TripAdvisor LLC operates as an online travel community. It provides information on recommendations for hotels, resorts, inns, vacations, travel packages, vacation packages, and travel guides. The company also offers graphical advertising and cost-per-click marketing platforms for the travel suppliers, as well as hats, clothing, mugs, stickers, buttons and magnets, bags, postcards, and journals through its online stores. TripAdvisor LLC was formerly known as TripAdvisor, Incorporated. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Newton, Massachusetts. It has operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and India. TripAdvisor LLC operates as a subsidiary of Expedia, Inc.