The_Perfect_Gay_Honeymoon

							Title:
The Perfect Gay Honeymoon

Word Count:
532

Summary:
Since the Civil Partnership Bill fo
r gays and lesbians becomes law on
in UK many gay couples have decided
 to take the step and legalise thei
r relationship.
Keywords:
aspireholidays

Article Body:
Since the Civil Partnership Bill fo
r gays and lesbians becomes law on
in UK many gay couples have decided
 to take the step and legalise thei
r relationship. And we are not talk
ing about celebrities but about the
 normal gay couples.
Out Now Consulting, the marketing a
gency with a team of specialised ma
rketers with high levels of experti
se in understanding gay and lesbian
 customers revealed that _a total o
f 274,000 couples in the UK are exp
ected to quickly get hitched which
means that gay honeymoons are going
 to be booming._

In spite of this new finding a repo
rt released at World Travel Market,
 the annual business to business ex
hibition that provides a unique opp
ortunity for the whole global trave
l trade industry to meet, network,
negotiate and conduct business, sug
gests that the travel trade is not
taking the sector seriously. World
Travel Market Special Report advise
s that the travel industry is faili
ng to take the potential of gay hon
eymoons - despite more than 250,000
 couples expected to get married.

Ian Johnson the director of Out Now
 Consulting stated that in spite th
at "there are nearly three million
lesbians and gays in the UK and mor
e than half of them are in committe
d relationships, the travel industr
y has to do much more if it is to c
apitalise on the new development wi
th new products, new targeted marke
ting campaigns and more training fo
r their staff."
The research made on 1,000 readers
of Diva and Gay Times shows that th
e average age of respondents was be
tween 25-44 and the average income
of £28,481 with almost twenty per c
ent of them earning more than £40,0
00.
The description for the perfect gay
 honeymoon is romantic. The Romanti
c atmosphere implies all places whe
re you can hold hands, coo at each
other, and generally act like Doris
 Day and Rock Hudson. The romantic
accommodation doesn't have to be a
sumptuous suite (but it wouldn't hu
rt), but it does have to be comfort
able, airy, stylish and excitingly
different from your usual bedroom.
Romantic dining could mean a candle
light dinner at a table for two, a
dining room with a view, or a reall
y good room service menu.

The most common locations for gay h
oneymoons are beach locations. Hawa
ii is a honeymoon paradise, and a g
ay paradise, as it came very close
to allowing same-sex marriage licen
ses. Hawaii has many gay-specific a
ccommodations of the small bed & br
eakfast variety and it also has man
y deluxe mainstream resorts, and mi
xing a stay of the two varieties of
fers you the best of all worlds. No
t every couple is looking for a bea
ch holiday, and while some cities a
re hard pressed to provide the kind
 of romance that a perfect gay hone
ymoon requires many offer a perfect
  mix of gourmet food, cool bars and
 plenty of sights, art and culture
during the day such as Florence, Ro
me & Venice in Italy, Barcelona in
Spain and Monte Carlo in Monaco.
Plenty of Indian Ocean destinations
 offer picture perfect beaches, tur
quoise oceans and ooze charm and ro
mance. Whilst couples that have got
  married after a very long engageme
nt may look to Morocco, South Afric
a, or closer to home Italy, Spain a
nd Greece since they offer lots of
diversions and activities, and the
ideal setting to rekindle romance.