The world of travel moves fast! Let’s keep up–together. On Fridays, Traveling IQ curates the highlights: *June is Gay Pride Month, with rainbow-themed festivities and parades all over the U.S. For anyone who has ever wondered why these celebrations are still important, click through for your answer (via CNN). *Save by booking your summer vacation … Continue reading The Week in Travel (6/14/2013)
The Week in Travel (8/24/12)
The world of travel moves fast! Let’s keep up–together. On Fridays, Traveling IQ curates the highlights from the past week: *New York City's High Line, the park built atop an old elevated railway, has completely transformed the West Side of Manhattan, and not everyone is happy about it. (via NY Times) *Uganda, the African country … Continue reading The Week in Travel (8/24/12)
The Week in Travel (8/10/12)
The world of travel moves fast! Let’s keep up–together. On Fridays, Traveling IQ curates the highlights from the past week: *It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a breaststroker. Swimmers at the Holiday Inn Shanghai Pudong Kangqiao can play peek-a-boo with passers-by on the street, 24 stories below. The hotel's glass-bottom, indoor pool protrudes … Continue reading The Week in Travel (8/10/12)
IQ on Proud FM: Cologne, Germany
Cologne, Germany Ivan Quintanilla is the featured travel expert on Toronto’s Proud FM Radio “Your Morning With Richard & Chris.” Click on the link below to hear IQ and the boys talk about gay travel to Cologne, Germany: Ivan Quintanilla on Proud FM-Cologne (6 min.) To learn more about Germany's fourth largest city, and one … Continue reading IQ on Proud FM: Cologne, Germany
The Week in Travel (6/8/12)
The world of travel moves fast! Let’s keep up–together. On Fridays, Traveling IQ curates the highlights from the past week: *Get in touch with your inner Esther Williams this summer. The Berkeley hotel in London is offering 90-minute synchronized swimming classes through August 29. (via New York Times) *Train with Russian cosmonauts. A Seattle-based tour … Continue reading The Week in Travel (6/8/12)
Lords Pops Big Apple
The Lords South Beach is making a colorful splash on New York’s Lower East Side this gay pride. From June 18-24, Miami’s gay boutique hotel will invade the Hotel on Rivington, creating New York City’s first ever Pride pop-up hotel: Lords New York. And pop it will. The Lords New York will feature a hot … Continue reading Lords Pops Big Apple
The Week in Travel (5/4/12)
The world of travel moves fast! Let's keep up, together. Today, Traveling IQ launches the first installment of "The Week in Travel" series, featuring noteworthy travel stories from the past week: *LGA is the bottom! Sorry New York, but La Guardia has been ranked "America's Worst Airport" by Travel & Leisure readers. Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) … Continue reading The Week in Travel (5/4/12)
Miami Beach Gay Pride Photos
One of the earliest, hottest, and most diverse Pride celebrations kicks off the season this weekend with the Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade and Festival on Sunday, April 15. The weekend is packed with block parties, dance parties and pool parties as only Miami can offer. For all events and information visit MiamiBeachGayPride.com And to … Continue reading Miami Beach Gay Pride Photos
South Africa’s Wild Side(s)
There is wild and then there is wild. From February 27 to March 4, Extraordinary Journeys Africa, the organizers of luxury, customized safaris on the continent, will help you unleash a bit of both by living the wild life at Cape Town Gay Pride and viewing the wildlife at the Madikwe Game Reserve. The tour … Continue reading South Africa’s Wild Side(s)
Gay & Lesbian Tourism Report
How does the gay community travel? Last week, Community Marketing, Inc. (CMI) released the results of their 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Tourism Report, compiled from polling over 10,000 self-identified gay and lesbian consumers. The company estimates the annual economic impact of LGBT travelers is, in the United States alone, over $65 billion per year. … Continue reading Gay & Lesbian Tourism Report