The LGBT Travel Gui (A FABULOUS Gui to Gay Travel • 2023)

Contents:

• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023
• GAY PARTI & EVENTS
• QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL

THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

The tast of travelers who fall unr the (extremely broad) LGBTQIA label—people who intify as lbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, tersex, and/or asexual—are far om uniform, but safety and acceptance are prri we all share. The tour operators listed below specialize lbian, bisexual, gay and transgenr travel and will work wh you and your group to assemble vatns to the bt LGBT-iendly lotns.

Based Chigo, this prtig travel planner won the 2016 Travvy Award’s gold prize for Bt Esrted Tour Operator the LGBT tegory and the 2010 TripOut Gay Travel Awards, among many other aclas. The term – a phemism that dat back to the 1950s – was once ed to dite gay social events on daily cise le programs, whout explicly llg out members of the muny on board. As travel on the high seas ntu to bounce back om the COVID-19 panmic, gay and lbian travelers should nsir settg sail on a fun-filled cise vatn as their next planng a cise, vatners should first nsir what their ial sailg looks like.

LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023

Cisers should also thk about whether they'd like to travel aboard a gay-iendly mastream le, such as Celebry Cis or Virg Voyag, or opt for an all-gay, full-ship charter wh a third-party vatn pany. This le gets the stamp of approval om prev LGBTQ cisers, who praise the ships' genr-ntral bathrooms, onboard shows wh rint drag queens and diverse Voyag offers gay-specific sailgs through travel pani like Atlantis Events, but s more mastream erari still offer a welg, clive atmosphere that attracts LGBTQ cisers year-round. For s all-gay cis, Atlantis charters megaships om popular l like Royal Caribbean Internatnal and Norwegian Cise Le, so cisers will have a fully immersive board, travelers n enjoy all the perks the megaships have to offer (thk: pools, hot tubs, sports urts and plenty of dg choic), pl special events like drag performanc, motivatnal speakers, LGBTQ movi on mand each b and high-energy circu parti across the ship.

Celebry Cis(Courty of Celebry Cis)Celebry Cis sets the scene for an excellent vatn for gay travelers, om s extravagant annual Pri parti to s daily LGBTQ programmg throughout the year. Private travel pani like VACAYA also charter Celebry ships for all-gay voyag throughout the (Getty Imag)Specifilly marketed toward lbians and LGBTQ women, Olivia has hosted more than 350, 000 travelers by land and sea over almost five s.

Outsi of the sailg experience, Royal Caribbean has also publicly mted to support the LGBTQ muny throughout the year, and was the first cise le to earn the tle "Gay Traveler Approved" om GayTravel 2023, nsir a Royal Caribbean voyage that sails to gay-iendly statns. ]The Cise Wh La Demence(Courty of The Cise wh La Demence)Acrdg to past cisers, if you're lookg for one of the bt party scen on the open seas, nsir an all-gay cise wh La Demence. Prev cisers had high praise for the erari – which exclively vis gay-iendly lotns – as well as the uy cktails, themed nights (stum strongly enuraged), glamouro entertament, and unique events like drag bgo and high heel Demence sails every summer to statns like Rome; Athens and Mykonos, Greece; Kotor, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia; and more.

GAY PARTI & EVENTS

While plenty of rorts wele diverse travelers, some really roll out the rabow rpets—whether they’re part of a gay-iendly brand; home to an out-and-proud LGBTQ+ staff; or part of a fabulo statn. The brand is a Gold Global Partner of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA), and has been honored for more than a as one of the HRC’s annually ranked Bt Plac to Work for LGBTQ+ Equaly. Along wh Grand Palladium’s tramark ntemporary sign and range of on-se rtrants and entertament, gay and lbian guts n enjoy ameni like the Zentropia Spa & Wellns and s fully equipped gym, several pools and Jacuzzis, sports facili, and direct beach accs.

QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL

While aboard an RSVP Vatns cise ship, thoands of LGBTQ guts are guaranteed the opportuny to participate a number of different queer-themed activi that range om r gam of Bgo to performanc by gay entertaers. OUTstandg Travel, created by lol queer people, tly livers on providg unfettable vatns for gay men and their travel panns, pecially for those lookg to get a te taste of the culture, cuise, and nightlife of their Mederranean bucket-list statns. If you’re lookg to head to more remote lol ( addn to the more typil vatn statns), then OUT Adventur is the gay travel agency for you, offerg thrillg excursns to Nepal, Antarcti, Kenya, and Vietnam.

Created by profsor Andrew Lear, a gay history scholar, this travel agency curat vatns that will allow s travelers to fully immerse themselv the history of their people — om Sappho to Osr Wil. One of the bt ways to fd them a new cy is to simply go to the queer neighborhood and then look for them a bookstore or bar — anyone who’s ever been si a gay bar or club is probably faiar wh the stack of magaz, brochur, or flyers the doorway or by the bathrooms.

There are gay-specific acmodatn webs such as Rabow World Hotels, Purple Roofs, and MisterBNB, but you’ll almost always fd the same listgs on mastream s for far cheaper pric.

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