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A strong beginning for a gudiebook geared toward Gay travel.
The publication of the guidebook automatically makes it destined for success.Since there are so few guidebooks for Gay travelers, these specialized editions are long overdue and extremely welcome.Futureeditions should include color photographs, brief interviews with local menand women in the various cities, brief commentaries by travelers---listingthe good, the bad, and the 'watch out'!These brief commentaries caninclude the actual experiences of travellers.They can write of who theymet, where, and what transpired.All of course in a friendly and dignified(?) manner.Then too, it would be helpful for the traveller to getspecific addresses of not only the bars, restaurants, and tourist hangouts,but also the spots that are frequented by local gays.Advise the reader ofany friendship clubs or organizations in the various cities.Tell thereader about friendly citizens that are willing to act as guides orinformational services.This is the real world.It's time for SenorCordova to compete with Moon, Lonely Planet, and Fodor's Publications. Hewill definitely get a good share of the market! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cuba    2. Gay men    3. Guidebooks    4. Havana    5. Mexico    6. Travel    7. Travel - Foreign    8. Travel & holiday guides   

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England just got merrier
John Szponarski's The Ultimate Gay Guide promises to sort outthe British gay scene. This guide to gay Britain steps up to fill thevoid left by the disappearance of the UK Spartacus edition. Inaddition to the saucy details we expect from gay guides, there are exhaustive listings of help and support organizations, lawyers and transgender resources. Pack a magnifying glass if you expect to use the maps.END ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Europe - Great Britain - General    2. Gay Studies    3. Reference - General    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. Travel - Foreign    7. British Isles    8. Gay studies (Gay men)    9. Reference works    10. TRAVEL & HOLIDAY   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Travel - General   

Subjects:  1. Europe - Great Britain - General    2. Travel - Foreign    3. Europe - Gt. Britain/London    4. Gay Studies    5. Social Science    6. Travel   

Subjects:  1. Gays    2. Guidebooks    3. Travel    4. Travel - United States    5. United States - South Atlantic - D.C.    6. Washington (D.C.)    7. District of Columbia (Washington, DC)    8. Travel & holiday guides   

Reviews (5)

Engaging, quirky, beautifully written book
This book put me in mind of Theroux' disappointments with Pacific and other cultures and that writer's despairing take on the seeming inevitability of mankind's baser tendencies.Elegantly written, not at all a guidebook--a fact that may disappoint some--this romp through many beautiful destinations fascinates because of the writer's frequent chafing encounters with fellow expats and local excesses. TERRIBLE
This was undoubtedly one of the worst books that I have ever read.The author was pretentious, prissy, nasty toward his "friends" and fellow travelers, and condescending toward what he called "natives".Mainly, though, he was just boring.He simply listed the places he traveled through, along with a litany of complaints about the tour guide, accommodations, and anyone unfortunate enough to have bumped into him. Approaching Travel Book Reviews
I read Mr. Champ's book with considerable pleasure.Since I don't travel very extensively because of a basic fear of flying and simple lack of time, I depend on the Jan Morrises, Bruce Chatwins, and Roberts Champs of this world to do much of it for me.I can read in the comfort of my armchair and imaginatively follow their perigrinations about this world of ourse without the discomforts that travel so often entails...Read more

Subjects:  1. Essays & Travelogues    2. Gay Studies    3. Travel    4. Travel - General    5. Travel writing   

Subjects:  1. Europe - Great Britain - General    2. Gay Studies    3. Social Science    4. Travel    5. Travel - Foreign    6. British Isles    7. Travel & holiday guides    8. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. Gay Studies    2. General    3. Travel - Foreign   

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No longer worth buying
Like all gay travel guides, the information dates quickly and If you love Mexican men, you need to have this book.
Very detailed information about where to go, what to do, and where to meet them.Things do change, so it wouldn't be a complete guide, but it will give you starting points in a lot of places.If you are thinking about exploring places other than large resorts and cities, this book is a nicecompanion for your trip.It was certainly very usuful for me.

