Is tripadvisor.com safe?

Very Likely Safe

No major red flags found. This looks like a legitimate, established website.

Popular site · #590 worldwideChecked Nov 13, 2026

Trust score

Why: Main reasons: domain registered 28+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #590 worldwide. Minor issues: site returned HTTP 403; missing Content Security Policy.

Identity & Age100/100

Impersonation Risk100/100

Red Flags100/100

Transparency70/100

Security86/100

Email100/100

Positive highlights

Domain registered 28+ years agoLong-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
Not flagged by Google Safe BrowsingNo malware, phishing, or unwanted-software match in Google's live threat database.
HTTPS is enforcedAll redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
Popular website — ranked #590 worldwideListed in the Tranco top 1 million websites. Scam sites are almost never this popular.
HTTPS works with a valid certificateA secure connection was made on port 443. Certificate log details were unavailable at scan time.
No impersonation patterns detectedDomain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.
Not listed on URLhaus malware blocklist
Fast response (140ms)
Not present in PhishStats phishing feed
HSTS is setTells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

Negative highlights

Site returned HTTP 403The server is reachable but did not return a success status.
Missing Content Security PolicyRestricts which scripts and resources the page can load.

Note: Registered via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc..

Note: 1 technologies detected. Cloudflare

Note: Policy pages could not be checked. The site showed our scanner a bot-check or short page, so privacy, terms and contact pages were not verified. This is common for large sites and is not counted against them.

Key facts about tripadvisor.com

Website: tripadvisor.com
Popularity: #590 worldwide (Tranco top 1M)
Domain created: Mar 23, 1999 (27.6 years old)
Domain expires: Mar 23, 2027
Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Owner details: Public in WHOIS
IP address: 18.155.75.82
Hosting / CDN: Cloudflare
SSL certificate: HTTPS works (certificate details unavailable)
Email security: SPF ✓ · DMARC ✓ (reject)
Threat blocklists: Not listed (clean)
Technology: Cloudflare

Summary

93/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (27.6 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns.

No malware/phishing on feedsGood reputationHTTPS enabled

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Domain Information

Registration timeline, age calculation, registrar details, and ICANN status.

Verified

Registrar Name: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Creation Date: March 23, 1999 (27.6 years ago)
Last Updated: March 19, 2026
Registry Expiry Date: March 23, 2027
WHOIS Privacy Protection: Publicly Visible
Domain Status Codes: client transfer prohibited

ICANN Status Badges

client transfer prohibited

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Domain registered 28+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

HTTP Headers & Security

Full HTTP response headers, HSTS, Content Security Policy (CSP), and security baselines.

Warning

Security Header Baseline

Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing

Content-Security-PolicyMissing

X-Frame-OptionsMissing

X-Content-Type-OptionsMissing

Referrer-PolicyMissing

Permissions-PolicyMissing

Recommended Missing Headers

missing: Content Security Policymissing: X-Frame-Optionsmissing: X-Content-Type-Optionsmissing: Referrer Policymissing: Permissions Policy

All Response Headers (26)

accept-ch: Sec-CH-UA,Sec-CH-UA-Mobile,Sec-CH-UA-Platform,Sec-CH-UA-Arch,Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List,Sec-CH-UA-Model,Sec-CH-Device-Memory,Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version
access-control-allow-credentials: true
access-control-allow-origin: *
access-control-expose-headers: x-dd-b, x-set-cookie
cache-control: no-store, must-revalidate
cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
cf-ray: a59e9e706ed5b86e-CMH
charset: utf-8
connection: close
content-type: text/html;charset=utf-8
date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 14:55:42 GMT
pragma: no-cache
server: cloudflare
set-cookie: datadome=k4gRj7~50KiajOmie1MogM1_tB9DzyG7Eu_npW4cWPqfqxmLOMve1aae~Arv30l1~w6I1KgUxlTftkQjNXfC5AIrYq~K7ewYmc022mDWHo7zSKIBIjglXxgLllo2E2x2; Max-Age=31104000; Domain=.tripadvisor.com; Path=/; Secure; SameSite=Lax
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
transfer-encoding: chunked
vary: Accept-Encoding
via: 1.1 e82b003e5929abce569292fc53dbf254.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-amz-cf-id: -bTZ3F2zY96dSL3zO4vYcbYl-eZqeL6rSB67EN3gJljTs8ScDUFj5w==
x-amz-cf-pop: CMH68-P2
x-cache: Error from cloudfront
x-datadome: protected
x-datadome-cid: AHrlqAAAAAMAviY0U82vc6IA-Ost8Q==
x-dd-b: 1
x-envoy-upstream-service-time: 4
x-request-id: bbf69244-dd85-48d9-ba8a-aaf8e2abe284

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HSTS is set

Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

Missing Content Security Policy

Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.

