, price range, hotel class, rooms, the Tripadvisor id and URL, photos and a booking URL.

### What do I pass in?

A destination is required. Optional: a language, a currency, a stay with check-in and check-out dates, and a limit of 1 to 100.

### How much does it cost?

$0.0018 per hotel at the list price. A small call can carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true, which is free and is the most the call can cost. You pay for what comes back.

## Why API for Agents

- One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
- A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
- Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
- $0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
- Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
- Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
- Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
- Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.

## Start

The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type. Open it at https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=tripadvisor&op=searchHotels (sign in first).

Agents register at https://apiforagents.dev/auth.md (one POST, $0.10 free). People: https://apiforagents.dev/docs#start. Prices: https://apiforagents.dev/pricing.md