LGBT Destinations

Tituss Burgess to host London-New York flight featuring drag queen bingo and live performances for WorldPride in June 2019

We spoke to Tanya Churchmuch about raising the profile of lesbians in the travel industry, as they are currently underrepresented.

LGBTQ events, such as the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Pride Parade, are important for attracting travelers looking for a friendly destination.

We started our tour of Finland as any LGBT traveler would, with the city first.  We’d never been to Finland, nor this part of the Baltic region, so every site and sound, including the language, was completely new to us.

Join me on this adventure full of superheroes, drag queens and more during Amsterdam’s Gay Pride with W Hotels. We will attend the Queer Me Out panel and get the most extravagant breakfast on Pride day. I will also take you on board the W Amsterdam’s float, see everything that goes behind the scenes plus an exclusive interview with Dutch designer David Laport. Let’s go!

A lot of people walked out of their viewing of Call Me By Your Name with the sudden urge to eat a peach and take a trip to Italy. Well, with a new tour that’s specifically for fans of the film, you can live out those daydreams — peach not included, as far as I know.

Created by award-winning tourism and travel executives with nearly 100 years of combined experience in entertainment, hospitality, and travel, VACAYA offers LGBT+ travelers a new choice – one with an unprecedented and maniacal guest focus, perfectly tailored to the needs and desires of the LGBT+ community.

From the best parties in the world to relaxing on a tropical beach, blogger Marcus Adams (aka Sparkx) selects the top 10 LGBT and LGBT-friendly cruises

If you’re looking for some travel inspiration, is Hungary in the mix? The city of Budapest is making its case as to why it should be at the top of your wish-list. I caught up with Zsolt Erdei, President of the Humen Travel Touristic Association, for a behind-the-scenes look at the Pink Budapest campaign. What […]

From Stockholm to Salt Lake City, we've got you covered.

If you were enthralled by the love story in Oscar-winning drama "Call Me By Your Name," get your Sufjan Stevens playlist ready and pack a bag.

The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association today announced its global partnership with VisitDallas, the official tourism marketing organization for the city of Dallas, Texas. As a Global Partner, VisitDallas strengthens its commitment to LGBTQ-welcoming travel and will provide year-round support for IGLTA, the organizational leader in advancing LGBTQ travel around the world.

The 2019 theme, UNITE, emphasizes the need for tourism professionals to work together to create a more inclusive world for LGBTQ travelers

Seattle is one of the most progressive cities in the nation when it comes to LGBTQ visibility. The city is home to the first-ever LGBTQ scholarship fund, the nation’s largest LGBTQ chamber of commerce, and a significant number of LGBTQ-founded and -owned businesses, bars, restaurants, and experiences. Travel Out Seattle, a program of GSBA, helped us pick some of the best LGBTQ-aware and welcoming bars, restaurants, and destinations in the Seattle where you can be your full queer self.

Halloween, for many, as cliche as it sounds, is a time when they can go out in costume and take a break from the reality they’re living. Notions of what is considered normal go out the window, and debauchery and revelry take over. For gay travelers, Halloween can be a time to experience this effect in an array of cities, and not only in the United States, where the semi-official holiday is most prevalently celebrated. Perhaps, this year, it’s time to dust off a costume and saunter to where the things that go bump in the night come out to play. Here are a few locales to joyously or frighteningly celebrate All Hallows Eve.

Born in Sicily (Italy) but currently based in the UK, Domenico Gambolo is a very passionate, funny and warm guy who loves traveling and getting to know other countries and cultures. Soon he is going to be our YouTuber host and to talk about travel and much more. Domenico is your g(a)uy next…

Most romantic European destinations? The cities that will ignite the passion in your relationship.

Richard and I arrived in Louisville after a nice, leisurely road trip from Indianapolis down through Bloomington and then the Hoosier National Forest. Gorgeous drive... we arrived in Louisville, where we checked in to the gorgeous 21c Louisville hotel, a melding of art museum and hotel.

New speakers have been announced for the TTG LGBT Conference, including Marriott International’s vice-president of premium and select brands Europe

The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association united with The European Travel Commission and the Flemish tourist board VISITFLANDERS to present the Educational Forum on LGBTQ Tourism at the Hilton Brussels Grand Place on 21 June. The event provided a preview of key findings from The Handbook on LGBTQ Tourism in Europe, scheduled for release next month as a joint research project from ETC and the IGLTA Foundation. Forum speakers also addressed ways to make Europe safer and more inclusive for LGBTQ travelers, shared best practices for reaching the diverse segments of this market, and discussed the future evolution of LGBTQ tourism in Europe.

Great disparities exist in local attitudes and in the ways visitors are treated. Know before you go.

New York City is the birthplace of the global Pride movement and spiritual home of LGBTQ people everywhere.