-4

Missing X-Frame-Options

Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.

-3

Missing X-Content-Type-Options

Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.

-2

Missing Referrer Policy

Controls what referrer information is sent with requests.

-2

Missing Permissions Policy

Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, etc.).

-2

DNS Records

Encrypted DoH resolution: A, AAAA, MX mail servers, authoritative NS, and TXT verification.

Resolved

IPv4 Addresses (A): 18.155.75.82, 18.155.75.74, 18.155.75.80, 18.155.75.81
IPv6 Addresses (AAAA): None
Mail Servers (MX): smtp.google.com (Priority: 10)
Authoritative Nameservers (NS): ns-1455.awsdns-53.org, ns-1702.awsdns-20.co.uk, ns-218.awsdns-27.com, ns-584.awsdns-09.net
TXT Records Found: 43 TXT verification records

A Records (IPv4)

18.155.75.8218.155.75.7418.155.75.8018.155.75.81

TXT Verification Records

MS=E0371C101EE1151078A9F24A7375E7021319CF9E

MS=ms43904515

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_globalsign-domain-verification=GaLfs98jrznUbwIzD2n4S8pINM0PU-EyBVWkTTQvp9

_rruo605cp2nhmem13l4umnc9qnoylvg

anthropic-domain-verification-pc5mq6=ebxPo8aNNofNaqlqU65hyJHjA

apple-domain-verification=jtPwxHyUkw7GVjBd

astro-domain-verification=cmhtl2g8213y801lqzjo38fe8

asv=d902c0e169042b928445d5bc9a610e24

atlassian-domain-verification=w2N0fg0r/RRZCQ7UgNfpKKFXJH1kvCtLacvj/HzML7VZYyhEDT7N1skt744NCyxJ

b4jddSWKFAZrS-Y8QD1o7T2nzdk

bitrise-verification=b03d9c7c59423f9c-nSSshb2Ef1iv

bnyGlxykTsBZSdNWWe3jXJ5tVU2U7gsTx6UjsZyIpHk=

bugcrowd-verification=4889742e219d4b280f2d3673d147a6a9

cisco-ci-domain-verification=6de74e9c24339dc358b099e999ca47c34dd162c04f635f9810372e2000ad9f57

cursor-domain-verification-bwta0g=rGWNgTQrx8pQ3A5XE0S1XxKzM

datadome-domain-verify=LtwSY8f9UsuWkflYriVEN5xJW7jb1OGB

docker-verification=a6e2315b-2f86-428a-84d7-52270aea1853

docusign=4c82afdc-4187-4e03-9e78-8dbdc5ed7d0d

docusign=f4d14366-23f0-482a-bc08-98b15bd25db6

duo_sso_verification=N763Lu3Yt0ygaRnHrvqziKZ7YVtOU95w7GXyHhCljSOT7d1KVi7z2TSRd5BR4a3Q

