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Puerto Vallarta Pride Enters its 10th Year

Puerto Vallarta Pride Enters its 10th Year

Plus: a new kind of travel package 😏

February 17, 2024

Girl get up, we got Presidents’ Day sales going on. This is #GoQueer - the weekly travel newsletter for the LGBTQ+ community. We dish out insider tips, share epic lists of queer hotspots, and snag unbeatable deals so you can #LoveWhereYouGo.

This week:

Puerto Vallarta pride celebrates its 10th year
The hotel offering a first-of-its-kind (probably) throuples package 💞
A roundup of the latest in queer travel news 🗞️
Plus this week’s best queer travel deals ✨

Oh, btw: we don’t make any money from the content in this newsletter. We’re recommending these things because we actually love them. #Fcapitalism

Puerto Vallarta Pride Celebrates Its 10th Year

Mantamar has never actually been this empty

Between Carnival winding down and Sydney Mardi Gras just getting started—we need something to look forward to, stat. One of the earlier pride celebrations goes down in Puerto Vallarta at the end of May and, now in its 10th year—it can’t come soon enough. PV Pride is Memorial Day weekend from Wednesday, May 22 to Sunday, May 26.

Ten years in, it’s a relatively new pride, but they’ve worked overtime to grow this event into one of the world’s best. Pool parties, beach parties, boat parties (yes, that one is still kicking), the pride march itself, and over 20 gay nightlife spots, all within walking distance of each other. The party in PV quite literally never stops—and that’s especially true during pride. It’s one of the largest in Latin America where the afters continue until well after the clubs open again.

But it’s more than just a party. There’s also a shockingly wide array of cultural events catering to all kinds: art, film, history, fashion, and activism all meld into a truly special week. The Drag Derby is a fabulous combination of drag show and obstacle course that can’t be missed.

Plus, Zona Romántica is one of the safest travel destinations for LGBTQ+ visitors, and just last year The Times named it as the number one spot to celebrate pride.

Baby’s First Throuples Package!

Now we’re talking

As if finding one partner wasn’t hard enough: a hotel in Key West just launched a curated package for throuples (and no, it’s not Island House). We haven’t been able to find anything else like it, so we’re calling this “the first of its kind.”

Key West has been one of the top gay destinations for decades, and, unlike Florida at large, it remains a welcoming destination for queer travelers. Pair that with the rise in ~throuple discourse~ and Peacock’s (amazing) new reality dating series ‘Couple to Throuple’—and here we are.

All through February, Havana Cabana is inviting your triad to enjoy Key West with their ‘Hot in Havana’ package, which includes:

20% off a minimum 2 nights stay
A room with 2 connected queen-sized beds (!)
$50 in dining credit + $25 voucher in the lobby market
A bottle of champagne plus romantic rose petals, a tote, and ~intimate accessories~ (no idea what this means)

According to Frontiers in Psychology, 1 in 6 people want to engage in polyamory, and 1 in 9 already have. So it’s only a matter of time 🤪

Now imagine these beds pushed together!

Throuple or not, our tip: Key West has its own airport - but the drive down the Overseas Highway connecting the Florida Keys is one of the most scenic drives in America, and unlike anything else.

I mean… drive it while you still can

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Some ~Interesting~ News

Lyft has expanded a new safety feature that pairs women and non-binary riders and drivers
Delta announced a number of new direct flights to Hawaii, on sale starting today—here are some other exciting new routes starting in 2024
Greece just approved marriage equality, even though it’s going to “open up the gates of Hell and perversion” … sounds fun
Meanwhile, maybe skip the trip to Nashville: Republicans in Tennessee just passed a bill allowing marriage discrimination
This is how far in advance you should book a flight for the best deal, according to CheapAir’s “Annual Airfare Study”
If you’re not already pre-check - don’t get fooled by this TSA application scam
The first LGBTQ+ visitor center within the National Parks Service is set to open its doors at NYC’s Stonewall Inn this year, 55 years to the day after the police raid where people were killed
Times are dark but not this dark—one airline is starting to weigh passengers at the gate. #pass

This Week’s ~Best Deals~

Our team is constantly on the hunt for top-tier experiences that welcome all and won’t break the bank—here are this week’s faves ✨

Check out Travel + Leisure’s 20 best deals on travel gear for Presidents’ Day weekend… plus their 101 best luggage deals (if you’ve got that kind of time)
If you haven’t flown Breeze Airways yet, this is your sign: one way fares from $30
Stay 2 nights and get a 3rd free at any boutique Pineapple hotel across the country
Save on RV & glamping rentals - including during the upcoming total solar eclipse
Get 35% off rental cars across the country through the end of March
Save 40% on NYC’s Instagram-worthy “Pink Pier” through March
All-inclusive stays are half off at one of the new resorts just outside Puerto Vallarta
Spend 4 nights in Paris for $599 including flights & hotels… with add-ons like a stop at Disneyland Paris, if you’re into that
Okay, hear me out for the crazy expensive one (maybe you’re planning a honeymoon or something): get 65% off this Maldives 2-story overwater villa… but read this first

ok that’s it for now see you next week byeeeeee 😘😘