The Best Gay Guide on Mexico to date.
Richard Black's Guide to Gay Mexico is the most informative guide to Gay Mexico ever written. The writter guides the Gay tourist though Mexico's most erotic and exciting cities. Everything that you ever wanted to knowabout Gay Mexico is included in this comprehensive tourist guide. Don Hopper,The Gay Mexico Network ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Mexico    2. Travel    3. Travel - Foreign   

Subjects:  1. Europe - Spain & Portugal    2. Lesbian Studies    3. Social Science    4. Sociology    5. Travel - Foreign    6. Spain    7. Travel & holiday guides   

Subjects:  1. Gay Studies    2. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    3. Reference - General    4. Reference - Guides (General)    5. Travel    6. Travel - General   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Travel    3. Travel - Foreign   

Subjects:  1. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    2. Homosexuality    3. HotelsInnsetc.    4. Travel    5. Travel - General    6. Travel Guides    7. Gay & Lesbian Travel   

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REVIEW FROM LIAM
MY BOYFRIEND, WHO I MET ON HOLIDAYS IN ATLANTA BOUGHT THE BOOK BEFORE HE VISITED ME AND FOUND IT VERY HELPFUL INDEED. IT WAS HIS FIRST TIME HERE, AND HE EASILY GOT AROUND WHEN I WAS AT WORK. WE BOTH FOUND THE BOOK VERY EASY TO FOLLOW, AND I EVEN FIND IT USEFUL MYSELF DURING THOSE WEEKEND TRIPS TO DUBLIN! BUY IT- MONEY WELL SPENT. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Europe - Ireland    2. Gay Studies    3. General    4. Travel    5. Travel - Foreign    6. British Isles    7. Ireland    8. Travel & holiday guides   

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Good travel guide - Wash DC should get off PC bandwagon
Overall Collins' travel guides are good for quick lookups of gay/gay friendly spots. And he gives HIS OWN OPINION on these places - whether describing them as "seedy", or "uneven", or"mostly old drunks", these are his opinions and his takes on theplaces he's reviewed. The reader from DC needs to get off the gay PCbandwagon and realize, as an author, Collins books are not objective, andhe plainly states so in the introduction. Don't like his take on a place?Then hop on the barstool with your name on it, pal.

Usefull
I found this book usefull for my stay in SF.

Andrew Collins is ageist
"Fodor's Gay Guide to the USA," written by Andrew Collins, wassuperb, comprehensive, and sensitively written, so when the company decidedto break out some of the individual chapters into separate city guides withadditional material, there was a lot of reason to be hopeful. But consider:at p. 50 of "Fodor's Gay Guide to San Francisco," Collins saysthat that many of SF's gay bars cater "mostly to old drunks." Hethen describes trying to meet someone at one of these bars: "You givehim a quick tap on the shoulder, just to see if anybody is in there. Andcrash! He falls off his bar stool." Later Collins says that there's abar stool in SF with your name on it, and "all you have to do is trynot to fall off it."Read more

Subjects:  1. California    2. Gay men    3. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    4. Gays    5. Guidebooks    6. San Francisco    7. San Francisco (Calif.)    8. San Francisco Bay Area    9. San Francisco Bay Area (Calif    10. Travel    11. Travel - United States    12. United States - Pacific - San Francisco    13. United States - West - Pacific (General)    14. Voyages and travels    15. Gay & Lesbian studies    16. North America    17. Travel & holiday guides    18. Travel / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. Africa    2. Travel - Foreign    3. Gay & Lesbian studies    4. Republic of South Africa    5. Travel & holiday guides   

Subjects:  1. Arabic poetry    2. Bedouins    3. Folk poetry    4. Gay & Lesbian    5. History and criticism    6. Literary Criticism    7. Middle Eastern    8. Poetry    9. Saudi Arabia    10. Social life and customs    11. Translations into English    12. Arabian peninsula    13. Cultural studies    14. Essays, journals, letters & other prose works    15. History / General    16. Literary Criticism & Collections / Gay & Lesbian    17. Poetry texts & anthologies    18. Travel writing   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Travel    3. Travel - General   

Subjects:  1. Gay men    2. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    3. Gays    4. Guidebooks    5. Lesbians    6. Northwest, Pacific    7. Travel    8. Travel - United States    9. United States - General    10. United States - Pacific - Oregon    11. United States - West - Pacific (General)    12. Voyages and travels    13. Gay & Lesbian studies    14. North America    15. Travel & holiday guides    16. Travel / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)   

Subjects:  1. Travel    2. Travel - United States    3. United States - South - South Atlantic (General)    4. United States - South Atlantic - Florida    5. Florida    6. Gay & Lesbian studies    7. Travel & holiday guides    8. Travel / United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)