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GayBedAndBreakfast.com is a
natural URL. That means that people who are looking for a
gay friendly B&B naturally type in "gay bed and breakfast" in a
search box or just type it straight into the address bar.
Most of our hits come directly from people typing gay bed and
breakfast into the address bar followed second by people who
type in gay bed and breakfast into a search box. What this
all adds up to is built in traffic that we do not have to pay to
get. This make our website less expensive to operate and
that is how we keep our rates so low. Our current rates
are about 10% the cost of other listing services. |
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Based on national population
figures, the American gay and lesbian community alone represent
a $54 billion travel market. That kind of money makes B&B
owners, guest houses, wedding / commitment locations and other
travel accommodation service companies set up and take notice. |
| Profile
of the Gay and Lesbian Traveler Statistical
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53% spent
$5,000 or more per person on vacations in the
past year
32% plan to
increase their vacation spending in the coming
year
91% took
vacations in the past 12 months (national
average is 64%)
86% took at
least one short domestic vacation (1-3) nights;
46% took 3 or more
81% took at
least one long (4+ nights) domestic vacation;
50% took 2 or more
82% spent 5+
nights in hotels
72% rented
cars
20% took at
least one cruise (national average is 2%)
40% traveled
on business and 57% of those booked known gay
friendly airlines, hotels, B&B's guest houses,
etc. when on business trips
36% of hose
who travel on business flew first class, 39%
flew business class and 47% spent 11 or more
nights in gay friendly lodging.
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| A new trend in addition, is that B&B's and
guest houses have begun to specifically target marketing to gay
families. Last year's statistics reveal that about 2.6
million lesbian and gay households in the U.S. now include
children. |
| While the potential for building a strong
GLBT traveler customer base is important, we do far more toward
genuine participation in the GLBT community. We are a gay
owned family business that donates a substantial portion of our
profits to organizations working to secure GLBT equal rights. |
| While gay and lesbian travelers like to party
as hearty as anyone else, gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and
transsexual travelers often do seem strongly concerned about not
simply having a good time, but in also making sure their presence
isn't perceived as just another "ugly American." "boisterous
German," or "photo-snapping Japanese" tourist. Altogether, it
would seem the face of the GLBT traveler is changing the way the
world goes around. We trust it will be a more smiling,
aware and caring face. |
