Like all happy couples, straight or gay, each time we decide to go on a vacation, my partner and I squabble over the luggage. While I prefer to travel light, he is obsessed about carrying his new books, laptop, kindle, electric kettle, tea bags, camel jacket, favourite socks, shoes and the works. But that hasn’t deterred us from holidaying. After 10 years of travelling together all over the world, we have discovered the truce mantra – he lugs his bag while I carry my own. “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck.

Having visited several gayfriendly countries in Europe, we decided to check out the gay tourism scene in India after some of our friends went on customised-holidays organised by LGBT tour operators -

Indjapink.co.in, freedom2be.com, outjourneys.com, pinkvibgyor.com and the Western Ghat Routes among others. But how different are customised gay holidays from the regular ones? To begin with, you don’t draw uncomfortable stares for being gay or lesbian. Most importantly, you don’t have to explain why two men need a double bed.

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