<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-17-009431.txt : 20170301
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-17-009431.hdr.sgml : 20170301
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170301210331
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-17-009431
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170227
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170301
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170301

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:		400 1ST AVENUE
		CITY:			NEEDHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02494
		BUSINESS PHONE:		781-800-5800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 1ST AVENUE
		CITY:			NEEDHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02494

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Watson Noel Bertram
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001669081

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35362
		FILM NUMBER:		17656718

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 1ST AVENUE
		STREET 2:		C/O TRIPADVISOR, INC.
		CITY:			NEEDHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02494
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        <footnote id="F1">Date at which first vesting occurs is indicated. One-fourth of the total number of stock options vest on the first vesting date and an additional one-fourth vest on each anniversary thereafter, until the stock options are fully vested.</footnote>
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    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Linda C. Frazier, attorney in fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-03-01</signatureDate>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC):
<TEXT>
Exhibit 24

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Seth Kalvert and Linda C. Frazier with full power
of substitution, the undersigned?s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned?s capacity as an officer and/or
director of TripAdvisor, Inc. (the ?Company?),
from time to time the following U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (?SEC?) forms: (i) Form ID,
including any attached documents,
to effect the assignment of codes to
the undersigned to be used in the
transmission of information to the
SEC using the EDGAR System; (ii) Form 3,
 Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership
of Securities, including any attached documents;
 (iii) Form 4, Statement of Changes in Beneficial
 Ownership of Securities, including any attached documents;
 (iv) Form 5, Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of
 Securities in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
 rules thereunder, including any attached documents;
 (v) Schedule 13D and (vi) amendments of each thereof,
 in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
 as amended, and the rules thereunder, including any
 attached documents;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and
 on behalf of the undersigned, which may be
 necessary or desirable to complete and execute
 any such Form 3, 4 or 5, or Schedule 13D or any
 amendment(s) thereto, and timely file such form(s)
 with the SEC and any securities exchange, national
 association or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever
 in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
 of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
 in the best interest of, or legally required by,
 the undersigned, it being understood that
 the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
 behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
 Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
 contain such terms and conditions as such
 attorney-in-fact may approve in such
 attorney-in-fact?s discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to such
 attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do
 and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
 requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the
 exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
 granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
 as the undersigned might or could do if personally
 present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
 that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s
 substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
 to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
 attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
 at the request of the undersigned, is not
 assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
 of the undersigned?s responsibilities to
 comply with Section 16 or Regulation 13D-G
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
 as amended.  The undersigned hereby agrees
to indemnify the attorney in fact and the
 Company from and against any demand, damage,
 loss, cost or expense arising from any false
 or misleading information provided by the
 undersigned to the attorney-in-fact.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
 force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
 required to file such forms with respect to the
 undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in
 securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
 revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
 delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
 caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of
 March 4, 2016.
			/s/ Noel B. Watson
			Name: Noel B. Watson
		        Title:Chief Accounting Officer

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