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LGBT Travel

Hot Destinations, Cool Events, and Fun Tours and Cruises

Ed Salvato Sep 29, 2012 EdSalvato.com 1

Ed Salvato EdSalvato.com n  Welcome! n  Who am I?

n  Magazine, radio n  Vacation options

n  LGBT-friendly? n  Time and budget n  Events, cruises, tours … and more events n  Resources

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Ed Salvato EdSalvato.com n  ManAboutWorld, the first gay travel magazine

built exclusively for iPad. n  Free inaugural issue at ManAboutWorld.com


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• More destinations marketing to LGBT travelers

• Many more options than ever before


Limited time, budget n  In-town getaway

n  Inn at the Presidio n  Do San Francisco like a knowledgeable tourist with

ManAboutWorld n  Events – Just this week

n  America’s Cup World Series, Oct. 2-7 n  Fleet Week, Oct. 4-8 n  Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Oct. 5-7 n  Litquake, Oct. 5-13 n  Castro Street Fair, Oct. 7 (This one is super gay!) n  San Francisco Italian Heritage Parade, Oct. 7 n  San Francisco 49ers vs. Buffalo Bills, Oct. 7


Limited time, budget n  Just out-of-town getaways

n  Sonoma n  Outinthevineyard.com n  Big Gay Wine Train

n  Napa Valley Wine Train n  March 16, 2013

n  Gay Wine Weekend n  3 days of gay in wine country n  Weekend of June 14-16


Limited time, budget n  Weekend, close

n  West Hollywood/Los Angeles n  San Diego n  Palm Springs n  Phoenix n  Las Vegas

n  WynnPride.com, Pride Concierge n  Portland n  Seattle

n  Many of these and the following destinations have gay-specific websites. n  See list at: EdSalvato/TravelShows


More time, budget n  Mini-getaway medium distance

n  Chicago n  New York n  New England

n  Boston, Vermont, Provincetown, Ogunquit n  Southern Florida n  Dallas n  New Orleans n  Mid-Atlantic

n  Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Rehoboth n  Hawaii


More time, budget, passport n  Mini-getaway medium distance

n  Vancouver n  Whistler n  Montreal n  Quebec n  Cabo San Lucas n  Puerto Vallarta


¿Habla usted español? Você fala em portugues n  Surprising Central, South America

n  Mexico City n  Costa Rica n  Cuba (not quite yet) n  Columbia

n  Bogota, Cartagena n  Ecuador n  Brazil

n  Rio, Sao Paulo, Florianopolis, Trancoso, Parati, Buzios, Foz do Iguazu

n  Argentina n  Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Bariloche

n  Peru n  Lima, Machu Picchu


Go East young man/woman n  GayTahiti.com n  Gaying Asia

n  Japan n  http://outasiatravel.com/

n  Vietnam n  http://www.rainbowtourismvietnam.com/

n  Cambodia n  http://www.asia-adventures.com/

n  Bhutan n  http://www.bridgetobhutan.com/

n  India n  http://pinkescapes.in/

n  Nepal n  http://pinkescapes.in/


Events n  Schedule your trip during a cool event n  Examples in Key West

n  Pride Key West - PrideFest June, PrideFestKeyWest.com n  Bone Island Bare it All – July, NakedKeyWest.com n  Tropical Heat August 18-21, TropicalHeatKW.com n  WomenFest celebrated 25 years in Sept, WomenFest.com n  Key West Bear Fest – September, KeyWestBearFest.com


Events for Women Via Merryn Johns, editor in chief Curve Magazine , lesbian travel expert (CurveMag.com)

n  February: n  Olivia Cruises' 40th Anniversary Caribbean cruises (out of San

Francisco) n  April:

n  Club Skirts' The Dinah, Palm Springs n  GirlBar Dinah Shore Weekend, Las Vegas

n  May: n  Aquagirl, Miami Beach n  Sweet Alaska Cruise

n  June: n  Dyke March NYC


Events for Women n  July:

n  Girl Splash, Provincetown n  Lots more women’s events: Provincetownforwomen.com

n  August: n  Michigan Womyn's Music Festival n  Girlie, circuit party, Barcelona n  http://www.circuitfestival.net/web12/intro/circuit13

n  September: n  WomenFest, Key West n  Dykeadence, New Orleans n  Shedonism, Las Vegas

n  October: n  Women's Week, Provincetown n  Peach, Atlanta Pride


Cruises n  Mainstream cruises

n  Solo, with partner, with small informal group n  Look out for ‘Friends of Dorothy’or gay-group get-togethers n  Holland America, Royal Caribbean (Allure), Norwegian, Celebrity, n  Cunard’s Queens

n  Gay groups on mainstream cruises n  More and more of these n  Great for birthdays, anniversaries, other celebrations

n  All gay charters n  Small, intimate, pricey n  Larger, super fun, range of prices

n  Other n  Aqua Expeditions (AquaExpeditions.com) - luxury Amazon cruises n  Barge cruises in Europe


