Editorials
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Gay Provincetown Travel: Gay Bars, Hotels, Culture & History
Provincetown is the best small-town destination for gay travellers in the USA. It's long been hailed as one of the most liberal towns in the country, and it's a big draw for artists and bohemians: gay-popular hotspots tend to begin as artist hotspots. Think Mykonos, Key West and Sitges.
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Gay Beach Weddings
Here's our guide to the best gay beach wedding destinations. Combining sun, sea and sand with your nuptials is always a good idea. The only question is where are the best beach wedding destinations? It takes more than a decent beach to have a successful wedding ceremony. You need the infrastructure in place to make it work and the right accommodation options.
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Mykonos or Santorini – which is better?
Greece has around 6000 islands, and just over 200 of them are inhabited. Among them, Mykonos and Santorini stand out as the most popular destinations for luxury travel in the Greek islands. Combining these two with a couple of nights in Athens makes for a great luxury holiday itinerary.
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Plan Your Gay Wedding In Mexico
Mexico is a premier destination for a gay wedding, offering full legal ceremonies for both gay and straight couples, with legal recognition of same-sex marriages nationwide including vibrant destinations like Mexico City and beachfront havens in Cancun and Puerto Vallarta. Mexico's commitment to LGBTQ+ rights, combined with its all-inclusive resorts, picturesque settings, and favourable exchange rates, makes it an unbeatable venue for gay weddings, where couples can celebrate their love freely and extravagantly.
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Plan Your Gay Wedding In Bora Bora
French Polynesia is one of the best wedding and honeymoon destinations on earth. It’s a true unspoiled paradise. French Polynesia boasts the bluest waters and softest white sands you’ll ever see. The 118 islands and atolls of French Polynesia are spread out over a stretch of water as big as Western Europe. It’s been a big draw for luxury travellers in recent decades. Hollywood icon Marlon Brando helped to put it on the map.
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Weather in the Maldives – the best time to visit
Perhaps one of the world's most popular destinations, The Maldives is on many people's bucket lists. But what is the weather like the Maldives and when is the best time to go to the Maldives? Despite what we'd like to believe it does rain in the Maldives and when it rains, it pours! So choosing the best time of year to visit the Maldives is important.
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A guide to seaplanes in the Maldives
One of the highlights of visiting the Maldives is getting from the airport to your resort via seaplane transfer. Whilst you're likely to be exhausted from your international flight and the thought of getting on yet another mode of transport is likely to seem frustrating, the beauty is that the iconic seaplanes in the Maldives are a total adventure in themselves.
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A Perfect Gay Wedding In South Africa
You’re planning a wedding and honeymoon, and you want somewhere that can actually carry both. South Africa is unusually good at that. You can get married overlooking the Atlantic in Cape Town, among the vineyards of Franschhoek, or at a safari lodge with the bush stretching out behind you. Then the honeymoon can begin without changing countries.
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Meet Michael & Matt
We caught up with Matthew Schueller, one half of Michael & Matt. Their travel vlog has made a big impact on Youtube. They describe themselves as "two travel-obsessed husbands from Portland Oregon". Both their blog and their Youtube channel are packed with interesting content for gay travellers - from reasons to visit Tokyo to hiking along the border of Myanmar. When did your passion for travel begin?
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A Gay Guide To Palm Springs
Palm Springs is a chic desert oasis in the Coachella Valley. It’s been a glamorous destination since the heyday of Golden Age Hollywood. The major contract players were obliged to stay close to their studios and Palm Springs, just a two-hour drive from LA, offered them a retreat from the flashbulbs. Marilyn Monroe, Liberace, Great Garbo and Elvis Presley had homes in Palm Springs.
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The Seychelles or Mauritius – which is better?
The Seychelles vs Mauritius is a popular search term for luxury travellers. Both are island countries in the Indian Ocean. Along with the Maldives, they’re the most glamorous destinations in the region. It's hard to choose between the two as they are both so idyllic and they both have different charms. Mark Twain said that heaven was probably based on Mauritius. Both destinations are ideal for a beach holiday and they're impossibly romantic.
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A podcast: The laws and reality of LGBT Travel
We were recently asked to contribute to a new podcast called Blinded Faith in an episode exclusively about LGBTQ travel. The podcast, hosted by BBC Asian Network presenter Yasser Ranjha, see him travel across the UK to talk with people about their faiths and beliefs - including us on the reality of gay travel.
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