TripAdvisor (TRIP) is going to embrace the most difficult period in 2020. Every area of its business is going to be challenged in 2020 as the pandemic severely restricts consumers' travel and dinning patterns.

TripAdvisor looks cheap at less than 8 times its trailing free cash flow, but I contend this is a mirage. Sidestep this investment for now.

Last month, TripAdvisor pulled its full-year guidance noting the overall uncertainty and noting that its business trends throughout March had "substantially worsened" compared with February.

Looking back to its recent performance, this was already a company that had a very challenging 2019 - to put things mildly.

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