Category Archives: Travel

Hot Guys In New Ft. Lauderdale Commercial

This is groundbreaking but it’s also just plain hot. Check it out here. With this TV ad, Ft. Lauderdale becomes among the first mainstream tourism board to integrate gay messaging in an otherwise mainstream promotion. DiscoverAmerica released this ad earlier this year that featured two gay men on a cable car. But this is aContinue reading “Hot Guys In New Ft. Lauderdale Commercial”

ManAboutWorld’s October Issue Is Now Available

  Her’s the cover of our current issue. It’s chock full of the insightful, in-the-know recommendations for where to go, when to go, and where to stay, eat and play in some of the most exciting and gay-popular destinations on the planet. Download October now via the AppStore. This month we bring you the boysContinue reading “ManAboutWorld’s October Issue Is Now Available”

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”

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”

Guess Who’s Launching a New iPad-only Gay Travel Magazine?

Yes, me! But not on my own. I’m incredibly excited to announce that I’m launching a new gay travel magazine built specifically for the iPad only, with Billy Kolber—one of the founders of OUT&ABOUT, the first gay travel editorial outlet that both chronicled and shaped the burgeoning gay travel industry. Sign up for a free copyContinue reading “Guess Who’s Launching a New iPad-only Gay Travel Magazine?”

Two More Reasons to Head to Vermont This Year

The state of Vermont doesn’t have a single gay bar (last time we checked). But it does have a super gay-friendly population and a cool, laid-back, welcoming vibe. It also has two simultaneous gay-related events taking place September 22, 2012: Pride Vermont and Northern Decadence. Northern Decadence is probably a bit more G-rated than theContinue reading “Two More Reasons to Head to Vermont This Year”

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Atlantic Canada’s Gay Heart Celebrates Milestone

One of the friendliest spots in Canada (and that’s saying something considering how amicable our northern neighbors are generally speaking) is Halifax, Canada. It’s also beautiful, rich in history and into its gay and lesbian culture. To wit, they are unspooling their first annual OUTeast Queer Film Festival this weekend (through June 17). And theyContinue reading “Halifax, Nova Scotia: Atlantic Canada’s Gay Heart Celebrates Milestone”

Marriott Invites You to “Be You, With Us” and Enter a Sweepstakes

Check out Marriott’s gay Pride packages and enter to win their “Be You, With Us” sweepstakes with a grand prize of a trip to New York City, San Francisco or Berlin 2013 Gay Pride Festivals valued at up to $5,000. NB: This is for 2013, so you’ll have plenty of time to plan, book yourContinue reading “Marriott Invites You to “Be You, With Us” and Enter a Sweepstakes”