Pride Travel Blog
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Should Uplift be your new Favorite Travel Hack?
I am sure that a lot people have seen things like Quadpay, Afterpay or shopping websites when you are buying the new Coach Messenger bag or something similar. I would never use a service like that for something like a
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Planning a Cruise Solo?
Waiting for a family member to join you on a trip is becoming less and less of a requirement in the current digital age, especially for the LGBTQ community. For me, it's become less of something that I am willing
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Virgin Voyages Part 2
The fact that Virgin Voyages is working on reinventing the wheel for cruises makes them my cruise line of choice. One of the things that made a huge difference to me is that when I took my very first cruise,
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Virgin Voyages Part 1: Solo Sailor and More
Let me wade into the Virgin Voyages discussion. From the perspective of a fat, middle-aged gay black male solo sailor. A lot of others have stepped into the discussion, both cruise regulars and non-cruise regulars. I fall into the latter
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Amsterdam Pride 2022. Bucket List Pride Part 2
Unlike Curacao Pride, but very similar to Rio Carnival, street parties are a big thing for Amsterdam Pride. And I attempted to drop in on as many as I could. From Drag Olympics to Beursplein (Crash), which is more of
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Amsterdam Pride 2022! Bucket List Pride #1
As many of you who have seen my Bucket List right here, I got to live one out. I sat down and Booked my trip to Amsterdam Pride. 2022 was the right time; I was older and had a little
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Remote Work Vacations
Working from Home is becoming more of the norm since we welcomed Covid-19 into our world and the pandemic became a continued mindset. Over the last 2 years we have had to weigh the safety of the world outside our
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Am I a Disney Adult?
I am not a fully Disney Adult, but at this point I can certainly say that I am related to a few. After growing up in Minnesota all my life; now that I, as well as my family, am a
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Bucket List: Destinations
Each year through TV, Movies and Social Media we all discover new destinations or even events that we have to see and witness firsthand ourselves. For me I have been slowly attempting to see as many of these from
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Bucket List: LGBTQ Pride Events
As I age and continue to experience and travel to many and more diverse destinations; my bucket list has expanded beyond the standard of most. With travel bloggers, and even Will Smith, aka the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air sharing
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Royal Wedding!
Late last December as I began piecing together my travel schedule for 2018, I was delighted when I heard the Royal Family announce the dates of the highly anticipated engagement of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle”. I’ve always wanted to be a spectator in the
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Traveling Solo
Solitary Travel is an adventure that for some will never be completed. Whether due to a long-term relationship with a loved one, close friend with the same interest and desires as you or just the thought of doing be something that one
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Brazil
While some of you were scraping your windows off and bundling up, just south of the equator the heat was on thanks to the effortless fun that is Carnival. Carnival, is a spectacle that attracts a vast array of tourists from around the world to
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Affordable Travel
I get asked all the time how I am able to travel as much as I do. By the end of 2017, it will have seen me in Thailand, Washington DC, Atlanta and Curacao and possibly one other destination with
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Curacao Pride
Curacao as an island that is home to a diverse population of people who speak a diverse number of languages. As a part of the Lesser Netherland Antilles, residents of the island not only speak Dutch, but Portuguese as well
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National March for Equality
This past June, members of the LGBTQ Community and our allies took to the streets across the world to speak up and about the current and ever shifting administration holding the White House and Congress. As an experience it was something my generation
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Travels in Thailand!
Every year as I plan my travel plans I try to seek out destinations that have a strong LGBT accepting community, are off of the beaten path but are still a popular destination. Thailand was no different. I booked my
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Cuba Libre, Yes Please
Havana, is a faster paced city that is somewhat different than the stereotypical Caribbean islands. With the taxi speeding down the Malecon to take tourist around the city, it is a city that thanks to some of the steps being