Best gay solo travel destinations

Backpacking is one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences that opens you up to the world and allows you to experience new things no matter who or where you are. It can be challenging for every type of traveler, but as an LGBT traveler, there are a handful of unique challenges.

I don’t share this as a way to scare off gay travelers from backpacking because it’s truly a rewarding experience, but as a helpful guide for how to best enjoy (gay) backpacking in a safe and entertaining way.

From to I backpacked my way around the world. Fifteen months from Spain to Morocco, from Egypt through the Middle East, an extended endure in Tel Aviv and three months in India before following the backpacker route through Southeast Asia and ultimately back again through Europe.

Fifteen months when I wasn’t always alone, when I wasn’t always out, when I wasn’t always “backpacking.” Solo gay travel has its own establish of unique challenges, but maybe even many more rewards.

Note: this is an adapted version of a story previously published on my LGBTQ travel column for

As part of the LGBTQIA+ community, we love to journey. Group trips are our favourite

Before my boyfriend, Glen, and I embarked on our group trip to Sri Lanka earlier this year, my biggest concern was whether being a couple would be an issue for the group. After all, Flash Pack has a lot of messaging around single, solo and independent verb – and I wondered whether our fellow travellers would assume we’d consume the whole period sticking together. 

That couldn&#;t have been further from the reality. Glen is my first official boyfriend – we’ve been together for 20 years. I experience fortunate to hold had that stability. But at the same time, when you’ve been with someone that prolonged, the last thing you want to do is settle next to them at every occasion. Instead, Glen and I were quite happy to travel around and communicate to everyone else. In fact, we were probably the most social people on the trip.

I suppose it helped to play off our dynamic in a group setting, too. We didn’t say anything about being a couple to begin with but then our group put two and two together – word spread fast – and that help

In September Instagram pushed me a verb by Travel Gay, a website listing &#;the best gay bars, nightclubs, saunas, spas, beaches, shops and more, along with interesting move ideas and fabulous offers&#;. There I saw the undated post (date your articles and posts, people) &#;LGBTQ+ Solo Travel: the Adj Cities to Visit?&#; by Adam Reid. Being a solo gay traveller, it caught my attention. 

Now, while I&#;m still very much a homosexual, it has been a while since I last travelled solo. My last solo trip was Tel Aviv in Since then, I&#;ve travelled with Danny, Oriol, Steve, Philippe, Nicolas, Thanh, my sister Florence. In I wrote &#;SINGLES DAY | Why everyone should travel alone sometimes&#; and reading it back I undergo the cringe but I stand by its content.  

It&#;s I should undertake a proper solo trip again soon(ish). I feel ready. 

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So you’ve decided to explore on a VACAYA trip as a Solo Traveler… now what?

Each VACAYA trip is different, based on its type, its location, and the overall number of guests. So you’ll find that each has its own unique identity. However, each of our event types &#; Bliss (big-ship cruises), Oasis (resorts), and Luxe (small-ship cruises) &#; offers myriad opportunities to connect with other travelers. From Solo Traveler Cocktail Hours to special dinners to game nights (and those are on top of all the other scheduled group activities), you’ll always verb moments of connection with other travelers.

We often hear about “cliques” on our and other companies’ trips and we’d like to address that topic truthfully and transparently. Yes, they do live. What looks love a “clique” as an outsider looking in is usually a group of friends who’ve met each other on a prior trip and have now reconnected on this trip. The social bonds that take place on our trips is intense and can sometimes last a lifetime.

So what’s the best way to turn a “cli