These are UK-based tour operators and specialist travel agencies offering holidays and travel arrangements for gay & lesbian travellers. |
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| Alternative Holidays |
020 8795 6567 |
Now part of Man Around but run as an independent brand specialising in ski, safari & cruise holidays. |
| Amro Holidays |
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Amro is a gay owned travel agency specialising in hotels, resorts, accomodation, tours, cruises & sightseeing for gay & lesbian travellers. |
| Atlantis |
0870 041 1039 |
Large US operator now marketing in the UK. Specialises in gay-only cruises and resorts throughout Europe, North America, Mexico & Africa. |
| AwayGay |
0800 0192929 |
Gay and Lesbian holidays around the world but in particular, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. |
| Escape Worldwide |
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Specialist gay travel agency offering holidays & cruises all over the world |
| Exclusively Gay Cruising Company, The |
0161 367 0055 |
Canalboat holidays for gay and lesbian couples/families in traditional narrowboats. |
| Gaydar Travel |
0800 180 4686 |
Well-know dating agency & radio station, Gaydar, has expanded into the travel business, specialising in travel & packages to Australia, South Africa, North & South America, Europe and the UK. |
| Madison Travel |
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Travel agency based in Hove (Sussex) that specialises in gay & lesbian holidays in a range of destinations including Ibiza, Majorca and Greece. |
| Man Around |
020 8902 7177 |
Man Around is one of Europe’s best known gay & lesbian tour operators. They feature a range of long and short haul destinations. Countries include Australia, New Zealand, America and South Africa. European short city and resort breaks are also included. The programme also offers a variety of international cultural festivals and events eg. the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and the Sydney 2002 Gay Games, for which the company was the only accredited operator for the United Kingdom. |
| ManTrav International |
0870 78 76 848 |
Worldwide gay holidays, especially Africa, Spain (Ibiza), Brazil, Europe & China. Most recent additions to their programme include Russia, Cambodia & Vietnam. |
| Outlet |
020 7287 4244 |
Holiday accommodation in Brighton, London, Barcelona and Sitges. They are about to launch (Aug/Sept 04) Outlet4Travel which will be the UK's first dedicated travel agency for gay & lesbian travel. |
| Respect Holidays |
0870 7700 0169 |
Mainly Mediterranean beach resort holidays in Spain, Portugal & Greece, but also Cape Town. Respect has a loyal clientele who continued to support the business when its parent company ceased trading in Oct 03, and enabled it to keep going as an independent operator. (And they've now got themselves a shiny new blue painted office in Camden, N. London - visitors welcome - which I drive past every morning on the school run! Ed.) Their 2005 brochure (published Oct 04) offers packages to Sitges, Ibiza, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, and has details of their accommodation-only service designed for independent travellers. |
| Throb |
01373 453550 |
Holidays to Spain and the Canaries. In travel industry terms, Throb stand out (!) from the crowd because they stopped printing brochures, and put all their brochure material on the web instead. |
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| Research Tips: | * | The Gay Hotel & Travel Guide is a useful directory of UK & overseas accommodation, holidays and other travel resources for gay travellers. |
| * | Guess what gay-friendly-wedding-venues.com does. That's right. A V. useful online guide to wedding venues in the UK. |
| * | GayRes.com is a specialist online accommodation agency. |
| * | Icelandair have begun (Jan 2004) promoting gay clubs & bars in Reykjavik and have put together some special short break packages. |
| * | International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) has a useful directory of companies working in the gay travel sector (but it is not comprehensive because it only lists their members. Eg only two UK tour operators). |
| * | Sandals, the famous couples-only resort brand in the Caribbean, has (Oct 04) reversed its ban on gay & lesbian couples - although they appear to be keeping a low profile on the decision particularly on islands like Jamaica where there are still anti-gay laws. |
| * | Gay Ski Week 2005 was held in La Plagne in January. There are no dates set yet for 2006. |
| * | Teletext Holidays have (March 05) created a dedicated "pink" page featuring a range of worldwide holidays on their tv service. It is located at ITV page 196. |
| * | Home Around the World is a home-swap site for gay & lesbian travellers. |
| * | Purple Roofs is a comprehensive (American) accommodation directory for gay & lesbian travellers. |
