PlanetEye

October 31st, 2008

Tutorial: Personalize PlanetEye

Mark Evans

Director, Community

Over the past few months, PlanetEye has evolved and improved as we strive to become the leading online travel planning destination.

As we introduce new features and make our flagship planning tool, the Travel Pack, even more useful, one of the things we want to provide is a series of tutorials so you can get the most out of PlanetEye.

One of the PlanetEye’s most valuable and effective tools are the personalized recommendation and content generated about the top-rated restaurants, attractions, hotels and activities.

These recommendations and content are a great way to discover and learn about places that you may have never heard of otherwise. It’s the kind of information that can help make a good trip great by simply going to the right places that meet your interests.

It’s easy to personalize PlanetEye using two tools: Trusted Sources and Travel Interests.

Trusted Sources consist of editorial content that offers valuable insight and information. This includes content from the New York Times, Conde Nast, Wine Spectator, GridSkipper, OpenTable and Golf Digest. You pick the kind of content you would like to see, and if it’s available, it will appear when you’re looking at a particular place on PlanetEye.

For example, you could be interested in Il Pagliaccio, a great restaurant in Rome. If you had selected the New York Times as one of your content choices, you would see a review if you visited the Il Pagliaccio place page.

Travel Interests let you select the kind of places where you like to stay (e.g. hotels, B&Bs, hostels or rentals), where you like to eat (restaurants, fast food), and what you like to do (attractions, art, wine and activities).

To configure your Trusted Sources and Travel Interests, go to your PlanetEye profile. Click on “Set Travel Interests” and starting personalizing your PlanetEye.

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