Atlantis


n  Halloween in Mexico Cruise Oct 28-Nov 4, 2012

n  Independence Caribbean Cruise, Feb 2-10, 2013

n  Auckland to Sydney Mardi Gras Cruise, Feb 20-March 3

n  Singapore to Hong Kong Cruise, Mar 31-Apr 11 n  Club Atlantis Vallarta, Nov 3-10, 2012 n  Club Atlantis Cancun, Apr 27-May 4, 2013

Other cruises/tours n  RSVP

n  RSVPVacations.com n  Southern Caribbean, Feb 9-16 n  Blue Danube, July 22-Aug 2 n  Legendary Danube, July 29 – August 9

n  Concierge Travel n  Concierge Travel

n  Source Events n  SourceEvents.com

n  Sweet n  DiscoverSweet.com

n  Olivia n  Olivia.com


Tour operators n  Alyson Adventures

n  AlysonAdventures.com n  More adventures

n  Hanns Ebensten Travel n  HETravel.com n  Traditional

n  OutWest n  OutWestAdventures.com n  Dude ranch and Western experiences

n  Out-Adventures n  Out-Adventures.com n  More adventurous, eco-conscious

n  Zoom Vacations n  Zoom

n  Venture Out n  VentureOut.com

n  Hermes Tours n  HermesTours.com

n  Wild Rainbow African Safaris n  WildRainbowSafaris.com

n  Lesbian owned


Winter Events More Gay Reasons to Travel n  Ski Bums, Ski-Bums.org n  Aspen Gay Ski Week, GaySkiWeek.com, Jan, 2013 n  WinterPRIDE, Whistler, GayWhistler.com, Jan/Feb,

2013 n  Telluride Gay Ski Week, TellurideGaySkiWeek.com,

Feb/Mar, 2013 n  OutBoard, OutBoard.org, Mar/Apr, 2013


Other Events More Gay Reasons to Travel n  Burning Man

n  BurningMan.com, Aug/Sep 2013

n  “Circuit” Parties n  Black Party NYC, SaintAtLarge.com, Mar, 2013;

Black & Blue Montreal, BBCM.org, Oct n  “Circuit Party” Barcelona, August 2013


Film Festivals More Gay Reasons to Travel n  Frameline, San Francisco, CA

n  http://www.frameline.org/ n  June, 2013

n  MIX Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil n  http://www.mixbrasil.org.br/ n  Usually November (check site)

n  NewFest: The New York LGBT Film Festival n  http://newfest.org/ n  July, 2013

n  OutFest, LA n  www.outfest.org n  July, 2013

n  Sundance, Park City, UT n  www.sundance.festival.org n  Jan, 2013


Film Festivals More Gay Reasons to Travel n  Inside Out

n  Toronto, Canada n  http://www.insideout.on.ca n  May, 2013

n  Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival n  www.mglff.com/ n  April/May 2013

n  Philadelphia Qfest n  http:// www.qfest.com n  July, 2012

n  North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival n  http://www.carolinatheatre.org/ncglff n  August, 2013 n  Durham, NC


Pride Events More Gay Reasons to Travel n  Interpride.org

n  Great list of international prides n  San Diego SanDiegoPride.org, July, Zoo Party n  Miami Beach, MiamiBeachGayPride.com, April n  Sydney Mardi Gras, MardiGras.org.au, Feb/Mar n  Montreal: Divers/Cite, July, and Pride, FierteMoontrealPride.com,

Aug n  International Federation of Black Gay Prides

n  IFBPrides.org


Hotels n  Kimpton (KimptonHotels.com)

n  Palomar Philadelphia is a great example n  Joie de Vivre (JDVHospitalitiy.com) n  W Hotels n  Hyatt (http://hyatt.com/hyatt/resorts/lgbt/index.jsp) n  Marriot (MarriottGayTravel.com) n  Wyndham (Wyndham.com/locator/gay_lesbian/main.wn)


Airlines/Rental Car n  Airlines

n  AA.com/rainbow (gay vacation specials) n  Jetblue.com (first bag free) n  Cape Air (FlyCapeAir.com) n  Porter Airlines (FlyPorter.com) free water, espresso, food

WiFi. Best for Toronto n  Southwest (SouthWest.com) n  LAN.com and LANVacations.com (S. America) n  Jet Airways (India)

n  Rental cars n  Enterprise & Avis


Thank you for coming! n  Download presentation at

EdSalvato.com/TravelShows n  Follow my travels on Twitter

n  @EdSalvato n  Twitter.com/EdSalvato

n  Happy travels!


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