Tripadvisor

Booking on Tripadvisor? Read traveller reviews and photos, pick your hotel, things-to-do (via Viator), restaurant or vacation rental, then book through ShopBack before you pay: ShopBack Cashback works like a discount, only easier than a promo code. Flights and cruises are searchable as a metasearch layer that hands you off to airlines, cruise lines, or partner sites to complete the booking. On ShopBack Singapore, start from the Tripadvisor page before you pay and part of what you spend at Tripadvisor comes back to you as Cashback.

Tripadvisor is strongest when the review depth matters more than the price gap. Use it to shortlist a hotel, restaurant, or activity from user reviews and Travellers' Choice awards, then book on Tripadvisor for activities and reservations, or compare the metasearch price against Trip.com, Agoda, and Booking.com for hotels before you confirm.

Tripadvisor leads on review depth and one-app planning across hotels, restaurants, and activities. Trip.com and Agoda are direct hotel OTAs with their own inventory and loyalty currencies (Trip Coins, AgodaCash), Booking.com is a global hotel OTA with wide free-cancellation stock, and Klook focuses on Asia activities and passes. For activities, Tripadvisor uses Viator inventory. For flights, Skyscanner and Kayak are more flight-first metasearch alternatives, and Google Travel is a free hotel and flight metasearch layer.

Start from the destination page (for example Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Bangkok, Bali, Taipei, Hong Kong, Sydney, London, Paris), read the top hotels, restaurants, and things-to-do by review score and Travellers' Choice, save shortlists to a Trip, then price-check the hotel against direct OTAs and book the activities and restaurant reservations on Tripadvisor. Filter by traveller type (families, couples, solo) to skip listings that do not match your trip.

Deep review and photo coverage across Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hokkaido), Korea (Seoul, Busan, Jeju), Thailand (Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai), Bali, Vietnam (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang), Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo Disney and Universal Studios Japan, Europe (London, Paris, Rome, Barcelona), Australia and New Zealand, and the United States. Activity coverage via Viator is strongest across these same routes.

Reviews are contributed by travellers, sorted by recency, rating, or traveller type, and aggregated into a bubble rating out of five. Travellers' Choice highlights the top listings in each category each year based on review volume and rating quality. Certificate of Excellence recognises consistently well-reviewed properties. Sort by most recent and read across two or three star ratings to get a fuller picture before you commit.

Things-to-do listings on Tripadvisor pull from Viator inventory. You book, pay, and receive the voucher through Tripadvisor or Viator, and cancellation terms are set by the operator. Coverage is strong on day tours, skip-the-line tickets, cooking classes, and airport transfers across Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States. Compare against Klook for Asia routes where Klook activity inventory can be denser.

Selected restaurants accept bookings directly through Tripadvisor, often powered by partner reservation networks. Coverage is meaningful in Japan, Korea, and parts of Europe and the United States. For destinations where direct reservations are not available, Tripadvisor still surfaces contact details, hours, and menu photos so you can book by phone, walk in, or reserve through a local platform.

Search the destination, filter by dates, price, guest score, and traveller type, then pick a listing. Tripadvisor shows a price comparison across partner sites (which may include Trip.com, Agoda, Booking.com, Expedia, and direct hotel sites) and lets you book on the source site or, for selected inventory, complete the booking on Tripadvisor. Check the cancellation rule on the specific rate before you confirm.

Cancellation depends on the specific hotel rate or activity operator, not on Tripadvisor as a platform. Hotel listings surface refundable and non-refundable rates side by side, and Viator activities set their own cancellation windows (many allow full refund up to 24 hours before start, subject to the specific listing). Read the cancellation rule on the listing before paying.

Credit and debit cards, PayPal, and mobile wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay on supported checkouts. Availability can vary by product (hotel booking on partner site versus Viator activity versus restaurant reservation) and by device. See the checkout screen for the accepted methods on your specific booking.

An annual list of the top-rated hotels, restaurants, and things-to-do based on the quality and quantity of traveller reviews across a qualifying period. The Best of the Best subset covers the top one percent. Useful as a fast filter when shortlisting, though still worth cross-checking against recent individual reviews.

Tripadvisor does not run a fixed sale calendar the way an OTA does. Hotel promotions and activity discounts follow supplier windows (partner hotels, Viator operators). Expect more activity around SG school holidays, year-end, Lunar New Year, and peak Northern Hemisphere summer. First-booking promotions and app-exclusive perks may appear from time to time, subject to current terms.

Promo codes, when available, are usually applied at checkout on Tripadvisor or on the partner booking page. They may be limited to specific products, minimum spends, or first-time bookers, and often cannot be combined with other codes. Check the terms on the code before applying.

Go through ShopBack Singapore before you pay and the Cashback tracks to your ShopBack account: open the Tripadvisor page on ShopBack and complete the booking. The live Cashback rate varies by product category; see the current published rate above.

Tripadvisor's own savings include partner-hotel promotions and Viator activity discounts, and some rates and activities carry their own conditions at checkout. ShopBack Cashback works like a discount, only easier than a promo code: go through ShopBack Singapore before you pay.

ShopBack Singapore Cashback on Tripadvisor confirms after the booking is completed and the supplier's cancellation window closes, typically within around 90 days. That includes a Viator activity refunded under its cancellation policy or a cancelled partner-hotel booking.

ShopBack's blog on Tripadvisor covers comparing activity booking platforms: Klook vs KKday vs GetYourGuide vs Viator 2026: Singapore Experiences.