Gay Traveler Blog

The October Travel & Leisure Magazine rated the world’s best spas, and listed their picks for various regions like US & Canada, Hawaii, Asia and more.  The piece was edited by Christine Ajudua and Sarah Kantrowitz.  Perhaps your next trip can include a brief or not so brief indulgence in one of the amazing spas listed below.  [...]

rFamily for years has been providing lesbian and gay travelers with an amazing opportunity to travel with family and friends in a comfortable and accepting environment.  Initially, rFamily offered one cruise a year geared mostly towards lesbians or gay men that had children.  That is still somewhat the case, but they stress that they are [...]

I have read ‘The DaVinci Code’ and ‘Angels & Demons’, as have many of my lesbian and gay friends.  It will be natural now to buy and read Dan Brown’s new book ‘The Lost Symbol’.  And just like ‘The DaVinci Code’ spurred an increase in tourism for Paris and London and ‘Angels & Demons’ brought [...]

If you are a Harry Potter fan (have you seen him in Equus? – who isn’t a fan) you may want to add Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure to your gay Orlando vacation plans.  If you come down for the annual Gay Days the first Saturday in June, stay an extra day and go see [...]

There is a planned Gay Rights March on Washington on October 10 & 11 where all LGBT people across the United States and beyond can join together and voice their opposition to inequality through a massive protest that will be covered worldwide.  Let’s join together in support and make this a huge success! All too often, [...]

The Gay Traveler would never advise anyone to travel to Jamaica – gay, straight or otherwise – since it is a dangerous and despicable destination, however, we understand that circumstances may arise where you will need to travel there for a friends wedding or a company trip.  If you do find yourself traveling to Jamaica, [...]

The Human Rights Campaign just released their 2010 Corporate Equality Index giving us all a view of companies based on their commitment to LGBT equality in the workforce.  The ratings are from 1 to 100 and the criteria changes each year.  To see this years criteria, go to the HRC website and you will be [...]

AirTran Airways on Friday announced that they would begin flights to the southern-most point in the United States – Key West, Florida – beginning that destinations first and only low-fare flights as well as the only full-size jets to fly to the destination.  Key West is known for being a fabulous gay destination where we [...]

United Airlines announced yesterday that they would now join the ranks of other carriers like US Airways, Delta, American and Continental, in charging customers in coach to bring a second checked bag on flights between the United States and Europe.  The airlines continue to look for additional fees to squeeze more money out of us [...]

Beginning in 2011, Disney Cruise Line will offer their first Alaska cruises using Vancouver as their port of call.  These 7-day cruises will be aboard the Disney Wonder.  The Wonder will spend four summer months cruising southern Alaska with ports in Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway and visiting Tracy Arm Fjord.  This is part of the Disney [...]