I’ll be speaking today at 2pm PT and tomorrow at 1:30pm PT at the San Francisco Travel Show. Click here to download a PDF version of my presentation, which includes recommendations for great LGBT-friendly destinations, events, tours and cruises.
Category Archives: Gay travel
San Francisco Packs In Early Fall Events
I’m missing these events all taking place the first week of San Francisco (I’m leaving Monday, October 1. Drats!) But you don’t have to. If you hurry, you can catch one of the following fun events, whether you’re proclivities tend towards the sporty, the literary or the queer. (Or all of the above.) America’s CupContinue reading “San Francisco Packs In Early Fall Events”
New York’s Best Vegetarian Restaurants
Flickr.com/photos/comprock/5104728271/ One of our readers asked us for our recommendations for the city’s top vegetarian restaurants. He must have missed the ones we included in our recent issue! So we’re surfacing them here. There’s nothing inherently gay about any of our choices for best vegetarian restaurants in New York, except they’re in neighborhoods our readersContinue reading “New York’s Best Vegetarian Restaurants”
Atlantic City, The Water Club at Borgata and Madonna: A Great Combination
I’m very excited to have been invited to see Madonna at historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. This is my first real hotel overnight visit and I feel like I’m doing it right. I’m not a gamer so I wasn’t sure what kinds of activities I could enjoy. The great folks at the Atlantic CityContinue reading “Atlantic City, The Water Club at Borgata and Madonna: A Great Combination”
LGBT Hotel Search Website Launches
Here’s a dispatch from our friend Ryan C. Haynes, ManAboutWorld correspondent and consultant for World Rainbow Hotels. World Rainbow Hotels has launched a gay hotel search engine with over 850 three-five star properties that are ‘genuinely gay-welcoming’. Gay travelers now gain access to welcoming hotels in 129 destinations worldwide. You can search, review and makeContinue reading “LGBT Hotel Search Website Launches”
Athens, Greece: September is a Great Time to Visit
Our correspondent and discerning traveler Jon Allen, owner of Island House Key West, the fantastic gay men’s guesthouse located in the Conch Republic, sent us this update from a recent visit to Greece. Athens as a destination has been transformed by preparations for the Olympics held there in 2004. The whole city has been cleanedContinue reading “Athens, Greece: September is a Great Time to Visit”
Vermont, Gay Pride, Foliage and A Whole Lot of Food September 21-22
As their one-time kitschy but cool slogan once declared, I LOVERMONT! From our friends in the Green Mountain State: Mark your calendars and book a room for Vermont’s annual Pride celebration September 21-22, 2012. The festivities, which will be held in September for the first time in order to better include Vermont’s large student populationContinue reading “Vermont, Gay Pride, Foliage and A Whole Lot of Food September 21-22”
The Undisputed Queen of the High Seas to Visit New York
The Queen Mary 2, the largest ocean liner** ever built, is scheduled to cross the Atlantic Ocean from New York City to South Hampton in seven days, departing the Big Apple on Tuesday, August 28 and arriving in Southampton, England, on Tuesday, September 7. And I’ll be on board. There are larger ocean-going ships butContinue reading “The Undisputed Queen of the High Seas to Visit New York”
Fab Travel Prizes at IGLHRC Event
As part of our commitment to fostering dialong and engaging our members in the advancement of gay rights for our brothers and sisters all over the world, we have partnered with the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC). Join Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, NY City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, me and editor in chief Ed Salvato at A CelebrationContinue reading “Fab Travel Prizes at IGLHRC Event”
Montreal Launches 3rd Annual Queer of the Year Contest
Montreal Tourism and business partners announce the kick-off of their third annual Queer of the Year competition including online voting and in-person competitions among five lucky finalists flown into Montreal during their Pride celebration (August 13-19) to compete for the title of Queer of the Year. For more information, prize info, rule: Visit Tourism Montreal “Queer ofContinue reading “Montreal Launches 3rd Annual Queer of the Year Contest”
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