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Debt - Term Loan Facility Due Twenty Sixteen and Revolving Credit Facility - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 20, 2011
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Principal repayment of term loan   2.50%trip_PercentageOfRepaymentAmountOnPrincipalAmountOfTermLoanAfterFirstYear    
Principal payments on long-term debt   $ 40,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt $ 40,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt $ 20,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt
Credit facility borrowings (Note 8)   38,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit 28,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit  
Total interest and commitments fees   9,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpense 10,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpense 11,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpense
Amortization expense   1,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts 1,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts 1,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Maximum borrowing limits 600,000,000trip_CreditAgreementOutstandingBorrowingsAndMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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= trip_TermLoanAndRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
     
Borrowings, interest rate description   interest at LIBOR plus 150 basis points, or the Eurocurrency Spread, or the alternate base rate (“ABR”) plus 50 basis points    
Commitment fee on undrawn amount   0.225%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
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Borrowings, interest rate basis   1.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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= trip_TermLoanAndRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
   
Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Borrowings interest rate basis point   1.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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= trip_TermLoanAndRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
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= us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
   
Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility | Alternate Base Rate        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Borrowings interest rate basis point   0.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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= trip_TermLoanAndRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= trip_AlternateBaseRateMember
   
Term Loan        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Term Loan Facility, principal amount 400,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= trip_TermLoanMember
     
Period of Term Loan Facility 5 years      
Borrowings, maturity date Dec. 31, 2016      
Total interest and commitments fees   6,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpense
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= trip_TermLoanMember
8,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpense
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= trip_TermLoanMember
9,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpense
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= trip_TermLoanMember
Deferred financing costs 3,500,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
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= trip_TermLoanMember
     
Revolving Credit Facility        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Borrowing capacity under Credit Facility 200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
     
Credit facility, expiration period 5 years      
Borrowings, maturity date Dec. 31, 2016      
Credit facility borrowings (Note 8)   0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
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= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
   
Letter of Credit        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Borrowing capacity under Credit Facility   40,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember
   
Letters of credit outstanding amount   1,000,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
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= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember
   
Borrowings On Same Day Notice        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Borrowing capacity under Credit Facility   $ 40,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= trip_BorrowingsOnSameDayNoticeMember