| Attention Scuba Divers. I have been scuba | | | | solution to the problem. What I pictured in |
| diving for years and was always just looking | | | | my mind helped me decide to start a new |
| for a local dive charter when I got to | | | | website called "Go For A Dive". The site |
| wherever I went on vacation. I found this to | | | | will be simply I thought, make it simple, |
| work in some cases but lately dive boats are | | | | straight to the point, and easy to navigate. |
| filling up quick with all of the new divers | | | | The goal is to compile the largest list of |
| getting certified. Last month my son became | | | | dive charters in the world. It may seem like |
| certified and we started looking for dives on | | | | a lofty goal, but anything worth doing has to |
| the internet before we actually went on | | | | be done to perfection. I am starting with |
| vacation. What I found were many dive sites, | | | | the United States and the Caribbean. So far |
| dive shops and some dive charters. Usually | | | | I have Florida and Alabama as well as |
| these charters were just a handful of | | | | fourteen of the islands in the Caribbean. |
| charters that were available in a certain | | | | Many people will be surprised at the amount |
| area. Many times I could not find charters | | | | of charters that are available. As things |
| on the web for cities that I had been to and | | | | progress, I will be adding every state and |
| actually been diving with a charter. And to | | | | other parts of the world like Micronesia and |
| make things worse, most of the charters I | | | | Africa. I decided to start with the top |
| found were several, if not 7 to 12 pages down | | | | destinations for diving. I am working daily |
| on search engine lists. I wasted hours doing | | | | to add charters to the site and also to get |
| research to find a charter just to find a | | | | it listed in search engines. As time goes |
| better charter boat that was more fitting for | | | | by, the site will move up the list and people |
| us when getting to our destination. Since I | | | | will start using it as a first stop when |
| had already made reservations and my credit | | | | planning a trip. Long term goals of the site |
| card had been charged for another charter, I | | | | include adding dive shops, dive instructors |
| ended up on a boat that would not have been | | | | and hotels that cater to divers. I am |
| my first choice if I had been more informed. | | | | looking for suggestions and recommendations |
| Why wasn't there a better way to look for | | | | on how to better enhance the site as well as |
| dive charters? Why spend hours searching for | | | | dive charters you have been on. If time |
| information that should be easily available | | | | permits and users request it, I will be |
| to anyone with a computer? What if there was | | | | adding reviews under each charter and |
| a simple site that listed charters in every | | | | incorporate some sort of rating system. |
| state and every part of the world? It was | | | | Please visit the site and drop me an email to |
| these questions that made me think about a | | | | tell me how I am doing. |