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Searching the Internet can be a thrill, or it can be a perplexing problem. Very early in the development of World Wide Web standards it was clear that what the growing "metapile of data" needed was a few good editors and tour guides to help you find your way. That was the beginning of Yahoo, Google, Ask.com and the rest of the search engines that we now depend on to put street names and house numbers on every block of the so-called information highway. What's the use of information overload if you can't find the precise data that you want?
Still, even with the advances in web organization and indexing, some search tasks remained problematic and time-consuming. This led to the development of more targeted, less sweeping search engines that focused on court decisions, auto sales, auctions, language translation and other specifics. The latest development in targeted search is geared toward people planning holidays, vacations, travel and, especially, tours. The approach taken by one intrepid entrepreneur has been dubbed a "qualifying engine," a term you just might start hearing more often now.
"Qualifying engine" defined
One of the greatest advantages of targeted searching is stripping double meanings off common terms. Using a qualifying engine to search for your next tour means you do not have to worry about your search for "Princess tours" returning links about the tunnel where Princess Di died in a car accident in 1997 - unless, of course, that is exactly what you want. A person searching for hotels, cruise lines, airlines and everything else related to tours will save time, money and effort with a qualifying engine that "speaks the language" of tours.
Essentially, a tour planning site that uses a qualifying engine will do the bulk of the work for you, and before you even log on. You are already guaranteed to find results about Hawaii, and not ground coffee, if you search for "Kona," just as "Bordeaux" will provide information about tours to that region, not about red wine. Then again, the qualifying engine can certainly be used to find wine tours, too!
You're in charge
You can define your tour search as narrowly or as broadly as you like, and never have to worry about getting useless, even silly, results. Without this approach, it would require a tremendous investment of time to find all the ocean-going tours to Central America that give you three days in Costa Rica and two on the island of Roatan (off Honduras). If you need vegetarian meals and prefer an English-speaking crew, you could be pecking at your keyboard all day trying to cross-reference all the possibilities. Don't waste your time, especially since someone else has put enough time into working it all out so you don't have to.
Your preferences for every single aspect of your trip can become additional search parameters for a tour site's qualifying engine. You can construct the tour vacation of your dreams and cover every single variable, without compromising your choices or "settling" for second-best. Departure date, length of tour, destination, meal planning, currency conversion, ports of call - everything becomes another variable for the targeted search that the qualifying engine will make on your behalf. You can leverage the power of this technology at any point in your planning process, from beginning to end, with as few or many specifics as you care to mention. In fact, a slightly "looser" search may bring forth some options or ideas that you did not at first consider. The ways you will benefit from this advanced "tour matchmaking service" are nearly endless.
A "hybrid" approach
Once you begin to amass results from your qualifying engine searches, you can confirm and double-check any and every detail before making a final decision. There is no better way to approach tour planning (and payment) than being a fully informed consumer. In fact, the presence of such focused search technology on a tour planning site is your first evidence of integrity, as you have little to fear from a person, company or website that puts all the cards right on the table in full view. Clearly, you should wonder about any tour planners that do not provide thorough and far-reaching search capabilities.
The bottom line is that you want to plan a perfect tour, a memorable vacation or a happy holiday, while saving time up front and money on "the back end." Part of the power of this approach is its customizability, which has been explained in adequate detail. Another strength is timeliness, in that your results on itineraries, options and costs are not printed in last month's brochure but are up-to-the-nanosecond accurate. The perfect tour is closer than ever, now that there is the perfect tour qualifying engine. With all the power of the best search engines filtered through the experience and expertise of a world full of travel professionals, you are definitely in charge when it comes to designing your unique and perfect tour, whatever the destination.
Tourabout.com empowers your search of thousands of all inclusive vacations from the world's best vacation destinations. Visit us online and you won't need to spend hours searching dozens of websites to find your next vacation package.
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