Donnya Piggott: Pink Coconuts
June 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Donnya Piggott, founder of Pink Coconuts, an LGBTQ+ organization that brings travel & community together. We chat about Donnya's vision for this company, which is designed to create authentic connection for LGBTQ+ communities through travel. Her first event, Summer Connect, is coming to Miami next month... she's also creating similar events for bringing travel & commu...
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Richard Gray: Visit Lauderdale
June 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Richard Gray, Sr VP of Diversity & Inclusion for Visit Lauderdale. Richard just celebrated his 25th anniversary with Visit Lauderdale, where he has headed up LGBTQ+ marketing for the Greater Fort Lauderdale area. Through his efforts, Fort Lauderdale has lead one of the most successful LGBTQ+ destination marketing campaigns worldwide, ranging from print to digital to e...
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Mark Vogler
May 2021
#ILoveGay Today's guest host Aaron Paiva Leyton interviews Mark Vogler, who has recently returned from his time in Antarctica, where he set sail as a Senior Polar Expedition Guide with Oceanwide Expeditions at the end of 2019, and had quite the delayed return due to the pandemic hitting while he was there. Mark tells us his story of his first expedition in 2018, spending two months in the Ross Sea...
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Craig Smith: Source Events
May 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Craig Smith of Source Events, an LGBTQ+ luxury tour operator getting ready to celebrate their 20 year anniversary. We chat about their upcoming tour to Morocco, as well as their Windstar cruise to Tahiti. They also have a tour to Egypt, as well as an Orient Express train journey from Venice to Paris. Coming out of the pandemic, with more and more travelers being vacci...
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Bear Voyages: Dave Fowlie
April 2021
#ILoveGay Today's guest host Aaron Paiva Leyton interviews Dave Fowlie of Bear Voyages. The name of the company should give you an idea of what his company does... unique travel for the bear community. We are all awaiting to go back on vacation around the world and Dave is moving forward with plans for the upcoming years. Be ready and start packing your sunscreen because I am ready to sail. | [LINK]
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Pink Summits: Dastan Kasmamytov
April 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Dastan Kasmamytov, a young gay mountaineer who is on his way to ascent Seven Summits, the highest mountains of each continent. Originally from Kyrgyzstan, he now lives in Berlin, where he strategizes and plans for his next summit to traverse with his tour company, Pink Summits.
He does this for his love of mountaineering, as well as to raise awareness about LGBTQ+ ...
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Jeff Perla: The Travelin Bum
April 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Jeff Perla, the face, the brains and the bum behind The Travelin Bum, one of the most popular LGBTQ+ travel Instagrammers online today. He's also developed a strong following on TikTok and other platforms as well. Jeff describes the history of The Travelin Bum... how it started out as an idea with a few photos taken here and there, and became an online phenomenon, wit...
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Will Seccombe: Connect Thrive Summit
April 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Will Seccombe of the Connect Thrive Summit, now in its 3rd year in Las Vegas, Sept 18-19, 2021, in partnership with US Travel's major event, IPW. We chat about the event's history, including speakers such as Joe D'Allesandro from San Francisco Tourism, Fred Dixon from NYC & Company, Anderson Cooper and a whole host of amazing speakers and presenters these past 3 years...
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Jet De La Isla: Jet's Private Boat Tours
March 2021
#ILoveGay Today connects with Jet De La Isla, recent transplant from Austin, Texas to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We chat about his travel company, Jet's Private Boat Tours, and his accompanying business, Jet's Gay Youth Hostel. We also explore the rise of remote workers in Puerto Vallarta, with an infrastructure that even allows Zoom calls on the beach [where we record this interview!) Jet also mode...
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Mikah Meyer
March 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Mikah Meyer, the 1st person to visit all 419 US National Parks in a single journey. We chat about his inspiration for this grand adventure, as well as how at times it was more work than fun! He did an amazing job documenting his journey via social media, and had strong brands join him with support, including Eddie Bauer, Schwinn and REI. He has also recently finished ...
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Clark Massad: IGLTA
March 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Clark Massad of IGLTA, where we talk about both his career as an "American in Paris", starting with Tetu Magazine back in 2001, and his current world of #GayTravel with IGLTA for the past 10+ years. We also chat about his use of the .LGBT domain, as well as IGLTA utilizing both .LGBT and .Gay, and what that means both professionally and as a support for the LGBTQ+ com...
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Sebastian Southwell: Condor Travel
February 2021
#ILoveGay Today connects with Sebastian Southwell of Condor Travel in Argentina. We chat about some of the travel highlights of Argentina, from Buenos Aires to Salta... from Cordoba to the glaciers of Patagonia. We also chat about their LGBTQ+ tourism initiatives, and how they've been a part of previous GNetwork360 conferences and events in Argentina as well. | [LINK]
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Joe Bock: NMG Network & Lei Magazine
January 2021
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Joe Bock, Partner and Chief Relationship Officer of NMG Network, a company that specializes in high-quality tourism videos for Hawaii, as well as publishes Lei Magazine, a premium LGBTQ+ magazine highlighting life in, and travel to, Hawaii. | [LINK]
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Greg Hamman: Undersea Expeditions
January 2021
#ILoveGay Today connects with Greg Hamman of Undersea Expeditions, an LGBTQ+ scuba diving tour operator, based in Hawaii but bringing the world of scuba diving to LGBTQ+ travelers with dives all over the world, including their next dive tour in Curacao. | [LINK]
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Bastian Palma: Condor Travel
January 2021
#ILoveGay Today connects with Bastian Palma, commercial manager of Condor Travel in Chile. We talk about travel overall in South America, and specifically travel opportunities in Chile. For LGBTQ+ travelers, the vast majority enjoy some combination of the sites and beauty of Chile, along with some of the vibrant gay life in Santiago and other areas. | [LINK]
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