{"id":49,"date":"2026-08-07T15:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/spice-plantation-tours\/about-rebuild\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:19:04","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/spice-plantation-tours\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Goa Spice Plantation Tours \u2014 About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"49\" class=\"elementor elementor-49\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-462fd5e e-con-boxed e-no-lazyload light3 section moa-xxl section-opener e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"462fd5e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-094a4ab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why We Compare Plantations at All<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70c11b3 hero-subtitle elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70c11b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We started after one too many brochures promised harvest season that had ended months earlier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-952070a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"952070a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"#start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Compare Plantations<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cfd2e9 section light moa-lg section-body e-no-lazyload e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9cfd2e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0138281 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0138281\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cea6fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9cea6fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a833631 section-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a833631\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Approach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38f0133 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38f0133\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We visit all six plantations twice a year, once in season and once out of it, so the comparison holds whatever month you book. Every listing gets updated the same week we walk the site, not once and forgotten.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57db9a8 e-con-boxed e-no-lazyload section light3 moa-sd section-body e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57db9a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7828762 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7828762\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84c7117 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84c7117\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b9e6d prehead elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23b9e6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who You'll Meet<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d20bbc7 section-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d20bbc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Team Behind the Ratings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c22733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c22733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Three of us do the plantation visits, rotating so no one site gets the same reviewer twice running. We check elephant policy, lunch, crowd size and harvest stage against the same checklist every time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b6ac64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b6ac64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>None of us works for a plantation or takes commission on bookings. When a tour drops its elephant rides or improves the lunch, we revisit and update the listing within the month.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb10d4b section light moa-lg section-body e-no-lazyload e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb10d4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddbdbca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddbdbca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d533b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84d533b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a725556 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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