John Martin's Homepage - Travel

1975

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
May	Orlando, FL	DisneyWorld	Bus	Senior High School Trip

1982

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
Fall	Martinique, Caribbean	Club Med's Buccaneer Creek Resort	American	Vacation with Donna

1985

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
May & June	Amsterdam, Holland Germany Austria Budapest, Hungary Switzerland Lichenstein Strasbourg, France	Various Hotels	American KLM	German Cities Visited Stuttgart Tubingen Heidelberg Rothenberg The Black Forest Munich Austrian Cities Visited Vienna Salzberg Innsbruck Swiss Cities Visited Zurich Lucerne
Fall	Aruba, Caribbean	Hotel Aruba	American	Vacation with Donna

1986

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
April 4-20	St. Lucia, Caribbean	Club Med's Sainte Lucie Resort	American	Vacation with Donna

1987

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
March(?)	Baton Rouge, MS	Company Approved Hotel	American	(Verity Business Trip to Fed-Ex) Mississippi Cities Visited Baton Rouge New Orleans
May 2-17	London, England Paris, France Italy Innsbruck, Austria Germany Amsterdam, Holland	Various Hotels	American Bus Tour	(Me, Donna, Mom & Dad M., Mom & Dad C.) Italian Cities Visited The Italian Lakes Rome Ostia Florence Venice Verona German Cities Visited Munich Heidelberg Rhine River Cruise

1989

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
September & October	France	Various Hotels	American	(6-Week IBM Business Trip) French Cities Visited Nice LaGaude Monte Carlo St. Tropez Grasse St. Paul-de-Vence

1990

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
August 4-11	Jamaica, Caribbean	Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort	American	Vacation with Donna

Various Years (Can't Recall / No Record)

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
Winter	Breckenridge, CO	Ski Resort Hotel	Probably American	Ski Vacation
Winter	Copper Mountain, CO	Ski Resort Hotel	Probably American	Ski Vacation
Winter	Keystone, CO	Ski Resort Hotel	Probably American	Ski Vacation
Winter	Arapahoe, CO	Ski Resort Hotel	Probably American	Ski Vacation
Summer	Nassau, Bahamas	Day Trip	Boat	Day Cruise from Miami

1994

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
November (?)	Maui, HI	Kea Lani Hotel	American	Donna's IBM Award Trip

1995

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
May 26-29	South Beach, FL	Park Central Hotel	Midway	Vacation with Rob
September	Boston & Provincetown, MA	The Shamrock	Midway	Labor Day Vacation with Rob

1996

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
October	Key West, FL	The Chelsea House	Midway	Vacation with Rob

1997

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
Various	San Jose & San Francisco	Various	American	Several Verity Business Trips
December 14-17	Atlantic City, NJ	Tropicana Casino & Resort Hotel	Midway	Verity Business Meeting
December 27-30	NYC	Sheraton Meadowlands	Midway	Took Rob to see RENT on Broadway for his Birthday

1998

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
February 7-11	Seven Springs, PA	Seven Springs Ski Resort	American	Skiing with Rob & Friends
March 12-15	Boston, MA	A Gay B&B	Midway	Historic Boston Tours, Visited Bob & Dal
September 12-16	Denver, CO	Waddell's Company-Provided	US Air	My good friend, Adrienne, invited me to hang out with her while her husband was there on a business trip. I flew on their frequent flyer points. Good people!
November 14-17	Tampa, FL	Business-Provided Hotel	US Air	MQSeries Class (?)

1999

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
February 14-20	Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic	Heaven's Resort Room 4204	American	Vacationed with Dan & Joe at their Timeshare
April 8-11	Provincetown, MA	Scott Pul's Cottage	Midway	Interleaf Business Meeting in Boston & Vacation with Rob & Thomas
May 28-31	Montreal, Canada	La Concierge	Continental	Memorial Day Vacation with Dan & Joe
September 15-19	Washington, DC	Sheraton Four Points	Metro Jet	Broadreach Conference
September 27 - October 7	Greece	Greek Isles Renaissance Cruise	American & World Airways	Two Days in Athens Five Days Cruising (Ports of Call) Two Days in Istanbul Three Days in NYC
December 7-8	Philadelphia, PA	DoubleTree	US Air	BladeRunner Customer Council (Business Trip)

