Atlantis gay trips

Marketing the Rainbow. Click on pictures for larger image. A cruise is an all-inclusive holiday: travel, accommodation, food, excursions, entertainment. It would be good if any cruise would also be all-inclusive as to their passengers. Note: having said that, the times, they are a-changing.

A number of cruise lines have discovered the LGBT travellers, trying to haul them in. They have even set up onboard events atlantis gay trips "Friend of Dorothy" meetings - a term that would mean nothing to the straight passengers, so it is a safe name for "meet your gay and lesbian fellow travellers".

Although my research primarily focuses on mainstream companies aiming at the gay consumer, I would like to highlight two gay owned and operated companies here that have set the standard in this field. Their marketing efforts might well be labeled LGBT, although also in this case, the B and T segments as such are difficult to reach - although they are obviously welcome aboard.

In RSVP vacations discovered the need among gays to have an all-gay holiday. The founder, Kevin J. Mossier, had a bold, new idea - to provide a safe, tailor-made vacation environment for gay men and lesbians. Unable, at the time, to find a resort that would open its doors to the concept, he found an understanding cruise line and RSVP was born.

Overguests guests have travelled with RSVP in almost 30 years. What started with the very simple idea of "a gay week on the beach with friends" has blossomed into a company producing all-gay cruise and resort vacations all over the world.

The Atlantis Gay Cruise: Review and Essential Guide

Now they are the largest company in the world dedicated to creating unique vacations for the gay and lesbian community, hosting some 20, guests a year. Atlantis' tagline is " The Way We Play " - indicating their focus on more entertaining trips than just sailing between destinations.

Areas of sailing usually include the Caribbean and the Mediterranean every year, whereas the Baltic, Alaska, South America, Asia and Australasia have been on the agenda with some frequency as well. The way they play includes poolside tea dances, theme parties that vary according to the area they sail in - "Greek Isles Party" for instance, and always the popular White Party as the final one - and excursions in collaboration with the cruise line but often with their own guides.

Personally, I have experienced the Atlantis feeling 8 times, and can confirm it is a unique and all-inclusive environment and way to travel. As a bonus, the stunning models that are shown in the advertisements are often real life guests and they - or their lookalikes - can be found on any cruise.

As Atlantis publishes on their website: "There's no typical Atlantis guest. A stateroom sharing programme facilitates single travellers. The vast majority of the guests is North American, but the percentage of European and Australian guests has steadily risen in recent years.

Note: legend has it that during one of the White Parties - atlantis gay trips the top deck as usual - another ship that passed by contacted the bridge atlantis gay trips the Atlantis ship to ask if there was something wrong, as they saw the massive amounts of smoke and lasers and many people moving around on the deck outside, all dressed in white.

They could be reassured that all was well, very well Meanwhile the legend has been confirmed thrice! Figlmiller said he had chartered the prestigious Cunard liner because: "Gays and lesbians can now have civil unions in the UK and we want to support the UK for making that happen.

Note: transatlantic trips are usually meant to transfer a ship from its season at one side of the ocean to the other side for a next season. The costs to charter a ship for such a voyage which does not have many interesting ports, and more days at sea are usually less.

The transatlantic crossing on the luxurious ocean liner was not your run of the mill gay cruise, which normally stops in a number of interesting ports, or sail in warm regions where relaxation or partying are daily activities.