The document summarizes responses from an 18-person survey about LGBTQ women's attitudes toward Gay Homestays. Most respondents said price and location were most important in choosing accommodation. Many said the concept of Gay Homestays appealed to them as it provided a safe and welcoming environment, though some noted it seemed primarily targeted toward gay men. Suggestions to make the website more women-friendly included using more gender-neutral language, featuring more photos of women, and changing the name to be more inclusive of diversity within the LGBTQ community.

1. Questionnaire results – LGBTQ women’s attitudes towards
Gay Homestays (27.03.2015)
Sample size:18
Source:surveymonkey.com
1. Whichof the followingtypesof holidayaccommodationhave youusedbefore?
2. What influencesyourdecisioninchoosingholidayaccommodation?
- Price Location Facilities
- Price
- (a) The area that we are going to visit ie in the vicinity of sights we would like to see/do.(b) value for
money(c) Its nice to get to know the locals (d)
- Price, security, location,cleanliness,transportlinks
- Price and comfort
- Location mostly.Then comfortof room
- Location,price, reviews
- The type of holiday I am planning.Sometimes Iwantto go camping,sometimes Iwantto visit friends etc
- Mostly price & location.
- Whatever is cheapest/easiestbutstill has to be clean and good location
- Affordability, facilities,location
- price and proximity to places of interest.
- Price, proximity to public transport,quality of reviews
- Price and location
- Location,price, access to transportand the sights,cleanliness.
- Cost,cleanliness,distance from place l need to be i.e a conference venue

2. Questionnaire results – LGBTQ women’s attitudes towards
Gay Homestays (27.03.2015)
- Location,price, amenities.
3. Doesthe conceptof ‘Gay Homestays’appeal toyou?
Comments:
- We are gay and have been together for 48 years and we find it more relaxing
- Sounds like a fun way of visiting somewhere
- It is something Iwould notpersonallyuse,butI think it's a nice idea who want more gay friendly
accommodation
- My sexuality isn't something thatparticularlyfactors into my life however I can see why it would be
useful,especiallyfor gay couples/individuals looking for a safe environmentto be themselves in
- I think it's a great idea to provide safe accommodation for LGBTQIA+ people abroad.
- yes in the sense we would feel more secure and safe,no that it entices a singular targetaudience.
- It's good to know that there are special homestays inclusive of LGBT people,and to have assurance
that we will not be discriminated during our holidays.
- I often travel alone so gay homestayputs me in contact with people who know the area and the
transportand what to see as well as provide conversation and companyat times.
- Being around other LGBT folk is comforting,one less thing to worry if you have to hide or not.
- As a former gay man who has now transitioned to female,my bisexual boyfriend and I are very
comfortable with the word "gay" and I still have many gay male friends.So the term is very normal to me
as we are all in the LGBT family. That said,I have come across manygay men who are Transphobic
and also sexistand mysogynistic butyou get that sort of bigots - even among gays.
4. Wouldthe genderof your hostinfluenceyouropinionof whereyouwouldstay?

3. Questionnaire results – LGBTQ women’s attitudes towards
Gay Homestays (27.03.2015)
Comments:
- We still enjoy the companyof men
- People are people
- Gender identity can be so fluid, l'm happy whatever a person is.
- As I will be travelling with my boyfriend anyway, it would be completelyfor accommodation and social
only - no potential sexual agenda.We don't have an issue aboutthis as a possibilityfor gay guys getting
together but we operate slightlyoutside of that frame.In this way, we are justlike straightcouple doing
Air B'n'B but we prefer to be with our LGBT community.
5. Wouldthe sexualityof yourhostinfluence youropinionof where youwouldstay?
Comments:
- To each his own
- I prefer gay man or woman.If it's a gay couple, better
- I would prefer to stay with someone who is notattracted to me eg asexuals,straightwomen,gay men.
- I think I'd be more inclined to stay somewhere with LGBTQIA+ hosts,butI probablywouldn'tchoose not
to stay somewhere based on the sexuality of the hosts.
- Maybe. I may favour a bi person or couple over a straightperson or couple but only because ofa sense
of solidarityand wanting to connect with more people like me.But if the straightfolk were obviously
cleaner,THEM THEM THEM! :-)
- I presume theywill be gay, lesbian or bisexual - that is not an issue - I see this as positive as I feel more
comfortable with my LGBT people.Straightfriendly is good too.
6. Afterlookingatthe Gay Homestayswebsite,doyoufeel thatthe websiteiswomanfriendly?

