This year, the best online gay travel guide to Michigan, GaySaugatuckDouglas.com, celebrates it’s 5th year in business.

GaySaugatuckDouglas.com is a travel directory featuring gay friendly business listings in the gay friendly small towns of Saugatuck and Douglas, Michigan. Known for their charm and quaint shops, galleries, and restaurants, business owners in Saugatuck and Douglas take pride in their gay friendly community. In 2004, a business owner with a well-known gay bar in the Saugatuck Douglas area – Michael Jones – decided to create a website, gaysaugatuckdouglas.com. The website highlights gay friendly businesses in the area, and has helped Saugatuck and Douglas become one of the top gay travel destinations in the Midwest.

The gay friendly cities of Saugatuck and Douglas have long been known for their proximity to Lake Michigan, with Oval Beach in Saugatuck as a beautiful backdrop for the town’s restaurants and shops. Over time, the cities became known for much more – a community that fostered a love for people from all walks of life, with a notable sense of glbt pride that can’t be found in many small beach towns. The wide array of shops, art galleries, local entertainment, activities, and restaurants, paired with nude beaches hidden away in the dunes, quickly transformed Saugatuck and Douglas from a hidden gem to a widely recognized destination for gay and lesbian vacations.

With a lack of bisexual community sites on the internet, particularly in the Midwest, Michael Jones felt the need to share this unique travel destination with the world. GaySaugatuckDouglas.com continues to add more and more gay friendly businesses, and people from all over the country are able to paint a picture of an ideal midwest gay friendly vacation in a welcoming, charming, and fun community.

Congratulations to Gay Saugatuck Douglas on 5 years of operation!