Just in time for the upcoming Gay Wine Weekend June 17-19, 2011 (which we wrote about here), the sumputous Lodge at Sonoma is offering a special deal to celebrate. We’ll drink to that! The Lodge at Sonoma’s fabulous “Living Out Proud” package is valid that weekend. With rooms starting at $309 – the package includesContinue reading “Suite Dreams: The Lodge at Sonoma”
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Deal of the Week: A Hotel that Pays You to Stay
Hotels offer all sorts of ‘packages’ and other incentives to get heads in beds (as they say in the industry). This is the first we’ve heard of that actually offers cold, hard cash! InterContinental Hotels Group would like to fund your fun with ‘Vacation Pay.’ Between May 16th and August 31st 2011, any traveler stayingContinue reading “Deal of the Week: A Hotel that Pays You to Stay”
Game on: Borgata Trumps Other Atlantic City Resorts
By Jeff Guaracino; Originally published in GPS.OutTraveler.com. Like your luck, Atlantic City casinos’ bet to win over the lucrative gay and lesbian traveler seems to turn as quickly as the roll of the dice. Last year, Trump Taj Mahal was wooing our community with a series of well-organized and even better advertised “Fun and ‘Gay’mesContinue reading “Game on: Borgata Trumps Other Atlantic City Resorts”
IGLTA Concludes its 28th Annual Global Convention
You think all those LGBT guesthouses, tour operators, and travel agents operate in a vacuum? Guess again! There’s an organization that represents their interests and by extention you, dear gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender traveler. Read on! The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), was founded in 1983 with 25 members as a wayContinue reading “IGLTA Concludes its 28th Annual Global Convention”
Prohibition: Atlantic City Gets Its First Gay Nightclub
Atlantic City, N.J, just got a little more cool (and gayer). Casinos and resorts have, in recent years, flirted heavily with the LGBT community, luring gay travelers from New York, Philadelphia and other regional capitals with entertainment, shows, and “one off” gay nights. But for the first time in the 33-year history of legalized gambling,Continue reading “Prohibition: Atlantic City Gets Its First Gay Nightclub”
Tour of the Week: Southern Skiing
We’re talking way south! If you’ve ever wished to ski South America, here’s a way to do it gay. The annual Bariloche (Argentina) Gay Ski Week takes place September 10-17, 2011. Details follow. You’ll have to make your way to Bariloche but the group week includes transfers to and from the airport, hotel stay, dinners,Continue reading “Tour of the Week: Southern Skiing”
Suite Dreams: Two New Orleans Options
By David Alport; Originally published in GPS.OutTraveler.com. The Big Easy is hard to beat for an easy getaway full of fun, frolic and fabulous food. If you’re looking for a comfy place to rest your head in the French Quarter, here are two terrific options. The Soniat Houseis a dream of a New Orleans lodgingContinue reading “Suite Dreams: Two New Orleans Options”
Hotel Sé: Downtown San Diego Luxury for Less
Rising incongruously amid the lower, stucco-California-mission-style buildings more common in downtown San Diego, the luxurious Hotel Sé stands out with its glassy, steel-latticed façade. A bevy of handsome, friendly valet/bellmen awaits visitors who are ushered through a massive swinging door to a swank, dark-toned lobby. Built at the height of this never-ending recession, the hotelContinue reading “Hotel Sé: Downtown San Diego Luxury for Less”
Gay Tel Aviv (Hotel Stays)
By Louise Rafkin; Originally published in GPS.OutTraveler.com. Just minutes from the front door of the Melody Hotel, pictured above, two brides walk the shoreline. White dresses trail the fine sand beach, but with the glint of the setting sun on the teal blue Mediterranean sea, it takes a few moments for the scene to register.Continue reading “Gay Tel Aviv (Hotel Stays)”
Tour of the Week: India with Zoom Vacations
India is a feast for the eyes, ears, nose, hands, and feet! If you’re at all nervous about visiting independently, consider joining a gay toru group. Zoom Vacations offers a tour to India with stops in Mumbai, Varanasi, Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, and Udaipur. Date/length/cost: September 17-28, 2011 12 days from $7599 This trip to IndiaContinue reading “Tour of the Week: India with Zoom Vacations”
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