Travel

Books of interest to the LGBT traveller seeking information on where to go, where to stay and what to do.

On May 16th, 2012, I published a post covering LGBT travel references that have new editions for this year. They include the Time Out London 2012 guide below and also these 3 guides:

Spartacus International Gay Guide

Damron Men’s Travel Guide: 2012 Edition

Damron Women’s Traveller: 2012 Edition

Time Out Official Guide to London 2012 (Time Out Guides) ”The” guide to get if you’re LGBT (and even if you’re straight!) and you’re going to London for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Please see my March 21st, 2012 post for more information.

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Damron Women’s Traveller - 2011 edition. Please see my July 6th, 2011 post for a review of the Damron Travel Guides.

Damron Men’s Travel Guide - 2011 edition. Please see my July 6th, 2011 post for a review of the Damron Travel Guides.

Damron City Guide
Amazon.com Product Description
A must for the sophisticated gay traveler. More than 140 full-color maps pinpoint gay & lesbian accommodations, bars, and bookstores in 80 major cities & resort destinations. Comprehensive info boxes give you directions from the airport, local hotlines, transit and tourist info.

Lavender Lodging & Leisure: A Travel Companion for Women - Not just for Lesbians, but for all women who want to travel in a woman friendly way…
Amazon.com Product Description
Eliminate the guesswork, use Lavender Lodging & Leisure: A Travel Companion for Women with all the inspiration and information to dream and plan your next vacation or romantic escape. Featuring women owned accommodations and leisure options. This essential new resource, created by women for women travelers, combines more complete personalized descriptions with unique local area attractions, exclusive promotional offers, plenty of online resources, and more listings each year. Enjoy a few delicious surprises in the tasty recipes from the B&B’s. Discover interesting and exciting new places, inside and outside of the U.S. Enjoy yourself in a welcoming and comfortable environment.

Lavender Lodging and Leisure is a publication by, Charlene St. Croix and Susan Press, of Lavender Lodging & Leisure, LLC. They love to travel and believe that the anticipation and planning of a trip are pleasurable parts of the whole experience, but they are often uninspired by the limited information available about women owned businesses. With this book series, they provide a venue for women entrepreneurs to share their vision. They hope to inspire women travelers to discover and explore women owned accommodations and leisure options.

Spartacus International Gay Guide 2011-2012 (Spartacus Travel Guide)
Amazon.com Product Description
The editorial team of the Spartacus Internationally Gay Guide works incessantly to present you with an up-to-date, comprehensive and worldwide overview of all the relevant addresses for the gay tourist. Naturally we do all this in order to present a product which earns the predicate “excellent”. This effort on our behalf has not gone unnoticed: the IGLTA – that internationally Gay and Lesbian Travel Association – : In connection with our 40th anniversary, the Spartacus International Gay Guide was awarded the Hanns Ebensten Hall of Fame Award. A recognition that we have helped gay men for four decades who have explored the world with help from our guide.