If you’ve ever had the supreme pleasure of traveling to distant corners of the world with a lover, you may also have experienced that awkward moment at the hotel checkin desk.
“You’d like a room with two beds?”
“Uh, no. One bed please.”
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The attendant’s reaction can vary. At best you get an approving smile that says “ah, yes I understand.” But a negative response can be embarrassing, demeaning and hurtful — aka things you should never feel on vacation.
Luckily the world is changing, but to quote Aaron Schock quoting Taytay, “haters are gonna hate.”
Below, hear from LGBT couples in an Airbnb-produced pride short describing their experiences traveling, and just try not to feel something:
Glücklich
I’m lucky my job takes me all over the world and lucky I’m able to take Mr. Glücklich on many of my overseas trips.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens when Mr. Glücklich and I go to Gaborone and Nairobi in the fall, though I may just leave him behind in Cape Town. Still debating whether or not to add a week’s vacation in Zanzibar.
No problems in India this past February. So far everywhere we’ve been no one’s batted an eye.
Kevin Bard
Let’s not. http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/airbnb-mission-district-pride-affordable-housing-short-term-rentals/Content?oid=3747279
Scott Robinson
In Glasgow they wouldn’t let Tom and myself share a room. We ended up in separate rooms. In Florence the in keeper brought in a roll- away in though we insisted we didn’t need it.