Wake Up Someplace Special for Gay Pride!
Staying at a Gay and Lesbian friendly bed and breakfast can make this Pride season a unique experience. BnBFinder.com makes it easy to find one near every major Pride event with their advanced search feature.
Online, June 6, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Gay Pride Month is June and some of the biggest pride events in the US happen on the last weekend in June, an anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots. People travel from all over to attend these events, and staying at a bed and breakfast is a way to ensure a special experience this Pride. BnBFinder makes finding a Gay and Lesbian friendly inn easy with their popular Advanced Search feature.
New York Gay Pride
Visitors and locals alike will be lining the streets for the oldest Pride event in the US, the New York Gay Pride Parade that begins at noon on Sunday June 26. An estimated half a million participants will march, many wearing fabulous costumes on themed floats, from 36th Street and Fifth Avenue to Christopher Street and Greenwich Street. Visitors looking for unique accommodations right off of the parade route should check out A Garden in Chelsea (BnBFinder.com/GardenInChelsea) and Dupuy's Landing (BnBFinder.com/DupuysLanding) between 9th and 10th avenues on 23rd Street, in Chelsea, one of Manhattan's premiere gay and lesbian neighborhoods.
San Francisco Gay Pride
Considered to be the largest gathering of LGBT people and allies in the nation, the San Francisco Pride event is a two-day celebration, June 25 and 26. Official Pride events, including concerts, film festivals, marches, and of course the Parade, will be all over the Bay Area, so stay at the Goose & Turrets Bed & Breakfast (BnBFinder.com/GooseTurrets) in Montara, CA, and turn your Pride getaway into a beach vacation.
New Orleans Gay Pride
Haven't been to New Orleans since Katrina? Well here is an excellent excuse. The New Orleans Pride Festival Weekend will be held from June 24 - 27. The Parade itself will be at Louis Armstrong Park. Stay nearby at the Marigny Manor House Bed and Breakfast (BnBFinder.com/MarignyManor), located in the historic Faugbourg Marigny district. Come back Labor Day weekend for Southern Decadence, New Orleans' other big Gay event.
Chicago Gay Pride
Sunday June 26 will be Chicago Pride, a parade that starts at Halsted and Belmont and ends at Lincoln Park, Chicago's largest public park. Just off the parade route, stay at the China Doll Guest House (BnBFinder.com/ChinaDoll), where all rooms contain a private two-person Jacuzzi!
Wherever you travel to, be sure to use the Advanced Search feature on BnBFinder.com (www.BnBFinder.com/AdvancedSearch) and choose "Gay and Lesbian Travel" under Extra Features.