4. Questionnaire results – LGBTQ women’s attitudes towards
Gay Homestays (27.03.2015)
Comments:
- The site seem to address men primarly,butI dont mind.But it is importantfor me to know if women are
welcome or not.
- Need to spend more time on the site
- It's appealing with brightcolours
- The only picture of a woman is one of a host,the person sleeping and the couple in the thumbnail for
the video are male.It is also very pink, indicating it's targetaudience is gay men.
- The main thing that stands outto me is that, after a brief look round the site, I've found only a single
picture containing any women.
- You mainlyfeature photos of men!! not representative!
- There are pictures of women on the website.However,the first picture that appears when we open the
link is of a man,which can put off many women.
- There seem to be more gay men pictured and more male hosts,buthopefullythe balance between men
and women will become more equal in time.
- I noticed that there are a lot more men offering their homes for homestaythan women and although I
would and have stayed with men,my preference is to stay with women if I can.
- Its not unfriendlyto women putit that way. The ads that say men only gives the site a bit of a odd feel
and l think sometimes "ooo is the site allowing people to reinforce mysogony???"Butl'm sure there
mustbe women onlyad (l havven't seen any) so maybe it's ok. But still...
- There are too many hosts who look like they want to fuck every guestwho stay (sorry for direct
language!).So they are looking for other gay men only - and from their description theyhave underlying
sexisttone. While this is fine for like-looking-for-like,maybe you need to branch off a "sister"website
called LGBT Homestays thatis more diverse and much more Bi-women/Lesbian friendly.The world is
moving on and LGBT people getting more mixed but there are gay men in their ghettos who don't even
realise this.There are some truly nice gay men who prefer not to make all decisions in life by their labido
but their intellect.Maybe they share same view as me,so they would prefer LGBT Homestayas well?
7. Afterlookingatthe Gay Homestayswebsite,canyoumake any suggestionsonhow tomake
the website more womenfriendly?
Comments:
- Availability on the Calendars would be nice - eg when I put Colchester in for the 31/8/2015 to 4/9/2015
the accommodation appeared to be available but when you read through it is not available
- The issue is the word "gay", it's seem as more ofa masculine term.It's used as both an adjective and a
noun which is a little overpowering.
- May be in calling it Gay and Lesbians Homestays or gay homestays for men and women
- I think the word gay is majorlyoverused. I'd prefer it if a mixture of terms were used like LGBTQIA+,
Queer, MOGAI
- A more gender neutral interface ie less pink.Also maybe a photo of a lesbian couple somewhere on the
homepage.
- More pictures with women in would be a start.
- Lots of women feel that the word gay refers specificallyto gay men.Perhaps changing the name to
queer homestays,or LGBTQIA+ homestays or something like thatwould make the website more
women friendly.Also, the people featured in the video are all masculine presenting.Having more
women in the promotional material would make the website more women friendly.Finally, the video
uses the phrase "men and women"which is exclusive ofpeople who do not define in the gender binary.
It would be a good idea to change this to "people"instead so thatit is more inclusive.
- feature more photos ofwomen on the website
- More pictures/videos ofwomen.
- More females pictured on the home page,so it is immediatelyobvious from the imagerythat this site is
also for women.
- My only suggestion is to have more women,ifpossible,offering their homes as a place to stay.
- Change name to Queer Homestays to make it more acknowledging ofLGBT+ diversity. If people
decline maybe make that they have send a shortmessage like"verysorry but unable to accomodate you
this time". The existing non-personal nature ofdeclines are notvery friendly and can give a sense of
being rejected.In your blurb use the words 'bi sexual women',' lesbian'and 'trans woman' - dontjust
talk aboutstuff as if men are the only creatures on the planet.(Very welcome to talk aboutRonaldo
though as he is lovely!).
- As said above - maybe justhave a parallel website called LGBTHomestay.Or have a clear filter that
separates outall the hosts who welcome women.However,the latter risks a sub-marketwhere due to
lower supply,hosts can charge more - i.e. gay hosts,looking for men only are plentiful so would keep
their prices keen to stay competitive. So the gay-for-gay accommodation would seem better value than
hosts looking for LGBT guests more generally.

5. Questionnaire results – LGBTQ women’s attitudes towards
Gay Homestays (27.03.2015)
8. Afterlookingatthe Gay Homestayswebsite,how likelyare youtorecommendGay
Homestaystootherwomen?