<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-13-047119.txt : 20130830
<SEC-HEADER>0001181431-13-047119.hdr.sgml : 20130830
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130830180653
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-13-047119
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130828
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130830
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130830

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TripAdvisor, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001526520
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370]
		IRS NUMBER:				800743202
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		141 NEEDHAM STREET
		CITY:			NEWTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02464
		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-670-6300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		141 NEEDHAM STREET
		CITY:			NEWTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02464

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Kaufer Stephen
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001535772

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35362
		FILM NUMBER:		131073233

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O TRIPADVISOR, INC.
		STREET 2:		141 NEEDHAM STREET
		CITY:			NEWTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02464
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-08-28</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001526520</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TripAdvisor, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TRIP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001535772</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Kaufer Stephen</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O TRIPADVISOR, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>141 NEEDHAM STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEWTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02464</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Option to purchase common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>72.52</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-08-28</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1100000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2017-08-28</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2020-08-28</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1100000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1100000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Date at which first vesting occurs is indicated. Fifty percent of the total number of shares underlying the option vests on the fourth anniversary of the grant date of August 28, 2013 and an additional fifty percent of the underlying shares vests on the fifth anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Seth J. Kalvert, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-08-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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