R. Darin Hollingsworth
A bike was the perfect way to see France’s romantic Loire Valley. When I told my friends I was going on a five-day bicycling tour of the Loire Valley in France, they laughed. They knew what kind of shape I was in: ten pounds overweight and not a toned muscle in my body. I was [...]
By Zachary Moses Recently I was asked to serve with the Young Professionals Advisory Group of the NTA (formerly called the National Tour Association), and HE Travel CEO Phil Sheldon was appointed to the Small Business Advisory Task Force. Our company is currently the only gay tour operator that is a member of the NTA. [...]
By Zachary Moses This three-part series follows Zachary Moses as he develops HE Travel’s Adventurous Gay Patagonia Tour. Click to read PART 1 or PART 2. Day 7: Horseback Riding and Kayaking Among Icebergs No gay Patagonia tour would be complete without a beautiful horseback ride through the crisp morning air with Paula, the general manager [...]
By Zachary Moses This is Part 2 of a three-part series about developing HE Travel’s Adventurous Gay Patagonia Tour. To read Part 1 CLICK HERE. To read Part 3 CLICK HERE. Day 4: Enter the Estancias After waking up to a beautiful Patagonian dawn we got up and had breakfast in our hotel. I ordered [...]
By Zachary Moses Last January I left on one of my most ambitious expeditions to date. A gay Patagonia tour; a tour at the bottom of the world. The last touch of greenery before the vast frozen white and deep blue landscapes of Antarctica. I flew on New Year’s Eve and practically had the airports [...]
This is Part Three of the research expedition that inspired the our fabulous South Beach to Gay Key West multi-sport tour. Click here to read (Part 1), Click here for (Part 2) Day 3: Begin the Kayaking OMG!!! We stayed up way too late last night celebrating our 100+ mile bike ride to get from [...]
This is Part 2. To read Part 1, Click HERE. To read part 3, Click HERE. To read about the tour that was inspired by this research trip, Click HERE. Day Two: Curry Hammock State Park to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park What a gorgeous morning to continue researching our new gay bike tour! [...]
Reblogged with permission by the Breakaway Backpacker, Jaime Davila The door-opened lights went on in the dorm as if it was not 2am. I woke up pissed, but was freezing cold and needed to pee. I realized it was the hostel worker showing people the dorm. I handled my business, and then went up to [...]
By Zachary Moses This is part 1 of a three part series. Click here to read part 2. A gay multi-sport tour of the keys? Why didn’t we think of it before? Of course we should do a gay Keys and Key West tour! HE Travel has been headquartered on this sunny, gay-friendly island for [...]
By Brian of Talk Gay Travel, Originally posted January 16, 2013 We recently caught up with Chris, who had just gotten back from his trip to Costa Rica where he was part of an HE Travel excursion. HE Travel is the result of a merger of the venerable gay adventure and tour operations of [...]
If you haven’t read about the first 10 days of our adventure in Israel click here for Part 1 and Part 2. Day 11 The Eilat / Petra Extension We got off to a late start from Tel Aviv today for our flight to Eilat. This was a Saturday (shabat) and since many Israeli airline employees consider [...]
By Zachary Moses If you haven’t already read about the first 5 days of my Israel adventure, click here to read part one… Day 6: The Hula Valley and Jerusalem This morning we got to ride bicycles through the Hula Valley, the finger of northeastern Israel that is below the Golan Heights, between Lebanon and [...]
By Zachary Moses I couldn’t believe it when I was selected as one of Travel Agent Magazine’s 35 under 30 top travel professionals, featured in their magazine, and invited to the Young Professionals Conference in Las Vegas. Did they check the names right? Maybe they mixed me up with someone else. I read my bio [...]
Day 1 It was such a thrill to see the Israeli coastline as we descended toward Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. A year of hard work was about to pay off as began our inaugural Israel Adventure Tour. Last year I was honored to be the guest of the Israeli Tourist Board for my first visit to [...]
Dear friends, I am excited to announce that Travel Agent Magazine selected our HE Travel / Alyson Adventures Marketing Director Zachary Moses as one of 2012′s “30 Under 30″ most accomplished travel professionals under the age of 30. He is featured in the current issue of the magazine: (link to his page). Zach has been invited [...]
This is Part 3 in a series by Guest Blogger Sara M. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Day 6 The morning heated up quickly, and we had little cloud cover through the day. On previous days, we had periods of clouds or rain that kept the heat from being stifling. Now we [...]
This is Part 2 of a series by Guest Blogger and Alyson Adventures Host SaraM. Read Part 1 here. Day 3 There isn’t any music on the river, unless you make it yourself just to hear your voice echo off the vast walls; but after a few days, you begin to feel the rhythm of [...]
Guest blog by Alyson Adventures Splash! Grand Canyon Rafting host Sara M: At the end of July 2012, I had the amazing opportunity to host a group of women on an 8-day camping and whitewater rafting adventure down the Grand Canyon. We boarded a motorized boat with an experienced Captain and mate (called the Swamper), [...]
By Zachary Moses See Part 1 and Part 2 of this trip. This morning began with a chocolate tour. We all walked from Pozo Azul to the neighboring compound (a community cooperative) and checked in. The tour crossed a long, narrow, hanging steel bridge to get to the other side of a massive ravine. It was [...]