facebook-domain-verification=rld5ayte5pgnngj4ljg2ovn3kaeo4q

google-site-verification=X2t67BpkF1yZmnC_6vEmtgnTvBo_PL7IOTtiZm3km6M

google-site-verification=XMWC5EUo1s-TCtWPBEwzBDLUHqlmf-UcS-t7E8YRlmw

google-site-verification=u10Ue1BCmah8YviQ9Ju9IqSP-xZtlgEnBloxhP5Lhn8

jamf-site-verification=Ac2uXdbieW6reJXv2o4UQw

jetbrains-domain-verification=5zlraawspitiqhi2hp4wizy31

miro-verification=6ff1de40e337f458d05086183318e55305c99fe1

onetrust-domain-verification=9214adc265ab47e992a332150c6a315b

openai-domain-verification=dv-5I8xhFhqZatLn3rbDbmtgpc2

pardot_211512_*=005e7416cb39efdf4ede9f02352c05fe01bf0e6c5435039550bdab7d707cae58

pendo-domain-verification=M8PpCcCrkPq-ll2Fr1arfZA1YvI

perplexity-ai-domain-verification-2hn78f=hnjr1IgErK6Rjhxpscmyv9Ztq

protonmail-verification=5e35a64e327cebe41439dc21e8657f78970c051a

segment-site-verification=Lv56Wm7ECxH2FrJtoG9FmQ77Co6nf93L

spf2.0/pra

sprout-social-85a564fb-ff50-11ef-b8c4-0e418c465417

stripe-verification=A71BECF4CEF430F171A6A2382BEECE6A64B9633FC460020EB8A205A95669B679

teamviewer-sso-verification=b42c480c302645eb8ed8f32688556be4

twilio-domain-verification=57fba14b7bba9c1c99652540a081cc79

v=spf1 include:_spf.tripadvisor.com include:mail.zendesk.com ~all

zapier-domain-verification-challenge=e7c8b772-89e7-420e-b76b-3a084b0bbf83

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4 address record(s) resolved

4 authoritative nameservers

WHOIS & Identity Lookup

Domain ownership status, registry lifecycle, nameservers, and privacy redaction.

Found

Registrable Domain: tripadvisor.com
Registrar Organization: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
WHOIS Privacy Status: Public Registration Data
Registry Status Codes: client transfer prohibited
Delegated Authoritative Nameservers: ns-1455.awsdns-53.org, ns-1702.awsdns-20.co.uk, ns-218.awsdns-27.com, ns-584.awsdns-09.net
Registration Lifecycle: Registered: 1999 → Expires: 2027

Nameservers (NS)

ns-1455.awsdns-53.orgns-1702.awsdns-20.co.ukns-218.awsdns-27.comns-584.awsdns-09.net

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Domain registered 28+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

Email Security & Deliverability

SPF record validation, DMARC policy enforcement, DKIM selectors, and MX reputation.

Protected

SPF Record: v=spf1 include:_spf.tripadvisor.com include:mail.zendesk.com ~all
DMARC Policy Mode: Policy: REJECT
DMARC Raw Record: v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dmarc-rua@tripadvisor.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc-ruf@tripadvisor.com
DKIM Selectors Detected: google, selector1, selector2, s1, s2

Email Protection Summary: This domain has strong email authentication configured to prevent spammers from sending emails impersonating this brand.

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SPF record published

DMARC published (reject)

DKIM configured (google, selector1, selector2, s1, s2)

Threat Intelligence & Blocklists

Multi-source malware feeds (URLhaus), phishing checks (PhishStats, Safe Browsing), and typosquats.

Clean

URLhaus Malware

Clean / Not Listed

PhishStats Feed

Clean / Not Listed

Google Safe Browsing

Clean / Verified

Root Domain Label: tripadvisor
Top-Level Domain (TLD): .com (Standard TLD)
Punycode Obfuscation: No (Standard ASCII)
Homoglyph / Lookalike Script: No mixed scripts
Brand Match Analysis: No recognized brand impersonation
Typosquatting Risk: Clean

No impersonation patterns detected

Domain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.

Technology Stack & Metadata

Detected CMS, JavaScript frameworks, analytics tags, CDN providers, and page metadata.

Detected

Detected Technologies by Category

cdn

Cloudflare

Page Metadata & Fingerprint

HTML Title: tripadvisor.com
Meta Description: —
Document Language: en
Character Encoding: utf-8
Viewport Setting: width=device-width
Generator Software: —

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1 technologies detected

Cloudflare

Page Performance & Compression

Server response time, content payload size, Brotli/Gzip compression, and caching rules.

