Tripadvisor MCP

TripAdvisor location search, details, photos, and reviews via the Terra API

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Client Config & Setup

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Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tripadvisor-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/tripadvisor-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Documentation Overview

tripadvisor-mcp

MCP server for the TripAdvisor Terra API — travel data for Claude. Search hotels, restaurants, and attractions by name or coordinates, then pull full details, photos, and reviews, all over stdio. (Terra is TripAdvisor's current API; the legacy Content API is sunset on 2026-08-31.)

Developed and maintained by AI (Claude Code). Use at your own discretion.

Quick start

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tripadvisor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@chrischall/tripadvisor-mcp"],
      "env": { "TRIPADVISOR_API_KEY": "your-terra-api-key-here" }
    }
  }
}

Get a key at tripadvisor.com/developers. The free Discover tier is pay-as-you-go (10 QPS, 10,000 calls/day); responses are cached in-memory to stretch it. Make sure it's a Terra key — a legacy Content API key returns 403.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`ta_search_locations`	Search locations by name (optionally scoped by category, country/geo/postal code) — paginated; `compact:true` for slim summaries
`ta_search_nearby`	Find locations near a lat/lon+radius, a `location_id`+radius, or inside a sw/ne bounding box (category, min rating, sort) — `compact:true` supported
`ta_get_location_details`	Full details: names, descriptions, address, coordinates, traveler ratings, phone, listing URLs
`ta_get_locations`	Batch — details for multiple location ids in one call (cheaper than N detail calls); `compact:true` supported
`ta_get_location_photos`	Photos with multi-size image URLs, source, and dimensions — paginated
`ta_get_location_reviews`	Traveler reviews — paginated
`ta_web_healthcheck`	Diagnose the optional tripadvisor.com browser-bridge connection (see below)
`ta_web_get_location`	Location details (rating, address, coords, phone, photo) read from the public page via the browser bridge — no API key needed

All tools are read-only — Terra has no write endpoints.

Browser bridge (optional)

ta_web_healthcheck is the first tool of an optional second tier that reaches tripadvisor.com's consumer site (bot-walled, so unreachable server-side) by routing same-origin fetches through your signed-in browser tab via the fetchproxy Transporter extension. It needs the extension installed and a one-time pairing approval; the Content API tools above never touch the bridge.

ta_web_get_location uses this bridge to read a location's details straight from its public TripAdvisor page — so it works without an API key, covering attractions, hotels, and restaurants. It returns core business data (rating, review count, address, coordinates, phone, primary photo, listing URL) but not individual review text. Request shapes are pinned in docs/TRIPADVISOR-WEB-API.md.

Environment

Var	Required	Purpose
`TRIPADVISOR_API_KEY`	yes	Terra API key, sent as the `X-API-Key` header.
`TRIPADVISOR_CACHE_TTL`	no	Seconds to cache search responses (default: 300; `0` disables).
`TRIPADVISOR_STATIC_CACHE_TTL`	no	Seconds to cache details/photos/reviews (default: 3600; `0` disables).
`TRIPADVISOR_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS`	no	Per-request timeout for the optional browser bridge (default: 30000).
`TRIPADVISOR_DEBUG_LOG`	no	Set to `1` to log browser-bridge requests to stderr.

Development

Terminal

npm install
npm run build   # tsc + esbuild bundle
npm test        # vitest (no real network)

Endpoint request shapes are pinned in docs/TRIPADVISOR-API.md. With a key in .env, node scripts/live-probe.mjs exercises every read path through the built client.

License

MIT

Read the full README →View source on GitHub →

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Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "tripadvisor-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "tripadvisor-mcp"] } }

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