Community Topics

Forums

About the TripAdvisor forums

• What are the forums?
• What the forums are not
• Does it cost anything to join the TripAdvisor forums?
• Who are TripAdvisor staff?

Forums: Registration, signing in, and guidelines

• Do I need to register?
• Why can't I sign in to forums?
• How do I change my Member Profile?
• What are the guidelines for posting in the forums?

Forum posting, editing, and removals

• How to post a question or answer in a forum
• If I have an objection to a post, will you remove it?
• Why was my forum post removed?
• How to edit your posts
• What's the difference between a forum and a review?

Non-destination forums

• Other forums on the site and what they are
• What's the Off-Topic Chatter forum?

Forums lingo

• What does “OP” mean?
• What does “bump” mean?

Using HTML and posting images in forums

• HTML and our forums
• Can I post images in forums?

How we manage our forums

• Are the forums managed by anyone at TripAdvisor?
• Will I be notified if you change or remove a post of mine?
• Is there anyone I can e-mail if I think a forum is getting out of hand?
• Is there anyone I can e-mail if I think a post has been removed in error?

Closed topics and Sticky topics

• About closed topics
• About sticky topics

Searching forums and community guidelines

• What if I don't agree with something another member posts?
• How do I search for things people have posted about in the forums?

Destination Experts

• Who are the destination experts on the forums?
• Who they aren't
• Do they get paid?
• Are they administrators?
• How destination experts are chosen
• How to become a destination expert
• Nominating a destination expert
• Someone who is a destination expert just called me a really nasty name. Can you do anything?

Private Messages and Compliments

• What is private messaging?
• What private messaging is not
• I just received a compliment – what does that mean?

Sending and receiving private messages

• How to send a private message
• Where to find messages you sent and received
• I sent a question to another member, but haven't gotten a response. What can I do?
• How will I know when a member has sent a message or replied to one I sent?
• Do you monitor what I write to other members?

Turning off Private Messages

• How to turn off private messaging
• I'm receiving messages from a member that I don't want to communicate with. What can I do?
• Can I set an away message?

Guidelines for compliments and private messages

• Guidelines for private messages
• Guidelines for compliments

Blocking members

• What is blocking?
• How to block/unblock a member

Privacy settings

• Can I be anonymous?
• I do not wish to be contacted by a particular member. How do I turn off invites and private messages from this member?(blocking a member)
• Disabling communications from all members
• How do I unblock a member?

Traveler Network

• What is the Traveler Network?
• What the Traveler Network is not

Inviting and deleting friends

• Can I invite people to be in my traveler network even if I only know them on TripAdvisor?
• How do I invite people to be in my network if they are not already TripAdvisor members?
• If I choose to manually enter my friends' e-mail addresses or allow you to scan my e-mail address book in order to send them traveler network invitations, will you save or sell their e-mail addresses and spam them?
• You asked me if I wanted to scan my address book. Why would I want to do that?
• Will you store my friends' e-mail addresses for future use?
• What happens after you invite friends to join your network?
• I got an invite from another TA member and I have no idea who they are. Why would they send me an invitation?
• What if I don't want to receive invitations or have a traveler network? What can I do?
• How to delete someone from your traveler network

Nicknames

• What is a nickname?
• Why do some of my traveler network friends have nicknames?
• How can I change or remove the nickname for one of my friends?
• Can my friends or other members see the nicknames I have for my friends?
• Who is Ollie and why is he my friend?