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PRIDE HOLIDAYS | LGBTQ+ TRAVEL As rainbow flags unfurl in cities worldwide for the
2023 Pride celebrations, Estella Shardlow looks at this summer’s leading trips for LGBTQ+ travellers
ith Pride festivals and events around the world attracting millions of people every year, we’ve rounded up some of the
best options for LGBTQ+ travellers in 2023 – from a sun-soaked, rainbow-hued Pride Cruise up the Gold Coast from Sydney to a trip taking in the Christopher Street Day Parade in Berlin. “When it comes to Pride, try not to pigeonhole
your LGBTQ+ clients, thinking they all want the same thing,” says Darren Burn, founder of Out Of Office and chief executive of Travel Gay, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ travel site. “Treat everyone as an individual and make sure you ask what your clients want. Some will undoubtedly want to party, but others will prefer to just soak up the atmosphere and be in town when Pride is happening to feel safe and welcomed.” So whether your clients are looking for
thought-provoking talks and history walks, raucous roller-discos and DJ sets – or something in between – these packages will have you covered.
NEW YORK, US Where better to celebrate Pride than the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement? Visitors to the Big Apple can pay their respects at the site of the Stonewall Uprising, peruse paintings at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art and lap up Harlem’s ballroom culture before treating themselves to a rainbow-coloured soft-serve at Big Gay Ice Cream.
But advise clients to save some energy for one of the world’s most epic Pride marches and Greenwich
Village’s vibrant street fair (both June 25). Book it: Kuoni offers four nights’ room-only at Arlo SoHo from £1,179, including flights with Virgin Atlantic departing on June 23. Kuoni can also arrange a Pride Walking Tour to see where New York’s LGBTQ+ Pride movement was born and organised.
kuoni.co.uk
VALLETTA, MALTA Topping ILGA World’s Rainbow Europe Index – a measure of the level of LGBTQ+ rights – for seven years running, and the first EU nation to ban conversion practices, sun-soaked Malta is a winner. “It has really upped its game in terms of its LGBTQ+
credentials over the past few years,” says Burn. What’s more, this year it is hosting EuroPride, a 10-day extravaganza of roller discos, concerts, exhibitions and boat parties in Valletta in September. “It provides a
perfect way to round off summer in Europe,” adds Burn. Book it: Jet2holidays’ seven-night, room-only break at The Phoenicia Hotel, departing September 4, costs £1,888 per person based on two sharing, including return flights from Stansted and private transfers.
jet2holidays.com
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Having hosted both WorldPride and the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in February, Sydney has
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