Overview

This article explains how to submit your Japanese locations to Tripadvisor through our system. Following this process ensures your locations appear correctly on Tripadvisor.

Submission Timeline

• New location & Translation Deadline: All new locations + translations must be submitted before the 1st of each month to be included in the monthly batch sent.
• Monthly Cycle: Submissions to Tripadvisor occur on the 7th of each month
• Processing Time: Allow 4 weeks for locations to appear on Tripadvisor after submission

Step-by-Step Process

Submission Through API

1. Prepare Your Location Translations

For each new Japanese location you want to submit to Tripadvisor, you need to provide:

• Location name in Japanese + English
• Business Description in Japanese + English

Note: 

Locations without proper Japanese translations cannot be processed and will be delayed until the next monthly cycle.

English text should have English characters only

Japanese text should have Japanese characters only

2. Submit Translations

Send the translations for the following fields via API:

• Name
• DescriptionLong
• DescriptionShort

Sample Code for sending Translations in the Backend:

curl -X "PATCH" "https://sandbox.uberall.com/api/locations/$id" \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8' \
    -H 'privateKey: $PRIVATE_KEY' \
    -d $'{
 "translations": {
   "fr": {
     "name": "nom",
     "descriptionShort": "courte description"
   },
   "ja": {
     "name": "名前",
     "descriptionShort": "簡単な説明"
   }
 }
}'
 

Submission Through Excel Import on the platform

Submit to Tripadvisor

Uberall will extract all new locations that include the required translations, and perform the translations required on Address, and submit all new locations to Tripadvisor.