June is a big month for Pride around the world but one of the biggest and best celebrations is right in New York. Let’s not forget it all started here back in June 1969, too, with the Stonewall Riots, which kicked off a global LGBT movement that keeps growing. ManAboutWorld’s soon-to-be-released May issue has an insider’sContinue reading “New York Pride Is Around The Corner”
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Welcome To Our Newest Correspondent: Scott Hillier
Growing up in southwestern Missouri, Scott never imagined he would get to leave the state let alone have the opportunity to travel the world. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and sang with the Whiffenpoofs, the country’s oldest collegiate a cappella group. He has traveled to moreContinue reading “Welcome To Our Newest Correspondent: Scott Hillier”
DDTI: Plaza Catalunya, Barcelona
Plaza Cataluyna in Barcelona resides in the center of town, and come August 6-17 it will be swarming with tens of thousands of gay boys from all around the world in town for the city’s famous circuit party. We’ll be covering circuit and much more in our upcoming May issue! Click here to subscribe to get allContinue reading “DDTI: Plaza Catalunya, Barcelona”
Travel Tip Thursday: Top 6 Tips for Maximizing Miles
By Billy Kolber, ManAboutWorld Back in college, I worked a United promotion to earn a free first class ticket to Hawaii by booking a transcon trip in six segments and 8,000 flown miles. The paid ticket cost me $306, a fraction of the value I earned from the trip, and it launched a lifetime addictionContinue reading “Travel Tip Thursday: Top 6 Tips for Maximizing Miles”
Unzip Your Rainbow-Colored Fanny Pack! Give Out Day Is May 15
The 2nd annual give out day is tomorrow, Thursday, May 15. Read about it here. The IGLTA Foundation is participating. The Foundation’s mission* is “to use the power of LGBT travel to build bridges with communities worldwide. Those bridges, in turn, enable understanding, awareness and commerce to flourish in diverse communities around the globe.” ManAboutWorld is a proud supporter.Continue reading “Unzip Your Rainbow-Colored Fanny Pack! Give Out Day Is May 15”
ManAboutWorld Global Correspondents Gather at IGLTA Madrid
Over a dozen ManAboutWorld correspondents attended the IGLTA’s 31st annual Convention, May 8-11. Here are eight of them from left to right, including their specialty, nationality and current city. What a worldly, hard-working, passionate group! Auston Matta: Travel blogger; U.S.; Madrid Nadav Peretz: Gay tours in Israel; Israeli; Tel Aviv DJ Yabis: Customized European vacations; Filipino; DusseldorfContinue reading “ManAboutWorld Global Correspondents Gather at IGLTA Madrid”
Five MenAboutWorld in Bangkok
Yes, FIVE of ManAboutWorld’s Global Correspondents came together from New York, Berlin, and beyond to meet up in Bangkok the other night to explore all that Thailand has to offer. If you’re not a subscriber, you can rectify that here to get our insider guide to Thailand – Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, and Koh Phi Phi – in aContinue reading “Five MenAboutWorld in Bangkok”
Travel Tip Tuesday: How To Fly First-Class on Singapore Airlines (…and not break the bank)
Many of us dream about traveling in a Singapore Airlines First Class Suite on an A380. But we found a way to make that dream come true. We (the very royal We) recently had the opportunity to fly in seat 2A on Singapore Airlines flight #26 from Frankfurt to JFK. Jealous? Most of our friendsContinue reading “Travel Tip Tuesday: How To Fly First-Class on Singapore Airlines (…and not break the bank)”
We’re Heading to Thailand!
ManAboutWorld is sending me to Bangkok, Chang Mai and Phuket, Thailand to conduct research for our upcoming Thailand coverage in the magazine, in a travel guide and in our social media platforms. Over the next couple of weeks, be sure to check for my updates in this blog, as well as on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Google+ and Pinterest. Or just subscribe to the darned magazineContinue reading “We’re Heading to Thailand!”
#DDTI: Copenhagen, Fire In The Sky
Copenhagen is the happiest place on Earth … perhaps literally. The World Happiness Report from the Earth Institute at New York’s Columbia University says Copenhagen is the capital of the world’s happiest country, and we can’t find much to argue with; beautiful parks, charming, stately architecture, and a trailblazing, pioneering view of gay life makes it oneContinue reading “#DDTI: Copenhagen, Fire In The Sky”
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