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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
n Download from EdSalvato.com/travelshows n Please ask questions any time
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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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• Most of world is IN but…
• More destinations marketing to LGBT travelers
• Many more options than ever before
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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
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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
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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
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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
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More time, budget, passport n Mini-getaway medium distance
n Vancouver n Whistler n Montreal n Quebec n Cabo San Lucas n Puerto Vallarta
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¿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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Atlantis
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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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