# Tripadvisor, free, Discover, first 1,000 billable entities free, GET /locations/search: Tripadvisor search API

> Finds Locations by free-text name or address.

Tripadvisor's Tripadvisor search API on its "Discover, first 1,000 billable entities free" plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 4 of the 5 key fields we check: Type, Location, Rating, Review count.
We rank 23 plans by price. [HasData's $249 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/hasdata/249-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.83.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/free-discover-first-1000-billable-entities-free-get-locations-search
- Get it: https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/docs/usage-based-pricing
- Request: `GET https://terra.tripadvisor.com/api/locations/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/docs/usage-based-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/reference/locationssearch
- Sold by: Tripadvisor (https://www.tripadvisor.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 80%
- Type: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Rating: ✓
- Review count: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: page of 20
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Most per search: no limit
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search Locations Catalog · Search Nearby Locations · Search Nearby Locations Catalog · Multiple Locations Details · Location Reviews · Location Photos · Multiple Geos Details

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Finds Locations by free-text name or address.

## Data

- Keep data: Except as explicitly provided in your contract with Tripadvisor, caching, copying, downloading, storing or indexing content is not permitted for any content, except that the Location ID attribute can be cached solely to improve the speed of your application. [...] Upon expiration or termination of these Master Terms or any applicable Order for any reason, Customer will: [...] (ii) destroy, delete and/or return any copies of the Licensed Content to Tripadvisor, (iii) remove all Licensed Content from the Customer Application
- Use data: Tripadvisor grants to Customer during the applicable Order Term a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, revocable (as contemplated in this Agreement), non-sublicensable, non-transferable and royalty-free license to access and use the applicable API and Licensed Content delivered therein solely to (a) enable the display of the Licensed Content through the Customer Application to End Users, (b) in the case of Factual Content only, use such Factual Content to call third party application programming interfaces, and (c) to internally analyze (I) user reviews to determine strengths and weaknesses of a given Active Property solely for purposes of improving such Active Property or (II) the location of Active Properties to understand where they are located relative to other points of interest. [...] Tripadvisor does not grant any license to Customer to (and Customer shall not, nor permit any third party to) access or use the API, the Licensed Content delivered therein, or any other TA Materials in connection with any use of artificial intelligence or machine learning, including without limitation any model training, model fine-tuning, or any algorithm, software or database used in connection with any of the foregoing, provided, however, that [...] Tripadvisor grants to Customer during the applicable Order Term a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, revocable, non-sublicensable, non-transferable and royalty-free license to access and use the applicable API and Licensed Content delivered therein solely to perform Grounding on a large-language artificial intelligence model via retrieval-augmented generation (and for the avoidance of doubt, not train or fine tune any model), so long as such model is used solely for internal (e.g. not consumer or customer facing) non-commercial purposes in connection with testing the Customer Application. [...] Customer shall (a) include a Mark (as specified by Tripadvisor) and link back to the relevant Tripadvisor Site (as specified by Tripadvisor) pursuant to the requirements of the Linking Policy in connection with all displays of the Licensed Content on the Customer Application, (b) comply with the Policies, [...] (d) not modify or alter any display, sort or ranking order, (e) for each display of Licensed Content on the Customer Application, display all Licensed Content returned in the applicable Service application programming interface(s) response as-is, except that Customer may selectively display [...] (i) an entire Active Property based on specific, Tripadvisor-provided categories for such Active Property (e.g. only show Vegan Restaurants) and (ii) a particular piece of other Licensed Content solely in order to prevent a negative End-User experience (e.g. only show 5 of the 10 photos returned), provided that [...] Customer may not selectively display reviews, rankings, ratings, or any other indication of the quality of an Active Property unless explicitly requested by an End User [...], (f) not combine any Licensed Content with any other content (e.g. aggregating Tripadvisor ratings or reviews with other ratings or reviews to create a new aggregated rating or review system), [...] (i) not display the Licensed Content near, or in conjunction with, any booking or inventory function (including any content that links to a booking function on another platform) supplied by a party other than Tripadvisor or its Affiliates, [...] Customer shall (a) only copy, cache or download the Licensed Content from the API as explicitly permitted by the Caching Policy and shall implement industry-standard security measures to protect the Licensed Content, [...] and (c) make all displays of TA Materials on the Customer Application non-indexable by search engines, and inaccessible to third parties via any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means. [...] Customer shall not: (a) modify, edit, shorten, add to, transform, adapt, create derivative works of, reproduce, distribute or copy the TA Materials or Services, unless explicitly permitted by Tripadvisor under this Agreement, provided that Customer may truncate consecutive characters at the beginning or end of Licensed Content user reviews so long as Customer (i) makes clear to End Users that such user reviews are truncated, (ii) displays a link to the Tripadvisor Site where End Users can read the entire review, and (iii) does not truncate the Licensed Content user reviews shorter than 200 characters, (b) make the Services available to anyone other than Customer's employees, contractors, and consultants who (i) need access in order to exercise Customer's rights under this Agreement, (ii) are prohibited from using the Services except on behalf of Customer, and (iii) are subject to similar confidentiality obligations as Customer, (c) access or use (including via a robot, spider, crawler or other automated means) the Tripadvisor Sites or Services to systematically analyze, extract or obtain any information or data from the Services, TA Materials or the Tripadvisor Sites, unless explicitly approved by Tripadvisor in writing, [...] (e) use the Services or TA Materials to create any product which is competitive with any Tripadvisor or Tripadvisor Affiliate product offering, including without limitation using the Licensed Content in connection with collecting user reviews unless explicitly approved by Tripadvisor in writing, [...] (g) include sensitive or Personal Data in any request to a Service application programming interface(s), (h) use the Services or TA Materials for illegal purposes or in any manner that infringes the rights of any third party, or (i) access the Services, except as expressly permitted by Tripadvisor. [...] During the Agreement Term, Customer will not license, collect or display content similar to the Licensed Content, including without limitation displaying or using the TA Materials on the Customer Application alongside or in conjunction with other user-generated content.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 results
- Enough for: 50 pages, once

