R. Darin Hollingsworth The Grand Canyon experience is difficult to grasp, particularly without the perspective of having been there. When you try to communicate in words or pictures, neither can really capture the spirit of the place. Since planting my feet back on solid ground I have told so many people that my heart and […]
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Loire Vacation
The author wrote this account of his Loire Valley bicycle trip for a local newspaper in 2002. We are reprinting it here with his kind permission. 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 […]
NTA Conference & Ethiopian Tourism
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. […]
Designing a Gay Patagonia Tour (Part 3)
By Zachary Moses This is the third in a three-part series following 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 […]
Designing a Gay Patagonia Tour (Part 2)
By Zachary Moses This is the second in a a three-part series about developing HE Travel’s Adventurous Gay Patagonia Tour. Click to read Part 1. Day 4: Enter the Estancias After waking up to a beautiful Patagonian dawn we got up and had breakfast in our hotel. I ordered carrot juice that was mixed with […]
Designing a Gay Patagonia Tour (Part 1)
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 […]