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Common questions
Is tripadvisor.co.uk legit or a scam?
tripadvisor.co.uk was registered Jun 21, 2002 (24 years old), per public registration records. AboutUs doesn't label sites "legit" or "a scam": this page lists the dated registration, DNS, HTTPS, mail-authentication and safety checks we could verify, each with its source, so you can decide for yourself.
Who owns tripadvisor.co.uk?
Nobody has completed AboutUs's owner verification for tripadvisor.co.uk. That's true of most sites here — it isn't itself a warning sign.
When was tripadvisor.co.uk registered?
tripadvisor.co.uk's registration dates to Jun 21, 2002 (24 years old), per public registration records. CSC Corporate Domains, Inc is the registrar on record today.
Authority scores draw on Open PageRank link-graph data.
The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Oct 2, 2026).
Registered 2002 · AboutUs's live check was blocked by the site's bot protection
TripAdvisor.co.uk is a travel review and planning platform where users can read and share reviews of hotels, resorts, holidays, and travel packages. It serves travelers planning trips and researching accommodations and destinations.
AboutUs has not vetted this site. Everything below is what we could measure automatically. Anything you do on the site — paying, sharing personal details, downloading — is between you and the site, not AboutUs.
Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Domain registered Jun 21, 2002 — 24 years old.
latest result
Registrar on record: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Oct 2, 2026).
Authority 85/100— ahead of 85% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear
Why this authority score
85 is a percentile: higher than 85% of sites we score.
How it's calculated
Prominence (Tranco rank #3,288)+9
Verified continuity: 24.3 years (RDAP registration)+10
Security & email hygiene+5
Calibration adjustment (published map)+19
Model score: 43/99 — what these reason lines add up to.
Published Authority (percentile): 85/100 — this site's rank against the August 2026 scored sample. Public Authority is capped at 99.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 2 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 2 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.
2002
Domain registered (Jun 21, 2002).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 21, 2006); profile edited 6 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“TripAdvisor.co.uk shows reviews of hotels, holiday and travel for 190 countries”
2026
Checked today — The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Oct 2, 2026).
✓ domain continuity 24 years registered– live check blocked the site's bot protection turned the check away Oct 2, 2026