Best Gaycation Ever!

Feb 14 2025 10 ep. 59 mins 3
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Best Gaycation Ever is an LGBTQ travel show devoted to the 101 queer places you must visit before you die. In each episode host HoMotel and a special guest discuss the queerest beaches, bars, nightclubs, hotels, festivals, pool parties, drag shows, sex clubs, memorials/monuments, restaurants and roadside attractions that every gay person needs atop their travel bucket list. Get tons of insider travel tips, advice, and more. Think funny, informative, outrageous, and raunchy. Think Best Gaycation Ever!

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Playa del Amor: Zipolite

Feb 14 2025 66 mins  
Ready to get naked?! Zipolite is a tiny village in coastal Oaxaca famous for being home to Mexico's only legal nude beach. In fact, the entire beach, numerous hotels and several bars are clothing optional so you can imagine why the town has become a magnet for LGBTQ travelers. In today's episode special guest Steve Burton and I talk about Playa del Amor, a small cove where queers g

Stonewall: New York City

Jan 13 2025 76 mins  
Are you in a New York state of mind? Because today's episode might be the most iconic of this entire series. Join me and NYC-based LGBTQ travel guru Ed Salvato as we take you on a journey to Stonewall National Monument, the site where the modern gay rights movement began. Stonewall is not just a queer bar, it's also a park, a visitors center and an entire campus encompassing nearly

The Boatslip: Provincetown

Dec 10 2024 68 mins  
Provincetown, we love you! The tiny hamlet at the end of Cape Cod has been enchanting LGBTQ travelers for decades and in today's episode of Best Gaycation Ever I'm joined by "accidental queer historian" Mike Balaban (bammer47 on Instagram) who has been documenting the queer scene in P-town since his first visit in 1977! Sufficed to say I am beyond excited to have him on the show as

Thermal Baths: Budapest

Nov 18 2024 61 mins  
Let's go to Budapest! Though hardly an LGBTQ mecca, the Hungarian capital is neverthless a stunning European city and home to numerous traditional bathhouses for which the city has become justly famous. Join me and out travel guru Justin Walter (@YourBucketListGuide) as we comb Budapest in search of its best thermal baths, while also uncovering the city's top hotels, queer bars, re

Arenas District: Palm Springs

Oct 23 2024 68 mins  
Hello, sunny Palm Springs! In this episode of Best Gaycation Ever I'm joined by queer Colombian-born writer and author Manuel Betancourt who currently divides his time between Los Angeles and Palm Springs. Join us as we discuss the famous Arenas District, the city's super queer nightlife and shopping area. We'll also talk about our favorite clothing-optional gay hotels, restaurants

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Sep 26 2024 53 mins  
A queer mecca in the middle of Arkansas?! Yes, it's a thing! In this episode of Best Gaycation Ever I'm joined by journalist and author Nico Lang who spent his honeymoon in Eureka Springs, a gay village in the middle of the Ozark Mountains. Often dubbed the San Francisco of the South, Lang and I deep dive into this little Victorian town where homos and hippies and holy rollers coll

Hippie Hollow: Austin

Aug 09 2024 58 mins  
Welcome to Austin! In this episode of Best Gaycation Ever I'm joined by longtime locals Rodney Stoutenger and Jake Karpa and together we talk about Hippie Hollow, the only legal nude "beach" in the entire state of Texas and a legendary queer hangout. It's also home to Splash Weekend which happens in May and September. We'll also talk about our favorite gay bars, restaurants, hotels

Market Days: Chicago

May 14 2024 68 mins  
In this episode of Best Gaycation Ever I speak with Chicago-based dance artist and choreographer, longtime cultural reporter, close friend, and vers top Zac Whittenburg about Northalsted Market Days—the largest and queerest street festival in the Midwest. Market Days attracts more than 300,000 LGBTQ folk annually to Chicago in mid-August for a weekend of boozing and cruising and

Hot Dog Sundays: Los Angeles

Mar 28 2024 67 mins  
Welcome to the first episode of Best Gaycation Ever (and please pardon a few minor technical difficulties)! My special guest is the amazing Los Angeles-based visual artist John Parot and together we talk about Hot Dog Sundays, a legendary queer party that happens weekly in the heart of LA's über gay East Side. Join us as we discuss why Hot Dog Sundays at El Cid is an essential sto

Best Gaycation Ever (Offical Teaser)

Dec 28 2023 2 mins  
Los Angeles-based travel writer Homotel introduces Best Gaycation Ever: The 101 Queer Places to Visit Before You Die. In each episode, he will be joined by a special guest to discuss the most iconic LGBTQ travel destinations on earth. As in the world's most legendary gay bars, beaches, hotels, monuments, festivals, cruise clubs and more that you must cross off your travel bucket li