World-Class Voyages. Decidedly Personal.
LGBTQ+ Luxury Travel,
Planned Around You
An LGBTQ+-owned luxury travel advisory · Welcoming to all
World-Class Voyages. Decidedly Personal.
An LGBTQ+-owned luxury travel advisory · Welcoming to all
From Our Travelers
Instead of selling us a package, they designed an experience that felt completely unique to us.
From the moment we landed in New Zealand until our flight home, everything was effortless.
Our Explora Journeys voyage exceeded every expectation, and the planning was just as impressive.
Two unforgettable weeks in Italy, and every hotel felt more beautiful than the last.
Our African safari and Cape Town extension were unforgettable. We never thought about logistics once.
A honeymoon through Greece and Italy that felt completely effortless. We couldn’t have imagined better.
Our Seabourn cruise through the Mediterranean was absolutely incredible.
The first time every single recommendation turned out to be exceptional. Absolutely first-class.
Our Silversea Mediterranean cruise was flawless, and every recommendation enhanced the trip.
Japan had always been on our bucket list. One of the best vacations we’ve ever taken.
We felt welcomed everywhere we went, and every hotel had clearly been chosen with care.
We celebrated our anniversary aboard Regent Seven Seas. It truly was the trip of a lifetime.
Our anniversary in French Polynesia was beyond anything we could have planned ourselves.
Our days aboard the Belmond Royal Scotsman were incredible. Everything simply worked.
Every hotel, every dinner, every transfer perfectly coordinated. The most relaxing vacation we’ve taken.
From luxury transfers to the perfect safari lodge in Botswana, every part exceeded expectations.
From our first consultation, we knew we were working with professionals.
Bali and Singapore, perfectly paced, with experiences we’d never have found on our own.
An advisor who specialized in LGBTQ+ luxury travel gave us complete confidence wherever we went.
The French Polynesia itinerary was breathtaking from beginning to end.
None have delivered this level of personalized service. We’ve already booked our next adventure.
Our Regent Seven Seas voyage was spectacular, and they stayed attentive before, during, and after.
Our Antarctica expedition was seamless despite the complexity. Handled with remarkable precision.
Croatia, Montenegro, and the Greek Islands came together into one unforgettable journey.
Luxury travel should feel easy, and from arrival to our farewell dinner in Portugal, it did.
We’ve booked luxury vacations ourselves for years. Now we’ll never do that again.
Concierge-level travel planning at its finest. We can’t wait to book our next adventure.
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The Practice
One advisor, from the first message to the day you come home.
Elevida Luxury Journeys is a gay-owned travel agency in Gulfport, Florida, planning private journeys and small-ship cruises for clients across the United States. Not a call center, not a different name on every email, and not a form that disappears into somebody's queue.
What we sell is judgment rather than inventory. Which ship, which hotel, which two weeks of the year, and occasionally which trip is not worth what it would take to do properly. Every number we put in front of you comes from a live rate or a real sailing on a real date.
Most of our clients travel a few times a year and would rather spend an evening at dinner than three evenings comparing cabin categories. If you want to see how we think before you speak to anyone, The Journal carries our destination notes and trip write-ups.
The First Question
Most people answer it wrong for themselves. It is worth a conversation.
A cruise suits you if you want to unpack once and still wake up somewhere new, or if dining as a couple in a hotel restaurant every night wears on you. A small ship of two or three hundred guests is a different proposition entirely from a floating resort of three thousand. Our cruise collection runs from the Mediterranean through the Caribbean and the South Pacific.
Land suits you if you would rather go deep than wide, or if the thing you want is a place rather than a route. It is usually better value for a solo traveler too, because a hotel room costs the same whether one or two of you sleep in it. Our destination journeys cover Greece, Japan, Italy and Puerto Rico.
Breakfast for two daily, a property credit toward dinner or the spa, an upgrade where one is available, and early check-in where the hotel can manage it. All at the same nightly rate you would pay booking direct. On cruises it is often onboard credit. It is the reason booking through a travel agent is almost always better value than booking it yourself.
Who It Is For
Elevida is gay-owned, and most of our clients are LGBTQ+ couples and solo travelers. The hotel knows before you arrive, the guide knows before you meet, and the room has one bed in it because that is what you asked for. We have written about how we vet destinations on our LGBTQ+ luxury travel page.
We are welcoming to all, and we mean it plainly. Friends, parents and straight couples travel with us regularly. What every client has in common is wanting the trip done properly rather than cheaply.
Answered
Nothing on a cruise or a hotel booking. We are paid by the supplier at no cost to you, which is why the rate is the same as booking direct but comes with amenities attached. On complex custom land itineraries we charge a planning fee, quoted up front before any work begins.
Six to twelve months for a cruise gets you the cabin you want at the fare you want. For peak-season land travel, Japan in cherry blossom or the Greek islands in high summer, twelve months is not too early. We will tell you honestly when a date is too tight to do well.
Yes, and we show it as its own line so you can see exactly what it costs and lift it out if you would rather use miles. We will also tell you when a routing is a bad idea.
Gulfport, Florida, in the Tampa Bay area. Most of the work happens by text and email, but it does mean you have a real agency with a real address behind your trip. Read more about the practice or see the full list of questions.
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