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	<title>News &#38; Expert Advice &#187; gay-friendly</title>
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		<title>Mind your manners in cruise ship steam rooms.</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2011/01/mind-your-manners-in-cruise-ship-steam-rooms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being "Out" on mainstream]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cruisey steam room lurkers&#8230;please mind your manners. All too often I hear gay men talk about cruises, and giggle about steam room antics. Several years ago, my partner and I were on a Royal Caribbean ship, mainstream itinerary, with a really nice, adult-only male steam room. Problem was, it wasn&#8217;t so pleasant for most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luxury cruise &quot;freebie&quot; perks &amp; tips from a gay travel agent</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2011/01/luxury-cruise-freebie-perks-tips-from-a-gay-travel-agent/</link>
		<comments>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2011/01/luxury-cruise-freebie-perks-tips-from-a-gay-travel-agent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a big secret out there that many gay luxury cruise travelers don’t realize: &#8220;complimentary perks.”* Many cruise lines such as Seabourn, Regent Seven Seas, Silversea and Crystal offer these perks, as well as some of the longer cruises on Holland America and Cunard. What type of free perks might be offered? 1. Complimentary shore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homophobic countries, would you cruise or travel there?</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2010/07/homophobic-countries-would-you-cruise-or-travel-there/</link>
		<comments>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2010/07/homophobic-countries-would-you-cruise-or-travel-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m keen to travel and cruise just about anywhere, and like you, I have something of a destination dream list.  Cruise destinations like Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad, and St. Lucia in the Caribbean are certainly of interest. Further afield, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Samoa, and Mauritius are all places I&#8217;d love to cruise. Malawi was never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royal Caribbean pulls out of LA &#8211; Mexico Market</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2010/04/royal-caribbean-pulls-out-of-la-mexico-market/</link>
		<comments>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2010/04/royal-caribbean-pulls-out-of-la-mexico-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Royal Caribbean pulls Mariner of the Seas out of Mexican Riviera Market.]]></description>
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		<title>Ship Review: Oasis of the Seas from a gay cruise expert</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2010/04/ship-review-oasis-of-the-seas-from-a-gay-cruise-expert/</link>
		<comments>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2010/04/ship-review-oasis-of-the-seas-from-a-gay-cruise-expert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oasis of the Seas cruise ship gay ship review]]></description>
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		<title>Cruise Ports of a Lifetime?</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2009/10/cruise-ports-of-a-lifetime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A list of great cruise ports &#038; destinations, based on National Geographic magazine's "places of a lifetime"]]></description>
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		<title>No Friends of Dorothy Party on this boat&#8230;or is there?</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2009/07/no-friends-of-dorothy-party-on-this-boator-is-there/</link>
		<comments>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2009/07/no-friends-of-dorothy-party-on-this-boator-is-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being "Out" on mainstream]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello cruisers. I just completed a cruise. It was not a luxury cruise, nor was it a cheap cruise. For the same price, about $1,200/person for an inside cabin, there are much nicer ships&#8230;especially in the current economy. But the cruise I took, aboard the MV CTMA Vacancier, is unusual, and I&#8217;m curious if any [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Great San Diego Cruise Hotels</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2009/03/great-san-diego-cruise-hotels/</link>
		<comments>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2009/03/great-san-diego-cruise-hotels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Ships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cruising out of San Diego, California? Here are three highly recommended hotels. The Ivy Hotel. Metrosexual to the max. This design hotel in the gentrified Gaslamp area is close to all the shopping of Horton Plaza, and just a short ride to the gay zone of Hillcrest. Rooms are over-the-top chic. My junior suite had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One bed or two, sirs?</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2009/01/one-bed-or-two-sirs/</link>
		<comments>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2009/01/one-bed-or-two-sirs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["Independent" Gay Group Cruises]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A question: when you&#8217;re cruising on a mainstream itinerary, have you ever had any challenges with your stateroom steward with regards to your sexuality? I.e., if you&#8217;re two guys who want a queen/king bed, has the steward generally had the beds prepped that way when you boarded the ship? If not, and you&#8217;ve had to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gays at Sea…somewhere near Hilo</title>
		<link>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2008/12/gays-at-sea%e2%80%a6somewhere-near-hilo/</link>
		<comments>http://meetmeonboard.com/blog/2008/12/gays-at-sea%e2%80%a6somewhere-near-hilo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Shirley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Christmas Eve eve, and onboard the Celebrity Mercury plenty of creatures are stirring as we finally feel Hawaiian breezes blow across the decks. The gay guys are all having plenty of fun. Sun, gym, sublime food, dancing, connecting. Gay staffers have noticed us and are warming up. (As yet, haven’t met any lesbians). It’s [...]]]></description>
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