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Travel Writing + Blog Awards

We’re jazzed!

Our luxury travel blog, Sand In My Suitcase, has received several awards for “Best Travel Blog.”

And we’ve won many Gold, Silver, Bronze and other travel writing awards for our magazine and newspaper travel articles too.

Travel Writing Awards

Best travel blog!

2018
Finalist – “Best Travel Column/Blog”

2018 TMAC Awards (Travel Media Association of Canada) for “Totally Awesome Things to Do in Riviera Maya

2017
1st Place – “Best Travel Blog”

2017 SATW (Society of American Travel Writers), Can. chapter

2015
Silver – “Best Independent Travel Blog”

2015 NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association)

Other Blog Honors and Mentions

Best Blog Post (3rd Place) – 2018 SATW Canadian Chapter Awards

Honorable Mention “Featured Photo” – 2018 NATJA Awards, by Debbra Brouillette, published on our blog in “A Little Slice of Paradise at Four Seasons Bora Bora

Top 100 Couple Travel Blogs – Feedspot

Best Boomer Travel Blogs (2022) – GettingOnTravel

Magazine + newspaper awards

2019 TMAC (Travel Media Association of Canada) Annual Awards

1st Place:

Best Cultural/Historical Feature: “Seduced by Sri Lanka,” published in Cruise & Travel Lifestyles

Read our on our blog: An Epic 2 Weeks in Sri Lanka! Itinerary and Luxury Guide

2018 NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association) Annual Awards

Honorable mention:

Best Destination Travel Magazine (Print Publication): “Dive into Northern Mozambique,” published in Cruise & Travel Lifestyles

Read on our blog: Unique Things to Do in Mozambique on a Luxury Beach Holiday

2017 NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association) Annual Awards

Finalist:

Cruises (Print Publication): “Adventure Cruise Dives into Natural World,” published in the North Shore News

Read on our blog: Costa Rica UnCruise Immerses You in All of Nature’s Awe

2015 TMAC (Travel Media Association of Canada) Annual Awards

1st Place:

Best Outdoors/Adventure Feature: “A Fine Phinisi: Cruising Indonesia on the Alila Purnama,” published in Cruise & Travel Lifestyles

Read on our blog: The “Alila Purnama”: Sailing, Diving and, Oh My, Komodo Dragons!

2nd Place:

Best Outdoors/Adventure Feature: “A River Safari on the Zambezi Queen,” published in Cruise & Travel Lifestyles

Read on our blog: Ellies! Hippos! You’re on a “Zambezi Queen” River Cruise!

2015 NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association) Annual Awards

Silver:

Destination Travel (International): “San Miguel de Allende,” published in Cruise & Travel Lifestyles 

Read on our blog: 35 Magical Things to Do in San Miguel de Allende: A Fairy-Tale Colonial City

Finalist:

Special Focus Travel Articles (Print) Resorts: “The Temple Whisperer,” published in Taste of Life magazine

Read on our blog: Art? Antiques? Private Pools? Hotel Tugu Lombok is Gorgeous!

2014 NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association) Annual Awards

Finalist:

Cruise (Travel Articles – Print): “A River Safari on the Zambezi Queen,” published in Cruise & Travel Lifestyles

Finalist:

Cruise (Travel Articles – Print): “Hawaii Un-Cruising,” published in Cruise & Travel Lifestyles

Read on our blog: Discover Hidden Hawaii on an Un-Cruise

2013 NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association) Annual Awards

Silver:

Destination Travel, International Magazine: “Turkish Delight,” published in Cruise & Travel Lifestyles

Read on our blog: The Perfect 2-Week Turkey Itinerary for a Luxury Trip

Bronze:

Sport & Recreation (Travel Articles – Print): “Canoeing With Crocs on the Zambezi an Authentic Bush Experience,” published in the Vancouver Sun newspaper

2011 NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association) Annual Awards

Bronze:

Sport & Recreation (Travel Articles – Print): “Playing With Elephants,” published in Cruise & Travel Lifestyles

2010 NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association) Annual Awards

1st Place (Gold):

Cruise (Travel Articles – Print): “The Nile River: Cruising Cleopatra Style,” (PDF) published in Cruise & Travel Lifestyles

TMAC (Travel Media Association of Canada) 2005 Travel Media Award: Business Travel & Technology

1st Place:

“Fore! Lawyers and Golf: Perfectly Linked,” published in National

Kaua’i Visitors Bureau Travel Journalism Awards 2000

2nd Place:

“Leaning into the Wind on Kaua’i,” published in the North Shore News

TMAC (Travel Media Association of Canada) Award of Excellence in Travel Journalism 1999

2nd Place:

Best International Travel Story: “Losing Yourself in the Florida Keys,” published in Canadian Traveller

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Beatrice

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