About TripAdvisor Affiliates Program
By joining the TripAdvisor Affiliate Program, you can link to the world’s largest travel site with over 500 million reviews and help your users find the lowest hotel prices with TripAdvisor’s price comparison of over 200 hotel sites. Partner with the world’s largest travel site — and help your users discover great ideas for their trips.
The affiliate program allows you to leverage the TripAdvisor Affiliate Program brand to enhance your content, earn a steady revenue stream on hotel traffic, and provide users access to rich content spanning 795 million reviews and 1.4 million places to stay.
Basic Information
| Affiliate Basic | Details |
|---|---|
| Product Name | TripAdvisor Affiliate Program, |
| Commission Rate | 50% – 80% commission |
| Payment Frequency | Monthly |
| Minimum Payment | $50 |
| Payment Method | Check, ACH (Direct Deposit), Payoneer |
| Official Affiliate Website | Click Here To Visit Official Website |
Getting started
Choose Network Partner
TripAdvisor Affiliates Program network partners provide you with the link generators, manage user tracking and pays the commissions. Both are free to sign up with, and offer the same program terms, global tracking and payouts.
For more on network partners, visit the FAQs.
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SEARCH FOR TRIPADVISOR
Once you’ve signed up, find in the network platform and apply to join affiliate program.
For details on approval criteria, visit the FAQs.
CREATE YOUR LINKS
Use the link tools provided by the networks to create trackable links to any page on TripAdvisor Affiliates Program and add them to your site.
The Features of TripAdvisor Affiliate Program:
1. 50-80% commission on revenue generated via TripAdvisor commerce links
2. Incentive programs
3. Dedicated affiliate manager
4. Continuous product launches
5. Monthly affiliate newsletters
How do earn commissions?
When a user comes to Tripadvisor via an affiliate link on your site and subsequently clicks any of the hotel booking links on , they are sent on to our booking partners and you’ve secured your commission.
There is no booking required, the user just needs to click out from TripAdvisor Affiliates Program to any of our hotel booking partners.
Three example of publishers we work with, their traffic to Tripadvisor and monthly commissions
Publisher #1 – 170 clicks sent to Tripadvisor – $60/mo
Publisher #2 6100 clicks sent to TripAdvisor Affiliates Program– $1720/mo
Publisher #3 – 870 clicks sent to Tripadvisor – $550/mo
Why join?
MINIMUM 50% COMMISSION
Link to specific hotels on Tripadvisor. Earn at least 50% of the commission we receive from our hotel booking partners when users come to Tripadvisor via your trackable affiliate link, and then click out to our partners.
NO HOTEL BOOKING REQUIRED
Your users may still be in the research and planning stages — so there’s no need to push for a sale. You still get paid when users click out to our hotel booking partners, regardless of whether or not they book.
MULTI-TOUCH ATTRIBUTION MODEL
They offer a 14-day referral window. If your users return to Tripadvisor within those 14 days and click out to our partners, you’ll get credit and earn commissions — even if they come back on a different device or via other channels (e.g. banners and ads).
SEEMLESSLY EMBED LINKS
There’s no need for sponsored posts with Tripadvisor. Weave our links into your content where it feels natural — in a way that fits and complements your own work.
INSPIRE YOUR USERS
Leverage Tripadvisor’s vast content — covering 2.3M accommodations, 5.0M restaurants, 1.1M travel activities, 500 airlines, and 70k cruises — to help users discover amazing ideas for their own trips.
What are the criteria to be listed on Tripadvisor?
In order to be listed on TripAdvisor Affiliates Program , accommodations must meet all of the following criteria:
- Must be open to the general public
- Must have an official name
- Must have an official address at a single and permanent location
- Must be open for a minimum of 12 consecutive weeks of the year at a single and permanent location
- Must have multiple rooms/units
- Must be able to accommodate more than one guest/group of guests at a time
- Must not require guests to stay more than 7 nights
- Must be currently open or taking reservations for a future opening date
To be listed in the hotel category, an accommodation must also meet all of the following criteria or have an official business license issued by a local governmental or tourism authority that identifies the accommodation is classified as Hotel as defined by local authorities:
- A front desk is open and staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Check-in hours can have a start time, but should not have a designated end time
- Daily housekeeping is included in the room rate
- Private bathroom for each unit
- Must not require guests to stay more than 3 nights
