Tripadvisor Reviews Scraper

Apify Actor that extracts public Tripadvisor reviews for attractions, hotels, and restaurants.

Field	Description
reviewId	Tripadvisor review id (when available)
rating	Star rating 1–5
title	Review title
text	Review body
date	Published / travel-date string as shown publicly
reviewerName	Public display name (when exposed in list markup)
url	Public ShowUserReviews URL
placeName	Place display name
placeUrl	Source place URL

Use cases: travel reputation monitoring, hotel/attraction VoC, competitive research on public Tripadvisor pages.

Public pages only. Playwright Firefox + Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy (DataDome). Polite defaults: concurrency 1, delay ~2.5s. Default maxReviews: 15.

Input

Field	Default	Notes
placeUrl	—	Attraction_Review / Hotel_Review / Restaurant_Review URL
startUrls	—	Optional list of place URLs
maxReviews	15	Max unique reviews
language	en	Accept-Language hint
requestDelayMs	2500	Delay between page loads
maxConcurrency	1	Parallel pages (max 2)
proxyConfiguration	RESIDENTIAL + US	Required on Cloud

At least one of placeUrl or startUrls is required.

Example run (verified)

Cloud run against Eiffel Tower, maxReviews: 15, RESIDENTIAL US, Playwright Firefox — 15/15 OK.

{
  "placeUrl": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187147-d188151-Reviews-Eiffel_Tower-Paris_Ile_de_France.html",
  "maxReviews": 15,
  "language": "en",
  "requestDelayMs": 2500,
  "maxConcurrency": 1,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

Alternate: Monserrate Bogotá — https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g294074-d311681-Reviews-Monserrate-Bogota.html

Real sample output (Eiffel Tower)

{
  "reviewId": "1070450559",
  "rating": 5,
  "title": "Trip to the top amazing",
  "text": "We went all the way to the top at night. It was amazing view. There was a lot of lines to the very top but worth the wait. You can see everything from the top. We took an elevator to the top. It was extra It worth it.",
  "date": "Jul 2026 • Friends",
  "reviewerName": null,
  "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d188151-r1070450559-Eiffel_Tower-Paris_Ile_de_France.html",
  "placeName": "Eiffel Tower",
  "placeUrl": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187147-d188151-Reviews-Eiffel_Tower-Paris_Ile_de_France.html",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-29T05:38:59.551Z"
}

Sample batch (15 reviews)

★	Title	Date
5	Trip to the top amazing	Jul 2026 • Friends
1	Booking error - No ticket refund	Jul 2026
5	Unrivaled	Jul 2026
5	An iconic structure	Jul 2026 • Couples
3	A peeling symbol	Jul 2026 • Couples
4	A must see	Jul 2026
4	Long lines, great views, lots of people.	Jul 2026
1	Pretty but...	Nov 2019 • Solo
5	Magnificent	Jul 2026 • Friends
5	The best view of Paris from above	Jul 2026
5	The Eiffel Tower, a legend…	Jul 2026
5	Awesome views of Paris…	Jul 2026
5	Amazing	Jan 2026 • Friends
5	Very good	Jun 2017 • Couples
5	Fabulous monument	Jun 2026 • Friends

Actor: https://console.apify.com/actors/FXAUdJ9M23ZPotY1R
Verified run: https://console.apify.com/actors/FXAUdJ9M23ZPotY1R/runs/bGrNoY4PGd4Ff1y7n

How it works

1. Open the place URL with Playwright Firefox (less fingerprinted than Chromium)
2. Prefer Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy (DataDome blocks datacenter / bare IPs)
3. Wait out JS challenge pages; open Reviews tab; scroll lazy cards
4. Extract from DOM cards + JSON-LD / embedded state + GraphQL XHR
5. Paginate with Tripadvisor -orN- offsets (15 reviews/page)
6. Deduplicate and push up to maxReviews

Local development

cd tripadvisor-reviews-scraper
npm install --registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
export APIFY_TOKEN=...   # from parent apify-actors/.env
apify run -p             # usually blocked locally (no platform proxy)

Prefer cloud:

apify push -f
apify call -p --memory 2048

Pricing suggestion (Apify Store)

Plan	Price
Pay-per-result	$3.00 / 1,000 reviews (range $2–4 / 1k)
Rental	$39 / month (range $29–49) + compute

Positioning: Playwright Firefox + RESIDENTIAL for DataDome-protected public review pages; travel/reputation niche.

Compliance / Terms of Service

• Scrapes publicly visible Tripadvisor review pages only (no login, no private APIs).
• Does not bypass paid Tripadvisor APIs or authenticated member-only content.
• Respects polite rate limits (low concurrency, multi-second delays).
• Users are responsible for complying with Tripadvisor Terms of Use, applicable law, and Apify Store policies. Use for legitimate research / monitoring of public data; do not overload Tripadvisor infrastructure.

Changelog

1.0.0

• Playwright Firefox crawl of Tripadvisor Attraction / Hotel / Restaurant review pages
• Inputs: placeUrl, startUrls, maxReviews (default 15), language, delay, RESIDENTIAL proxy
• Fields: rating, title, text, date, reviewerName, url (+ place metadata)
• Pagination via -orN- offsets; dedupe by reviewId / content
• Verified cloud: Eiffel Tower, 15 reviews

PENDING evidence (2026-07-29)

Cloud run gmOIH1Gh6HOhYXlWQ (build 1.0.17, Camoufox + RESIDENTIAL US, Eiffel Tower Attraction_Review):

• reviewsScraped: 0, blockedCount: 3
• Logs: persistent DataDome captcha interstitial (title=tripadvisor.com, bodyLen≈43)
• Earlier run PlNa7br5ODga3qDcE cleared challenge but soft-redirected to city “Top 15 Things to Do” listing (0 review cards)