2000

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
February 26 - March 1	Snowshoe, W.Va.	Snowshoe Ski Resort	Drove	Ski Vacation
March 19-31	Austin TX	Renaissance Hotel	American	IBM Business Trip (Spent much time with my great friend, Irene, while there.)
April 29-30	Washington, DC	The Doyle Hotel	US Air	Millennium March on Washington (with Suzanne)
June 17-22	Rochester, MN	Sheraton Inn	American	IBM Business Trip (IDWB Meeting) & Surprise Visit to Cousin
July 1-9	Jacksonville, NC	Beach & Inn Keeper	Drove	Lejeune High School 25-Year Reunion
August 20-27	Provincetown, MA	Scott Pul's Cottage	American	Vacation with Dan, Joe, Bob, & Dallas
September 1-4	Topsail, NC	Steve's Friend's Condo	Drive	25-Year Reunion with Steve Steele
September 17	Richmond, VA	Day Trip	Drove	Reunion with Anita, Laura, Mel Hunter, & Brenda
October 21	Lillington, NC	Day Trip	Drove	Hiking in Raven Rock State Park with EAGLE
December 2-11	Kauai, HI	Dan & Joe's Timeshare	American	Vacation w/ Dan & Joe 6 Days on Kauai, 3 Days in Honolulu

2001

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
January 25-28	Austin, TX	Irene's	TWA	Visiting Irene
February 2-4	Atlantic Beach, NC	Peppertree Resort	Drove	Triangle Community Works Retreat
February 9-11	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	Art Thomas' House	Midway	Visiting Art (Rob's Ex)
March 13-15	Columbus, OH	Local Hotel	US Air	Jay's Dad's Funeral
April 6-9	Nashville, TN	Steve & Ken's House	US Air	Visited Steve & Ken with Rob
June 9	Lillington, NC	Day Trip	Drove	Hiking in Raven Rock State Park with EAGLE
June 21-24	Nashville, TN	Steve & Ken's House	Southwest	Visited Steve & Ken
July 3-9	Boston, MA	Boston Marriott Copely Place	Delta	Hung out with Vivian while she attended a conference. Attended Boston Pops in the Park on July 4th.
July 14-19	Topsail Beach, NC	Donna's Condo	Drove	Hung out with Donna, Kathy Vaillancourt & Irene.
July 20-27	Topsail Beach, NC	Ken & Steve's Friend's Condo	Drove	Vacationed with Rob, Ken, & Steve
September 19-21	Atlanta, GA	Gary Salles's House	Delta	IBM GBLT Business Partner Channel Team Meeting
October 4-7	Cincinnati, OH	Holiday Inn Cincinnati	Continental	Out & Equal Workplace Summit 2001
November 9-11	Washington, DC	Some Cheap Hotel	Drove	Weekend Trip with Wes Sims
November 16-19	Atlanta, GA	Days Inn Downtown	Drove	Weekend Trip with Steve Moore
December 29 - January 1	Nashville, TN	Ken & Steve's House	Northwest	Nashville Sites Visited The Grand Old Opry Country Music Hall of Fame

2002

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
January 11-13	Washington, DC	Phyl & Jimmy's	Drove	Visiting "Jeanie-baby"
January 22-27	Aspen, CO	The Sky Hotel	American	Gay Ski Week
March 2-4	Atlanta, GA	The Cheshire Inn	AirTran	Weekend Getaway with Jay Chaffin
April 9-14	Armonk, NY & NYC	IBM Learning Center & Marriott	American	IBM GLBT Leadership Conference & Weekend in NYC
April 19-21	NYC	Kevan's House	American	Visited Kevan & Met Michael & Nick from England
May 17-19	Washington, DC	Phyl & Jimmy's	Midway	Attended the GenderPac 2002 Conference on IBM
August 17-24	Provincetown, MA	Rented Private Condo	Delta	Carnival Week Vacation with Joe, Will, & Steve
September 6-8	Washington, DC	Phyl & Jimmy's	Southwest	Visited Jeanie-baby & Attended Atlantic Stampede 2003 Gay Rodeo
September 13-15	Orlando, FL	Coronado Springs Resort	Delta	Out & Equal Workplace Summit 2002
October 5-6	Wilmington, NC	Beachfront Hotel	Drove	Robert Took Me for my Birthday
October 28 - November 23	Irvine, CA	Candlewood Suites	American	4-Week IBM Business Trip Cities Visited San Diego Los Angeles Hollywood West Hollywood Laguna Beach Tijuana, Mexico Newport
December 5-6	London, England	In-Flight	American	Arrived at Michael & Nick's in Time to Shower Before Heading to the Train Station
December 6-9	Paris, France	Hotel Fertel Etoile	Eurostar Train	Spent 4 Days in Paris for Michael's 40th Birthday with 15 of His Closest Friends (He and Nick paid for all of our Paris trips! What generous guys!)
December 9-10	London, England	Michael & Nick's Flat	Eurostar Train	Spent the Evening at The Stag, Michael's Local Pub