140ms

Items to Fix & Optimize

Text compression (Brotli/Gzip)

MUCH NEEDEDEnable on server or CDN

Modern image formats (WebP/AVIF/SVG)

OPTIONALConvert heavy images to WebP/AVIF

Protocol

HTTP/2

Binary framing, multiplexed

Compression

NONE

No compression detected

Optimization Signals (From Detectable Headers & Assets)

Image Formats

Legacy / Unchecked

Transfer

Uncompressed

Transport

HTTP/2

These are server-side signals. Actual Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) require real-user measurement via PageSpeed Insights.

Detected Asset & Image Formats

WebPAVIFSVGJPEGPNG

HTTP Response Time: 140 ms
Payload Body Size: 0.8 KB
Compression Status: Uncompressed
Cache Directives: no-store, must-revalidate

No findings.

AI Content Safety & Red Flags

High-pressure language, payment gateway safety, disposable domain analysis, and deceptive tactics.

Safe

AI Content Evaluation

93/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (27.6 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Main reasons: domain registered 28+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #590 worldwide. Minor issues: site returned HTTP 403; missing Content Security Policy.

Payment Red Flags: None (No suspicious payment requests)
High-Pressure Language: None (No artificial urgency detected)
Disposable Domain Risk: No (Established infrastructure)
Text Scanned Depth: 61 characters verified

No scam-correlated language found on the home page

No crypto-only / gift-card / wire-only payment demands, and no obvious urgency tactics.

Server & Hosting Infrastructure

Primary IP address, web server software, CDN edge network, and redirect hop chain.

cloudflare

Primary Web Server: cloudflare
CDN / Cloud Provider: Cloudflare
Primary IP Address: 18.155.75.82
HTTP Status Code: 403 OK
Final Landing Destination: https://www.tripadvisor.com/
Redirect Hop Count: 1 hop

Redirect Hop Chain

1.https://tripadvisor.com/ → https://www.tripadvisor.com/

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Site returned HTTP 403

The server is reachable but did not return a success status.

-6

HTTPS is enforced

All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.

+10

Fast response (140ms)

Served through Cloudflare

Sites behind a major CDN benefit from DDoS protection and edge caching.

SSL / TLS Certificate

Active Certificate Authority, Common Name, validity period, expiration countdown, and SANs.

Secure

Certificate Authority (Issuer): Not available (certificate logs did not respond)
Subject Common Name (CN): —
Validity Period: Not available
Subject Alternative Names (SANs): 1 domain protected
Certificates Logged (CT): Verified in live TLS

Subject Alternative Names (Sample)

tripadvisor.com

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HTTPS works with a valid certificate

A secure connection was made on port 443. Certificate log details were unavailable at scan time.

Content & Transparency Policies

Linked privacy policy, terms of service, about page, social channels, and published contacts.

Warning

Key Legal & Transparency Pages

privacy PageNot linked

terms PageNot linked

contact PageNot linked

about PageNot linked

refund PageNot linked

shipping PageNot linked

cookies PageNot linked

Policy pages could not be checked

The site showed our scanner a bot-check or short page, so privacy, terms and contact pages were not verified. This is common for large sites and is not counted against them.

Robots.txt & Sitemap Discoverability

Search engine crawler directives, indexability, and declared XML sitemaps.

Present

Robots.txt Directives: Present & Configured
Sitemaps Declared: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/2/en_US/sitemap_en_US_index.xml, https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/2/en_US/sitemap_en_US_location_photo_direct_link_index.xml, https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/2/en_US/sitemap_en_US_show_user_reviews_index.xml, https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attractions_index.xml, https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attraction_review_index.xml, https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attraction_product_review_index.xml, https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attractions_near_index.xml, https://www.tripadvisor.com/business/sitemap.xml
Disallow Rules Count: 617 rules

View Raw robots.txt

# Hi there,
#
# If you're sniffing around this file, and you're not a robot, we're looking to meet curious folks such as yourself.
#
# Think you have what it takes to join the best white-hat SEO growth hackers on the planet?
#
# Run - don't crawl - to apply to join Tripadvisor's elite SEO team
#
# Email seoRockstar@tripadvisor.com
#
# Or visit https://careers.tripadvisor.com/search-results?keywords=seo
#
#
Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/2/en_US/sitemap_en_US_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/2/en_US/sitemap_en_US_location_photo_direct_link_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/2/en_US/sitemap_en_US_show_user_reviews_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attractions_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attraction_review_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attraction_product_review_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attractions_near_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/business/sitemap.xml
User-Agent: Amazonbot
User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
User-Agent: Bytespider
User-Agent: CCBot
User-Agent: ClaudeBot
User-Agent: Cohere-ai
User-Agent: GPTBot
User-Agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
User-Agent: Img2dataset
User-Agent: PanguBot
User-Agent: PetalBot
User-Agent: SentiBot
User-Agent: YouBot
User-Agent: magpie-crawler
User-Agent: meta-externalagent
Disallow: /

