Tours.com: The Guiding Light

Luxury Travel Services: If it can be fathomed, Tours.com probably has a listing for it. This is the ultimate directory for all travel- and tour-related matters. Pick a country or select a tour and Tours.com readily has a source worth reviewing. In most cases, numerous options are available instantly. The company's breadth is ad infinitum. Popular newspapers, national magazines, national and international tourism sites, travel agencies, and more link and recommend this directory to readers, clients, customers, and travelers every day.

Tours.com began its service-oriented business in 1995. This directory comes in handy even if a traveler's vision of a vacation is a directionless notion without any concrete plan. It is a great starting point. More than 220 countries are listed, and there are more than 80 types of tours/vacations listed in alphabetical order. If a desired tour is not on the list, it is likely that something can be found by doing an advanced search and then following up with a few of the travel agencies. Having all the info in one place eliminates a lot of time-consuming guesswork.

Tour selections run the gamut ranging from agricultural to yacht charters to bicycling to mountain climbing to sports events to Caribbean-island hopping to wine-tasting tours. With access to so may travel-related contacts, customizing a vacation or a tour is definitely a doable assignment. Tours.com has innumerable listings for travel associations, travel publications, magazines, e-zines, blogs, newsletters and travel guides.

Tours.com's trove of travel-related references and source are forever expanding. It is a consummate all-inclusive research tool that makes gathering intelligence a manageable task.

Happy hunting!

For LxM James Rothaar