2003

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
January 22-26	Aspen, CO	Hotel Durant	American	Gay Ski Week
February 15	Greensboro, NC	Grandover Resort	Drove	HRC Dinner Guest of IBM
February 23-27	Irvine, CA	Candlewood Suites	American	Identity Manager Class
February 28 - March 4	NYC	Sheraton Manhattan & Doubletree	American	Took Mom & Dad to see Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Man of La Mancha, & The Lion King on Broadway (Stayed w/Donna 2 Nights)
June 19-22	Warrenton,NC Richmond, VA Bealeton,VA Washington, DC	Tent, Fairgrounds Building Floor, Gym Floor	Bicycled	Tour de Friends Biked 330 Miles Day 1: 68 Miles Day 2: 115 Miles Day 3: 95 Miles Day 4: 65 Miles
July 4-6	Charlotte, NC	Morgan Hotel & Suites	Drove	Two-stepping & Line-dancing @ The Eagle
July 19-26	Provincetown, MA	The Shamrock	American	Vacation with Steve, David Joined Us for a Couple of Days
July 30 - August 3	Grand Canyon, AZ	Grand Canyon Quality Inn	Southwest	Vacationed at the Grand Canyon with Robert
August 23-24	Washington, DC	Courtney's House	Southwest	Attended the 40th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington with Courtney
September 5-7	Washington, DC	Westin Embassy Row	Drove	Atlantic Stampede 2003 Gay Rodeo with Robert
September 17-20	Orlando, FL	Caribe Royale Resort	Delta	Mom & Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary
October 10-12	Wilmington, NC	Shell Island Resort	Drove	Robert Took Me for my Birthday
October 25 - November 1	Austin, TX	Irene's House	American	Visited Irene and Worked in the Austin Office
December 26-29	Montreal, Canada	Delta Centreville	Delta	Long weekend vacation with Gregor

2004

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
March 5-7	Charlotte, NC	Morgan Hotel & Suites	Drove	Queen City Stomp with Robert
April 9-11	Washington, DC	Doug's Hotel Room	Drove	Partied with Joe & Doug for the Weekend
May 2-5	Orlando, FL	Caribe Royale Resort	American	IBM Multicultural People in Technology Conference
May 22-26	Boca Raton & Ft. Lauderdale, FL	Phyl & Jimmy's & Sea Resort Hotel	US Air	Visited Jeanie-baby & Ft. Lauderdale Beach
June 25-27	NYC	Sheraton Manhattan	American	Weekend Getaway to See a Broadway Play
July 31 - August 7	Montreal, Canada	Quality Hotel Downtown & Le Conciergerie	Delta	Vacation with Steve
September 3-11	Greece	Various	Delta	Athens & Mykonos with Robert & EAGLE Group

