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Tripadvisor MCP connector

The Tripadvisor connector brings hotels, restaurants, attractions, destinations, reviews, photos and recommendations into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client, so your team can search and read Tripadvisor listings in plain language, with every request logged.

Connect on Elaichi How to connect

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Tripadvisor to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Tripadvisor once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Tripadvisor.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste a Tripadvisor API key. One person generates a token in Tripadvisor and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

tripadvisor
Tripadvisor
Cloudbeds
Egencia
GuestPoint
Navan
Navan SCIM
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Connect Tripadvisor to Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Connect Tripadvisor to ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Connect Tripadvisor to Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Tripadvisor to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

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Use cases

What teams do with Tripadvisor through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Travel

    Build a shortlist of hotels for a trip

    Ask for well-reviewed hotels near a client's meeting venue in Lisbon and get a comparison with ratings, recent reviews and photos before you book anything.

  • Hospitality

    Read this week's reviews for your properties

    Pull the latest Tripadvisor reviews for each of your hotels or restaurants and get a summary of what guests praised and what they complained about.

  • Marketing

    Check how a listing looks to travelers

    Look up your own Tripadvisor listing, its photos and its rating, and compare it with nearby competitors before planning a campaign.

  • Concierge

    Recommend places to eat near the hotel

    Ask for restaurants and attractions within walking distance of the property, filtered by what the guest is in the mood for, and hand over a list with ratings.

  • Analytics

    Fetch the latest Tripadvisor feed files

    List the feed files available to your account, grab a download link, and bring the data into your reporting without anyone hunting for the file by hand.

  • Partnerships

    Keep the domain allowlist current

    See which domains are on your Tripadvisor allowlist and update an entry when a partner site changes, without logging into the developer portal.

Try asking

  • “Show recent reviews for our three highest rated locations.”
  • “Find hotels near our Lisbon office and list ratings.”
  • “Compare review counts across our Barcelona and Madrid locations.”

See all 18 Tripadvisor tools below

AI tools

Tripadvisor tools for your AI agents

18 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Tripadvisor, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Tripadvisor gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Tripadvisor account.

The agent

Ask about locations, get answers back.

Type a question in plain language and read live Tripadvisor locations and reviews.

  • locations
  • reviews
  • photos
  • geos

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Show recent reviews for our three highest rated locations.

Find hotels near our Lisbon office and list ratings.

Compare review counts across our Barcelona and Madrid locations.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor share one endpoint.

Every client reaches Tripadvisor over OAuth through one org endpoint, no SDK, no shared key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emma Laurent

 • Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
S

Sofia Ricci

 • Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
C

Clara Nowak

 • Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

18 Tripadvisor tools ready without custom code.

Locations, photos, reviews, geos and catalog search, each with its own methods listed.

  • List all Tripadvisor locations
  • Get single Tripadvisor location by ID
  • Tripadvisor locations search
  • Tripadvisor locations search nearby
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Tripadvisor locations List Retrieve detailed information about multiple Tripadvisor locations in a single bulk request by their location IDs. Returns the full Location object for each resolved ID including id, geo_id, names, descriptions, coordinates, addresses, categories, traveler_ratings, rankings, and status. Required: id.
Get single Tripadvisor location by ID Get Get detailed information about a single Tripadvisor location by its location ID. Returns the full Location object including id, geo_id, names, descriptions, coordinates, addresses, categories, traveler_ratings, rankings, awards, opening_hours, and status. Required: id.
Tripadvisor locations search Search Search Tripadvisor locations by text query, optionally filtered by category, country code, geo name, or postal code. Returns matching locations each annotated with the matched value and the full Location object including id, names, descriptions, coordinates, and traveler_ratings. Required: query.
Tripadvisor locations search nearby Search Search for Tripadvisor locations within a geographic area defined by a center point and radius or a bounding box. Returns nearby locations annotated with bearing, distance in kilometers and miles, the full Location object, and optionally a representative photo. Provide either location_id or lat and lon as the search center, along with either radius or bounding box coordinates (sw_lat, sw_lon,…
List all Tripadvisor location photos List List photos for a Tripadvisor location. Returns photo records with id, caption, location_id, publish_ts, photo, source, user, and cv_metadata. Required: location_id.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own toolbox.

