Gaytravel International is an online information reservation system allowing gay men, women, lesbian, bisexual transgender travellers and travel agents, to make individual reservations for gay men's, women, lesbian owned and 'Gay/Lesbian Friendly' accommodation, plus rental cars, train, airlines, etc within New Zealand, Australia, USA, or South Pacific Islands; plus you can check out up and coming national events within each country.

All travel and accommodation reservation requests generated from Gaytravel International are sent directly to the tourism Operator concerned, who will respond to you directly with a reservation availability or may be processed via an online secure reservation system/s that are operated on behalf of Gaytravel International.

The 'Rainbow Tourism Accreditation' brand is based on New Zealand's gay and lesbian tourism industry's 'Approved Gay/lesbian Friendly' programme which was introduced in 1998.

Gaytravel International introduced the 'Rainbow Tourism Accreditation' brand to help gay/lesbian travellers to identify those tourism operators who have a genuine acceptance of gay/lesbian lifestyle.

Gaytravel International is constantly being update with new tourism operators, prices and information. Prices and information is for 'guidance only' and may change without notice, with the exception on online reservation system/s that are partner/s of Gaytravel International.

During the upgrading of Gaytravel International, there will be accommodation who may not be necessary 'Gay/Lesbian Friendly' as defined by Gaytravel International in association with Gay Tourism New Zealand and Gay and Lesbian Tourism Australia. Where possible, those straight accommodation or tourism providers who meet the meet the criteria of being 'Gay/Lesbian Friendly' will be marked accordingly.