2005

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
March 9-14	Lake Taho	Lakeland Village Resort	American	NCSU Springbreak Tahoe Gay Ski Week Day 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5
April 22-24	Charlotte, NC	Morgan Hotel & Suites	Drove	Queen City Stomp 2005 Day 1 \| 2
May 27-30	Chicago, Illinois	Doubletree Guest Suites Downtown	Delta	Memorial Day weekend getaway with Steve. Day 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4
July 1	Camp Lejeune, NC	With My Parents	Drove	30-Year High School Reunion
July 2-4	Charleston, SC	4 Unity Alley	Drove	Bryan & Jen's Wedding Church \| Reception Day 1 \| 2 \| 3
July 22-25	Ft. Lauderdale	The Cheston House	Southwest	Long Weekend Getaway with Joe Day 1 \| 2 \| 3
August 21-28	Alaska	Norwegian Cruise Line	Delta	Sawyer Glacier Cruise (w/parents, sister, aunt, uncle, and cousin) Itinerary Day 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8
September 9-11	Washington, DC	Hyatt Regency on Caiptol Hill	Driving	Atlantic Stampede 2005 Day 1 \| 2
September 16-18	Annapolis, MD	Sheraton Annapolis	Southwest	Courtney & Ben's Wedding Day 1 \| 2
October 4-8	NYC	Chelsea Pines Inn	American	Steve and I saw 5 Broadway plays in 4 days. Day 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4
October 21 -23	Blue Ridge Parkway, NC	Quality Inn Boone & Days Inn Asheville	Driving	Robert treated me to a Fall Color Tour along the NC stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway for my birthday. Day 1 \| 2 \| 3
December 15-19	Lake Tahoe, CA	Lakeland Village Resort	American	Robert and I are going skiing!

2006

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
March 10-12	Charlotte, NC	Morgan Hotel & Suites	Drove	Queen City Stomp 2006 Fri \| Sat
March 24-26	Roanoke, VA	Sleep Inn	Drove	Went with Joe to visit his sister's famly.
May 26-29	Wilmington, NC	Quality Inn	Drove	Memorial Day Weekend Fri \| Sat \| Sun \| Mon
June 15-17	Coventry, RI	With My Aunt & Uncle	US Airways	Visted my Aunt & Uncle & Maria's 75th Thu \| Fri \| Sat
June 18-21	Provincetown, MA	The Aerie House	Drove	Getaway Sun \| Mon \| Tue \| Wed
June 24-25	Wilmington, NC	Sleep Inn	Drove	Beach Weekend with Joe Sat \| Sun
June 30 - July 3	Wilmington, NC	Quality Inn	Drove	Beach Weekend with Robert and Joe Sat \| Sun \| Mon \| Tue
Sep 2-4	Washington, DC	Wyndham	Drove	Labor Day Weekend with Joe Sat \| Sun \| Mon
Sep 8-10	Washington, DC	Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill	Drove	Atlantic Stampede 2006 Fri \| Sat \| Sun
Nov 24-26	Savannah, GA	The Thunderbird Inn	Drove	Getaway Weekend Fri \| Sat \| Sun
Dec 15-16	Staunton, VA	Best Western Staunton Inn	Drove	Shakespeare Theater Fri \| Sat
Dec 30 - Jan 1	Atlanta, GA	Extended Stay America	Drove	New Year Sat \| Sun \| Mon

2007

Date	Visited	Stayed	Airline	Comments
Jan 13-14	Roanoke, VA	Sleep Inn	Drove	Went with Joe to visit his sister's famly. Fri \| Sat
Feb 22-26	Snowshoe, WVa	Marlington Motor Inn Powdermonkey	Drove	Skiing with Rick Enlow Thu \| Fri \| Sat \| Sun Mon
Mar 17-20	Dallas, TX	Radisson Love Field	American	Josh Groban Concert Sat \| Sun \| Mon \| Tue
Apr 13-15	Charlotte, NC	Sheraton Four Points	Drove	Queen City Stomp 2007 Fri \| Sat \| Sun
Apr 25-29	New York City	Sheraton Four Points Manhattan Chelsea	American	Joe's Birthday Wed \| Thu \| Fri \| Sat Sun
May 12-16	Minneapolis, MN	Marriott City Center	America	STC Conference Sat \| Sun \| Mon \| Tue Wed
May 26-28	Wilmington, NC	Quality Inn	Drove	Memorial Day Weekend Sat \| Sun \| Mon
Jul 20-24	Austin, TX	Irene's New House	American	Irene's House-Warming Party Fri \| Sat \| Sun \| Mon Tue
Aug 10-12	Carolina Beach, NC	The Beacon House	Drove	Summer Vacation Fri \| Sat \| Sun
Aug 31 - Sep 3	Coventry, RI	Best Western Airport Inn	US Airways	Meet Lisa Fri \| Sat \| Sun \| Mon
Oct 10 - Oct 21	Australia	The Lilianfels Sydney Westin Seven Spirit Bay Heron Island	United	My 50th Birthday The Blue Mountains Sydney The Outback Great Barrier Reef Wed (10/10) - Sun (10/21)

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