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Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | Valuation and Qualifying Accounts TripAdvisor, Inc For the Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts The following table presents the changes in our valuation and qualifying accounts:
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  | Charges (recoveries) to Earnings |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Balance at End of Year |
|  | (In thousands) |
2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 5,370 |  |  | $ | (1,050 | ) |  | $ | (1,502 | ) |  | $ | 2,818 |
2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 5,184 |  |  | $ | 909 |  |  | $ | (723 | ) |  | $ | 5,370 |
2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 3,693 |  |  | $ | 3,383 |  |  | $ | (1,892 | ) |  | $ | 5,184 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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