Hotel Mercurio is an all gay hotel with cheap rates, fantastic breakfast included, and in a great location one block from the beach and only a few blocks from the gay nightlife. Even if you don't stay there, check out their BBB Sundays (burgers, boys, and beers).
Casa Capula is an all gay hotel on top of a hill. Check out their Saturday naked pool parties, and their Sunday drag brunch.
Take a gay party cruise once during your week. Wet N Wild gay cruise, and PV Dulce cruise are both fantastic. $100 includes lunch, booze, entertainment, and swimming at a private beach. Bring extra $ to get special attention from the crew.
Check out ActII and Palm Cabaret. Both offer great entertainment, with two or more shows each night and they change throughout the week.
My typical PV day:
Wake up, breakfast, beach, lunch, massage, happy hour, siesta, 7pm show, dinner, then strip clubs (most open around 10pm)
It’s hard to beat the variety of guys that work here. I always find several guys that I’m interested in. Even though the curtains don’t completely close there’s not much you can’t do there. I think it is crowded because it’s probably the best place in the FTL MIA area.
Just returned from my first Montreal trip in 2 years. It was exhilarating and I'm in a serious post-partum depression. I hope to post details when I get a chance.
The travel process turned out to be very smooth, if somewhat time consuming. It's important to follow the Canadian procedures carefully beforehand (see https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid) -- fully vaccinated, PCR test less than 72-hours before departure, use ArriveCAN (https://arrivecan.cbsa-asfc.cloud-nuage.canada.ca/privacy) to fill out questionnaires and upload documentation.
Some things to know about ArriveCAN. You cannot complete the form more than 72 hours before departure. If you work with the web form, you also cannot save what you've done and return to it later. You can save stuff on the phone app (at least on Android), but that app kept hanging on me. Leave a good 20-30 minutes to complete the process, which involves entering information about flights, passport, etc., explaining your quarantine plan (see below), and uploading documentation.
At the airport. Because all documentation is checked at the departure airport (no online boarding pass), leave lots of time...I arrived 2 hours early and waited an hour in line to check in. (I was on Air Canada, but I'm pretty sure all airlines do the same.)
Arrival in Montreal. The line to border control stretched from the arrival hall all the way back along the corridor halfway to gate 76, but it moved very quickly to the top of the stairs. The hall below was completely full, but I was able to bypass that and use the NEXUS kiosks once I hit the top of the stairs. NEXUS holders still have to see a border control officer, but there were only 2 people ahead of me in line. Questioning was what I remember from my pre-NEXUS days (why are you visiting? do you know anyone here? and the like). The border control officer examined my passport, typed some stuff into his computer, and put a blue dot on the back of my passport (there were other-colored dots he could have used). When I handed in my NEXUS receipt at the customs check, they asked to see my passport, looked at the blue dot, and shunted me to the far left lane, which gave me direct entry into Canada. From what I could see, those with other-colored dots went into a clinic area where they were given a covid test (they do random testing on arriving tourists). If you fail that test, you are required to quarantine, which is why ArriveCAN has you prepare a quarantine plan.
A friend who arrived a day after me faced much longer delays at the airport because a bunch of planes arrived simultaneously.
If you plan to take the 747 bus into the city, you should know that as of August 23, during the hours when the metro is running, the 747 goes only as far as Lionel-Groulx.
Returning to the US. You must have a covid test no more than 72 hours before your departure back to the US. This test can be a rapid antigenic test and is pricy (CAD$150). I made an appointment before I left home (definitely recommended) with https://elnamedical.com/en/covid/ at their downtown location. It was quick and efficient. I had the result in my email in a little more than an hour. Air Canada allowed me to upload my test result and check in online ahead of time, which made my departure very speedy (less than half an hour total from the time I got to the airport).
It's quite possible that some of this will change as time goes on. Towards the end of https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/119965-what-do-we-know-about-when-and-how-montreal-clubs-will-reopen/ there is some discussion of vaccination passports in Quebec, for example.
Happy travels!
