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Add to SafariWhen comparing Foursquare vs Tripadvisor, the Slant community recommends Tripadvisor for most people. In the question“What are the best sites for discovering attractions in your travel destination?” Tripadvisor is ranked 1st while Foursquare is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Tripadvisor is:
Tripadvisor lists tour options for many of the available attractions. Many of the individual tours have lots of recent reviews so you can get a better idea of what the experience will be like.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Custom search results
Foursquare learns about what you like from the places you go and the searches you make. The app will give you recommendations based on what you like not what other people search for.
Pro Connects with Facebook and Twitter
Use Foursquare with Facebook and Twitter to see what restaurants and other places your friends recommend. Also get tips from those you follow about places you might not yet know about.
Pro Follow friends and trusted voices
Foursquare lets you follow your friends and other people that you trust to have great taste in food and places. You can view tips left by the people you follow at the places you go.
Pro High quantity of reviews
Tripadvisor lists tour options for many of the available attractions. Many of the individual tours have lots of recent reviews so you can get a better idea of what the experience will be like.
Pro Good for food/restaurants
Tripadvisor will usually have the not-to-miss restaurants, even if they can end up being touristy. A good yelp equivalent in non-US countries.
Cons
Con Not usually easy to compare
Con Reviews can be outdated
Con Lack of trust in reviews
There is a lot of incentive for companies to post fake reviews in order to increase their ranking/visibility. Tripadvisor does very little to catch the false reviews, so it's hard to know what's authentic and what isn't.
Con Lots of sponsored content
Sponsored content such as sightseeing tours and hotels can clutter up the content users are actually searching for.