## Rate limit

- Per day: 86,400
- Per second: 1

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: search_type, country_code, geo_name, postal_code, category, locale, page, size
- Method: GET
- Path: /locations/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Discover, first 1,000 billable entities free
- Who can get it: a duly organized entity that lists its website or mobile application at account sign-up, not from a country prohibited under U.S. export or OFAC regulations and not a Prohibited Person

## The 45 fields the plan's answer can hold

place ID, geo ID, geo name, name, address, description, latitude, longitude, rating, review count, rating icon URL, place URL, photos URL, questions and answers URL, write review URL, menu URL, official website URL, Android intent URL, matched value, brand, chain, accommodation prices, room count, star rating, attributes, awards, category, neighborhoods, official email, opening hours, place phone, photo count, price level, rankings, recommended visit length, place status, closed date, reopen date, rating distribution, review language counts, sub-ratings, page, page size, total results, total pages

## Tripadvisor's plans (10)

- [Tripadvisor, free, Discover, first 1,000 billable entities free, GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/free-discover-first-1000-billable-entities-free-get-locations-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [Tripadvisor, pay as you go, Discover, price tier 6 (5,001 and more billable entities per invoice cycle), GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/pay-as-you-go-discover-price-tier-6-5001-and-more-billable-entities-per-invoice-cycle-get-locations-search/llms.txt): $180.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [Tripadvisor, pay as you go, Discover, price tier 5 (4,001 to 5,000 billable entities per invoice cycle), GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/pay-as-you-go-discover-price-tier-5-4001-to-5000-billable-entities-per-invoice-cycle-get-locations-search/llms.txt): $196.80 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [Tripadvisor, pay as you go, Discover, price tier 4 (3,001 to 4,000 billable entities per invoice cycle), GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/pay-as-you-go-discover-price-tier-4-3001-to-4000-billable-entities-per-invoice-cycle-get-locations-search/llms.txt): $218.80 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [Tripadvisor, pay as you go, Discover, price tier 3 (2,001 to 3,000 billable entities per invoice cycle), GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/pay-as-you-go-discover-price-tier-3-2001-to-3000-billable-entities-per-invoice-cycle-get-locations-search/llms.txt): $243.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [Tripadvisor, pay as you go, Discover, price tier 2 (1,001 to 2,000 billable entities per invoice cycle), GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/pay-as-you-go-discover-price-tier-2-1001-to-2000-billable-entities-per-invoice-cycle-get-locations-search/llms.txt): $270.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [Tripadvisor, pay as you go, Discover, price tier 1 (1 to 1,000 billable entities per invoice cycle), GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/pay-as-you-go-discover-price-tier-1-1-to-1000-billable-entities-per-invoice-cycle-get-locations-search/llms.txt): $300.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [Tripadvisor, contact us, Growth, GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/contact-us-growth-get-locations-search/llms.txt): 80% complete
- [Tripadvisor, contact us, Innovate, GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/contact-us-innovate-get-locations-search/llms.txt): 80% complete
- [Tripadvisor, contact us, Scale, GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/contact-us-scale-get-locations-search/llms.txt): 80% complete

## Tripadvisor's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /locations/search`: [Tripadvisor, free, Discover, first 1,000 billable entities free, GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/free-discover-first-1000-billable-entities-free-get-locations-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /catalog/locations/search`: [Tripadvisor, free, Discover, first 1,000 billable entities free, GET /catalog/locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/free-discover-first-1000-billable-entities-free-get-catalog-locations-search/llms.txt)

## Tripadvisor's APIs (2)

- [Tripadvisor: Tripadvisor review API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-review-apis/tripadvisor/free/llms.txt)
- [Tripadvisor: Tripadvisor search API pricing, 10 plans, GET /locations/search](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/tripadvisor/free-discover-first-1000-billable-entities-free-get-locations-search/llms.txt)

## Tripadvisor: Tripadvisor search API alternatives

- [HasData, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/hasdata/59-monthly/llms.txt): $2.95 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [AnyAPI, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 60% complete
- [Scavio, top-up from $25](https://datacircle.dev/tripadvisor-search-apis/scavio/top-up-from-25/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 40% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-30.

- https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/docs/api-access-and-limits
- https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/docs/api-master-terms
- https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/docs/caching-policy
- https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/docs/faq
- https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/docs/guide-for-when-to-use-catalog-search-vs-location-search
- https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/docs/overview
- https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/docs/rate-limits
- https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/docs/usage-based-pricing
- https://docs.terra.tripadvisor.com/reference/locationssearch