At Brand g, we’d wanted to get into small ship luxury OCEAN cruising for some time, and in 2022, we finally took the plunge. Our first cruise – a 2023 Spain, Morocco and the Canary Islands cruise on the new luxury cruise line, Atlas Ocean Voyages – sold out in

Back when I took my first few gay vacations, I always referred to the higher cost as the “gay markup” – the extra fee gay tour operators added on because they could. And I would give a big, dramatic gay sigh. (I’m good at those, just ask my husband.) But

NOTE: We have NO financial relationship with any credit card company. If you don’t hold a premium credit card, you probably think they’re for insecure boobs who desperately want a status symbol to flash – the credit card version of a Hummer limo. But the credit card companies have been

Scandinavian people are so stunning you could slap them:  blonde, statuesque, with features so symmetrical they look like they came out of a Barbie & Ken factory. By all rights, we should hate them; but they’re lovely – if reserved – people, and the cities of Norway and Sweden reflect

Terraced vineyards on mountainsides. Moorish alleyways. Portuguese guys who look like they just stepped out of a Dolce & Gabbana underwear ad. It’s kinda hard not to love Portugal. Between the scenery – which includes some truly breathtaking river cruise vistas – and the culture of wine and music, there’s

NOTE: We have no financial relationship with companies mentioned in this post. I have friends who were in Cabo when one of them had a medical issue and had to be airlifted to Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles for treatment. (If you’ve ever been in a hospital in Mexico, you probably

Over the past 11 years, Brand g has grown from a two-man company offering one vacation a year to a five-person staff (soon to be seven, along with additional trip host staff members) debuting nearly 20 different trips around the world each year. But we couldn’t have managed this growth

My Bucket List: Somehow, the third one seemed the most attainable. But to be honest, I was never sure what – outside of seeing and photographing big game – an African safari would encompass. Do you just lay around in a tent all day clutching mosquito netting? Do you have

Ever wondered how a company like Brand g chooses which cruise lines to charter, and what hotels to use? Given the global scope of our trip offerings these days, it’s actually a complicated task. We feel incredibly fortunate to have a 95% repeat rate (meaning that 95% of our guests