Curate a Tripadvisor toolbox per team so each one sees only relevant tools.

  • Content
  • Partnerships
  • Market research
  • Support
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Content toolbox

Tripadvisor · reviews and photos

 Tripadvisor starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Partnerships toolbox

Tripadvisor · hotel and restaurant locations

 — 9 Mar 2, 2026

Market research toolbox

Tripadvisor · geos and nearby search

 — 24 Feb 27, 2026

Support toolbox

Tripadvisor · location lookups by id

 Tripadvisor starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Product toolbox

Tripadvisor · catalog locations

 — 31 Jan 30, 2026

Trust and safety toolbox

Tripadvisor · allowlist entries

 — 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates use accounts they never hold.

See who connected each Tripadvisor account and how many teams and members it reaches.

  • Content EMEA
  • Partnerships
  • Market research
  • Support
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
TR

Tripadvisor (Content EMEA)

Connected by Emma Laurent

 Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
TR

Tripadvisor (Partnerships)

Connected by James Whitfield

 Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
TR

Tripadvisor (Market research)

Connected by Sofia Ricci

 Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
TR

Tripadvisor (Support)

Connected by Daniel Ortega

 Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
TR

Tripadvisor (Product)

Connected by Clara Nowak

 Personal • Active Not shared
TR

Tripadvisor (Trust and safety)

Connected by Michael Brennan

 Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Tripadvisor call leaves a record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource, appended and never edited.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM
E

Emma Laurent

[email protected]

 Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM
J

James Whitfield

[email protected]

 Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM
S

Sofia Ricci

[email protected]

 Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM
D

Daniel Ortega

[email protected]

 Tripadvisor Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM
C

Clara Nowak

[email protected]

 Tripadvisor Locations Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM
M

Michael Brennan

[email protected]

 Tripadvisor Locations List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule fires, a digest ships.

Tripadvisor reviews are fetched, grouped, drafted by an agent, approved, then posted back.

Tripadvisor digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emma Laurent

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 08:00

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch locations

    Tripadvisor

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s

  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve

  6. Post the digest

    Tripadvisor

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Location numbers computed, not asked for.

Four metrics, 14 days of records created and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.

Tripadvisor health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the locations collection

Live

Locations

1,284 ↓ 12%

Reviews

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Locations created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Content EMEA 34%

Partnerships 27%

Market research 21%

Support 18%

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Tripadvisor to Claude?

Connect Tripadvisor in Elaichi first by pasting your Tripadvisor API key when prompted. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp as the endpoint. Sign in to Elaichi when Claude asks and Tripadvisor is ready to use.

Does Tripadvisor work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Tripadvisor is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Tripadvisor once and every client your team uses can reach it.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Tripadvisor data?

With Tripadvisor connected, an agent can search for hotels, restaurants and attractions by name or near a place, read their ratings, reviews and photos, and look up destinations and recommendations. It can also list your Tripadvisor feed files and fetch a download link, and view or update entries on your allowlist. It cannot post reviews, edit listings or delete anything in Tripadvisor.

Does connecting Tripadvisor give the AI everything on my account?

An agent only sees what the Tripadvisor API key you connected is entitled to see, such as the locations, feed files and allowlist available to that account. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example to searching and reading only, but it can never widen access beyond what Tripadvisor itself allows.

Can my team share one Tripadvisor connection?

Yes. One person connects Tripadvisor with the API key and shares the connection with a team in Elaichi, and nobody else ever handles the key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log records who searched for which Tripadvisor locations or downloaded which feed file.

Can I stop an agent from changing things in Tripadvisor?

Yes. Nearly everything the Tripadvisor connector does is read-only, such as searching locations and reading reviews, and the one action that changes anything, updating your allowlist, can be blocked in Elaichi. A blocked action is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT or any other client, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a Tripadvisor connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Tripadvisor and every other connected application at once. If they shared a Tripadvisor connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. Disconnecting Tripadvisor once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client at the same time.

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