Winners in the 10Best Readers’ Choice New Media Award for Best Budget Travel Blogger have just been announced after a four-week voting period ended earlier this week. The winners are as follows:
- Beth Whitman (Wanderlust and Lipstick)
- Caz Makepeace (Y Travel Blog)
- James Feess (The Savvy Backpacker)
- Andy Lee Graham (Hobo Traveler)
- Kash Bhattacharya (Budget Traveller)
- Mark Kahler (About.com Budget Travel)
- Tom Meyers (Euro Cheapo)
- Kim Orlando (Traveling Mom)
- Robert Schrader (Leave Your Daily Hell)
- Rick Steves (Rick Steves' Europe)
A panel of experts picked 20 initial nominees, and winners were then determined by popular vote. Experts Nora Dunn (The Professional Hobo), Christopher Elliott (Elliott.org) and Michelle M. Winner (Culinary Traveler) were chosen based on their extensive experience in social media and focus on thrifty travel strategies.
It was a tight race throughout the month of voting. Additional nominees included Reid Bramblett (Reid's Guides), Jeremy Branham (Budget Travel Adventures), Arthur Frommer (Frommer's Arthur Frommer Online), Samuel Jeffrey (Nomadic Samuel), Sean Keener (BootsnAll), Tim Leffel (Tim Leffel's Cheapest Destinations), Wes Nations (Johnny Vagabond), Stephanie Ockerman (The Travel Chica), Sarah Schlichter (Independent Traveler), and Agness Walewinder (eTramping).
10Best and USA TODAY extend their congratulations to all the winners. The contest was promoted on 10Best and USA TODAY. Upcoming New Media Awards include Best Travel and Food Blogger, Best Business Travel Blogger, Best Hiking and Outdoors Blogger, and Best Travel Photography Blogger.
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The Experts
Nora Dunn
Nora Dunn is The Professional Hobo: a woman who... Read More
Nora Dunn is The Professional Hobo: a woman who sold everything she owned in 2006 (including a busy financial planning practice) to embrace her dreams of long-term travel. She's been on the road ever since, having traveled to/lived in 50+ countries. As a writer, she shares tips and tricks to travel ultralight and in style, and her books include How to Get Free Accommodation Around the World, and Working on the Road: The Unconventional Guide to Full-Time Freedom. Visit her website to learn how to travel full-time in a financially sustainable way.
Nora Dunn
Nora Dunn is The Professional Hobo: a woman who sold everything she owned in 2006 (including a busy financial planning practice) to embrace her dreams of long-term travel. She's been on the road ever since, having traveled to/lived in 50+ countries. As a writer, she shares tips and tricks to travel ultralight and in style, and her books include How to Get Free Accommodation Around the World, and Working on the Road: The Unconventional Guide to Full-Time Freedom. Visit her website to learn how to travel full-time in a financially sustainable way.
Christopher Elliott
Christopher Elliott is a consumer advocate,... Read More
Christopher Elliott is a consumer advocate, multimedia journalist and customer service expert known for his practical advice and creative solutions to customer-service problems. He writes the On Travel column for USA Today and is the author of the upcoming book How to Be the World’s Smartest Traveler (and Save Time, Money, and Hassle) (National Geographic Books/Random House). He blogs every day at elliott.org.
Christopher Elliott

Christopher Elliott is a consumer advocate, multimedia journalist and customer service expert known for his practical advice and creative solutions to customer-service problems. He writes the On Travel column for USA Today and is the author of the upcoming book How to Be the World’s Smartest Traveler (and Save Time, Money, and Hassle) (National Geographic Books/Random House). He blogs every day at elliott.org.
Michelle M. Winner
Michelle M. Winner is a freelance writer and... Read More
Michelle M. Winner is a freelance writer and online lifestyles and travel editor. She is president of International Food Wine & Travel Writers Assoc., and member of SATW and SPJ. Her photography has appeared in Saveur Magazine, she was a Condé Nast Digital Media contributing editor, and special project editor for the New York Times Food online. Her work has appeared in Forbes online, WSJ online, Business Insider, Luxe Beat Magazine and blog,Western Art and Architecture, Northwest Travel Magazine, and MyDestination Hawaii. She is an international food judge, travel writers' conference speaker, and travel book author. You can follow her work at Culinary Traveler and Luxe Beat Magazine.
Michelle M. Winner

Michelle M. Winner is a freelance writer and online lifestyles and travel editor. She is president of International Food Wine & Travel Writers Assoc., and member of SATW and SPJ. Her photography has appeared in Saveur Magazine, she was a Condé Nast Digital Media contributing editor, and special project editor for the New York Times Food online. Her work has appeared in Forbes online, WSJ online, Business Insider, Luxe Beat Magazine and blog,Western Art and Architecture, Northwest Travel Magazine, and MyDestination Hawaii. She is an international food judge, travel writers' conference speaker, and travel book author. You can follow her work at Culinary Traveler and Luxe Beat Magazine.