For the most part, I've found that hotel clerks in big cities throughout the world often have assumed we, as two men, would want two beds, but they didn't even blink if we asked for one. That professional group counts 1,300 travel agents, tour operators, airlines and other travel suppliers as members. After surveying his association members, who operate in 34 countries, Thompson estimates that last year, gay and lesbian travelers took 35-million leisure trips, and that 95 percent of such travelers use mainstream agencies and suppliers. But it can be quite another in the Deep South, gay travelers say, where prejudices can still run deep. I've also found the more comfortable you are with yourself and your same-sex traveling companion, the easier it is to relate to the natives you meet.
People just know more.
No matter how they feel about it, people are more aware and less shocked. For that reason, places such as P-Town, Key West and Palm Springs have become annual destinations for many gay and lesbian vacationers. A lot of times traveling can be unpredictable, and they know what kind of experience they're going to have in gay resorts. I like to see lesbian entertainment. It gives you an opportunity to see them when you travel.