By Michael Broussard This was my third HE Travel experience, and they have all been wonderful vacations, and all very different. I had been considering the Puglia bike tour for over a year, but at my age (60) I was worried I would not be able to “keep up with the pack,” even though I […]
All Welcome Tour
Irish Adventure Development (Part 1)
Last year I joined the Adventure Travel Trade Association’s (ATTA) World Summit in Namibia. It was an amazing experience, and gave me fabulous ideas for a new adventure tour that we plan to offer in last 2015 or in 2016. I decided to give it another go and I signed up for the Ireland Summit […]
Gay Curacao Tour, the Site Inspection (Part 2)
By Zachary Moses This is the second in a two-part series. To read Part 1 CLICK HERE. After a quick morning beach visit, we were on the road heading to the capital city of Curacao: Willemstad. The drive took about 45 minutes, and our destination was the sister property of the resort we’d been staying at for […]
Blessings
By Philip Sheldon, CEO Blessings make our lives richer. They can be broad and formal, like those offered by a priest, rabbi or imam to the faithful. Or as intimate and informal as the random “bless you’s” that follow sneezes on a crowded flight. As a world traveler I tend to experience blessings in […]
The Touching Story of the Ensley Key West Wedding
By Philip Sheldon, CEO Our home town of Key West has a long tradition of being a military town, and a more recent but equally important reputation as a very welcoming town for gay men and women. Even during the “Don’t ask don’t tell” era, the two communities co-existed without too much friction. However, now […]
At Home in a Distant Land: Puglia, May 2014
By Philip Sheldon, CEO Last winter, my staff challenged me to name the last time I went on a real vacation, rather than travel for a conference, a family visit or to research or lead an HE Travel gay tour. I couldn’t remember. So I checked our calendar of great spring and summer tours, and […]