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In a way our September 2023 trip to Rome was our second adventure with Will & Chuck. We randomly met up with a Canadian friend during Folsom Europe 2022 – as one does – and were so impressed with his travel planning itinerary that we tagged along for an architecture day trip in Potsdam and some museum and bar hopping jaunts in Berlin. We learned so much and had such a great time (Lime bike riding in city parks, public transport made easy) that I contacted Will to help plan our 2023 Roman Holiday. The brilliant thing about working with an expert is the wealth of experience and number of options set before us to consider. These guys are certainly not “If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Belgium” style operators. (Google it) Will & Chuck listened to our travel preferences and what we wanted to see by day versus how we wanted to spend our evenings after dinner. It was Chuck who recommended we find lodging in Trastevere for the food alone. Each evening after our nap the four of us would head out in any direction for some of the best meals of our lives. Seriously! The restaurant recommendations alone are Leathermen Travel recommendation enough. But they offered so much more! Yes, we wanted to see the stuff everybody sees, but it was the less traveled options that augmented our sightseeing: the butterfly garden, the Philip Halsman exhibit at the Museo di Roma, the Appian Way Eco Bike Tour (!!!), strolling the grounds of the Villa Borghese. These are the kinds of secondary exhibits that made our trip spectacular. So much so that before we got home we were contemplating how Will & Chuck could help us plan our 2024 vacation. What do you think: Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris OR Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Salzburg, Paris? See ya somewhere!
Bryan, Palm Springs
Will and Chuck are extremely knowledgeable men who made a big difference to my sabbatical in Europe. I’m an experienced independent traveller, and because I was away for several months I didn’t need a day by day itinerary. But I wanted a great gay focused experience with plenty of gay events and venues, and I needed intelligence on what would match my age group/interests and what would not suit me. They were able to provide this in spades, and their advice really enhanced my time away. Will and Chuck are friendly and very easy to deal with. Nothing seemed too much trouble. I hope to be returning to Europe again soon, and I will definitely ask them to help me.
Sam, Sydney
Been travelling the world for decades; always looking to find the deepest darkest corners. However there are some challenges in being limited to the English language. These guys were really helpful for a trip to Mexico City; one of the largest cities in the world and Spanish-speaking. Through their contacts they dug out the most suitable bars/baths/points of interest and were a great help.
Doug, Vancouver
Leather and kink is a huge driver of the traveling that I do. That is something that a regular travel planner isn’t versed in and so I’ve been doing my own travel planning for years. The chance to work with Will and Chuck has been enormously beneficial and great fun besides. They’re brimming with practical suggestions from transportation to hotels, have an up-to-the-minute grasp of what’s happening in leather communities around the world, and have even connected me with some guys in the places I’m traveling to. Chuck and Will have become more than planners—they almost feel like companions on my journeys.
Paul, Toronto
Will reminds me of a classic travel agent. Someone who takes the time to get to know me and my likes/dislikes. He uses this information to research and recommend things to do and places to see that align with my interests, yet may border on expanding them. As a seasoned traveler himself, Will gets both the thrill and pitfalls of today’s travel environment. Maybe you can do this yourself, but it is like self-diagnosing. Let the professional do it! And there is no one as astute and well versed in leatherman travel, with our array of interests, as Will is!
Doug, Maryland
Will and Chuck did magical things with my points! And they helped me decide on the right event for me. I’m not a stay-up-all-night guy, so they steered me toward Folsom Europe vs Easter Berlin.
Warzie, San Francisco
When my partner and I were attending Folsom Europe in Berlin for the first time in 2021, Will was extremely helpful in providing info on the evolving COVID rules for international travel and Germany in particular. He helped us choose a hotel that was walking distance to the street Fair and the bars, and when we texted him one afternoon and said we didn’t know what to do; he texted back immediately with a suggestion for a tiny place we had never heard of that was busy in the afternoon and perhaps the sleaziest find of the whole Berlin adventure.
If you avail yourself to all that Will has to offer (and that’s a great deal) he can put together the end to end package for someone heading for unfamiliar territory. We also particularly like his efforts to put you in touch with local leather men from the global Rolodex he has developed by simply being a guy regularly travelling the world to attend our events.
Phillip, Vancouver
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