Taking your first river cruise tends to be a rite of passage for gay travelers. Most people’s first all-gay vacation is an ocean cruise, which can be a lot of fun; but because of the size of ocean vessels (3,000-6,000 passengers these days), you eventually tire of waiting in lines

Some of you have already had the pleasure of traveling with Eric Dillemuth, Brand g’s newest reservations agent and trip host. He’s incredibly fun, and he was oddly unafraid to do this interview, given my propensity (as the Director of Marketing) to ask inappropriate questions. I’ll break him of that,

Believe it or not, gay travel companies don’t just spin a globe or play drinking games to select the destinations for their vacations.  Careful deliberation, name-calling and hair-pulling goes into the selection of every trip. At Brand g – and this is true to some extent for all gay cruise

Brand g has a lot of solo travelers. Some are happily single, some are divorced and looking for a new relationship, some are widowed, and some just want to go somewhere that their partner doesn’t so they travel without them. But they travel! In fact, some of them are our

Lounges make life prettier. Everyone eventually tires of sitting around departure gates that look like detention centers, where one guy’s eating smelly tuna fish and another is clipping his toenails. Most of us have limited tolerance for unhappy infants shrieking like banshees, or people who yell at gate agents, “Do

In the past, all that’s been required for a jaunt to Europe is your passport, with that delightful police-lineup photo that looks like you’re fresh from a night out with Gary Busey. But starting this year (the exact date is still TBD) Europe will require Americans and other foreigners to

Sure, you’ve heard about this archipelago of volcanic islands that are part of the South American country of Ecuador (even though they’re nearly 600 miles off its coastline). But what is it that makes the Galapagos such a bucket-list destination? They’re home to an extraordinary number of wildlife species. From

Travel is always evolving. Hotels are creating wellness resorts and hipster brands. Airlines are putting showers in first class. (I’m personally waiting for the first air spa.) And the same thing goes for LGBT+ travel – which began with a few full-ship cruise charters in the 80’s and has expanded

Travel insurance feels like adding insult to injury – travel is expensive enough without adding on an extra 5% or so for something you’ll likely never use. Many people gamble that they’ll be fine, that nothing will happen, that nothing has ever happened to them on an international trip. And