Gay Traveler Blog

The Star Alliance global airline partnership originally created by United Airlines and Lufthansa, now has a brand new partner – Continental Airlines.  Beginning last week, flying on Continental Airlines no longer applies to your SkyTeam benefits, but has switched to Star Alliance.  This opens up some new markets for the Star Alliance as they have [...]

Bette Midler has announced that she will end her performances at Caesar’s Palace Colosseum on January 31, ending an almost two-year run alternating the stage with Cher.  Midler’s show ‘The Showgirl Must Go On’ will be available for select dates now through November 15, and then December 30 through January 31.  Bette said in a [...]

The wait is over!  Trip Out Gay Travel of Logo Online has announced their 2009 travel award winners!  In addition, the 2009 Gay+ Award was given this year to Richard Gray of Richard Gray Consulting in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for ‘achievement in making this world gayer’.  Richard Gray has been primary and very active in [...]

For the lesbian or gay traveler that lives in or near Milwaukee, the addition of Southwest Airlines to Milwaukee Airport will likely bring lower fares and more frequent flight options.  For those that would like to visit Milwaukee or friends that live there, Southwest makes it a little easier to reach gay-friendly Milwaukee that has [...]

The boys leave in a close third-place right behind the poker chicks.   They all arrive at the airport in Dubai and wait together for their trip to Amsterdam, The Netherlands – a popular European gay destination.  The flight leaves at midnight, and they arrive in Amsterdam early the next morning, where they all get in [...]

The West Hollywood Marketing & Visitors Bureau has relaunched their website www.gogaywesthollywood.com as a fabulous new tool for lesbian and gay travelers to the Los Angeles area.  If you are planning or thinking of planning a trip that includes a stop in West Hollywood, there is no better website where you can find all the [...]

American Airlines has decided to launch the season of giving by offering Free Wi-Fi inflight with their partner Lexus.  Beginning November 1 and running through November 8, American Airlines customers traveling on Wi-Fi equipped aircraft can enjoy complimentary Wi-Fi service during their flights.  Wi-Fi is currently available on all of American Airlines Boeing 767′s and [...]

Travelocity today announced some great changes to their Price & Service Guarantee that gives lesbian and gay travelers the best price guarantee in the industry!  Any traveler that finds a better price anywhere online, including name-your-own-price sites, up to the day of check-in, can contact Travelocity and get a refund for the price difference.  Also, [...]

Megan & Shane leave first on this episode with Sam & Dan having to wait a little bit departing in the order they arrived in the previous episode.   They first head to a marina in Dubai where the brothers have to choose one to row a little blow-up boat to a big yacht and collect [...]

Take a look at our new Gay Travel Guides for Cancun and Las Vegas.  These guides offer a gay travelers perspective to these two popular destinations.  These guides are a great place to get tips on where to stay, where to eat, where to shop and most importantly, where to play.  These guides also come [...]

Kimpton Hotels, one of the most gay-friendly hotel groups, is offering a special weekend promotion for Thursday through Sunday nights at their hotels in great gay popular destinations around the country.  The Kimpton Hotels All Play * No Work Weekend promotion combines discounted rooms and spa services with dining credits.  Book a weekend night (Thursday [...]

Travelocity is offering gay and lesbian travelers a $75 discount on flight + hotel packages to cities around the US.  Save $75 by entering promotion code GL75.   You must stay 3 nights or longer and book by October 31, 2009.  Travel must be completed by March 31, 2010.   More restrictions and details can be found [...]

US Airways Vacations, the vacation package tour operator branch of US Airways, has put all of Mexico on sale through October 26.  US Airways Vacations offers great air and hotel vacation packages to fabulous gay-popular destinations such as Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico City, Guadalajara and more!  Now, you can save [...]

There are quite a few online travel sites out there that either say they are gay-friendly or try to market themselves as ‘gay’ sites, but when it comes down to it in these tough economic times, we should look for a travel site that hits the mark as far as gay friendly and has the [...]