User-Agent: *
User-Agent: ChatGPT-User
User-Agent: ChatGPT-User/2.0
User-Agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
User-Agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-Agent: Google-Extended
User-Agent: applebot
User-Agent: PerplexityBot
User-Agent: bingbot
User-Agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /5349
Disallow: /AccommodationTips
Disallow: /AccountMerge
Disallow: /Achievements
Disallow: /ActionRecord
Disallow: /AddForumUser
Disallow: /AddListing
Disallow: /AdRequestEventLogApi
Disallow: /AdsManagerAjax
Disallow: /AdsManagerLanderAjax
Disallow: /adsoverview
Disallow: /AirlineRegistration
Disallow: /AirlineTips
Disallow: /AITripBuilder
Disallow: /AllReviews
Disallow: /analytics
Disallow: /AnalyticsSuite
Disallow: /AnswersAjax
Disallow: /api
Disallow: /APIAccessSupport
Disallow: /AppDetail
Disallow: /AppleMapsAction
Disallow: /apps
Disallow: /AppSwipeRecommendations
Disallow: /AppTravelModeExplore
Disallow: /AppUploadAPhoto
Disallow: /AppUserReview
Disallow: /ArticlesV2
Disallow: /Attraction_Products
Disallow: /AttractionAmendTravelDate
Disallow: /AttractionBookingApi
Disallow: /AttractionBookingDetails
Disallow: /AttractionCancelBooking
Disallow: /AttractionCommerce
Disallow: /AttractionPartnerRedirect
Disallow: /AttractionProductDetail
Disallow: /AttractionProductHighlight
Disallow: /AuthCheck
Disallow: /AuthorTool
Disallow: /avis
Disallow: /B2BClickTracking
Disallow: /BAEmailConfirmation
Disallow: /BALinkImpressionTracking
Disallow: /BATools
Disallow: /BeachSweeps
Disallow: /bewerten
Disallow: /billing
Disallow: /BLImpRecord
Disallow: /blog/wp-admin/
Disallow: /BlPromoOptOut
Disallow: /BookingConfirmationShare
Disallow: /BookingConfirmationSMSResponse
Disallow: /Bookings
Disallow: /BrandSpotlight
Disallow: /businessinfo
Disallow: /BusinessListingsAjax
Disallow: /bzzagent
Disallow: /CampaignConfigAjax
Disallow: /CampaignConfiguration
Disallow: /CampaignManagement
Disallow: /CancelBooking
Disallow: /CarsComparePartners
Disallow: /CauseTeaserPopup
Disallow: /cds/media
Disallow: /CDSimp
Disallow: /CertificateOfExcellenceRequestSupport
Disallow: /Civ
Disallow: /Claim
Disallow: /claimrewards
Disallow: /ClientLink
Disallow: /CMSImp
Disallow: /cmsimp
Disallow: /Collections
Disallow: /Commerce
Disallow: /CommLCT
Disallow: /CommPT
Disallow: /ConnectivityPartnerFAQ
Disallow: /ConnectivityPartnerInfo
Disallow: /Consent
Disallow: /Content
Disallow: /CookiePingback
Disallow: /CoralEditor
Disallow: /CostPerClick
Disallow: /CountryAjax
Disallow: /CruisesCommerce
Disallow: /CruisesPartnerHandoff
Disallow: /Curati

robots.txt published

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Scan Engine Performance

Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline

v5.1.0 Engine

Signals Analyzed

This scan

Sources Checked

Live security feeds

Scan Duration

3.64s

Full live scan

Last Scan

11/13/2026

Live timestamp

Overall Risk

Low Risk

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