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Winners in the 10Best Readers’ Choice New Media Award for Best Luxury Travel Blogger have just been announced after a four-week voting period ended earlier this week. The winners are as follows:
- Nicolle Monico (Just Luxe)
- Yasmin Pullman (Luxury Travel Diary)
- Ana Silva O’Reilly (Mrs. O Around the World)
- Christopher Parr (Pursuitist)
- Roxanne Genier (LuxeInACity)
- Carol Perehudoff (Wandering Carol)
- Kim-Marie Evans (Luxury Travel Mom)
- Melanie Brandman (The Travel Curator)
- Brooke Saward (World of Wanderlust)
- Emily Stephens (The Luxe Travel)
A panel of experts picked 20 initial nominees, and winners were then determined by popular vote. Experts Judy Colbert (JudyColbert.com), Katie Dillon (La Jolla Mom), Jennifer Miner (The Vacation Gals), Elizabeth Thorp (Poshbrood) and Mary Ann Treger (USA Today contributor) were chosen based on their extensive experience in social media and pampered travel.
It was a tight race throughout the month of voting. Additional nominees included Nyssa Chopra (The Cultureur), Ian Garstang (Luxury Travels), Keith Jenkins (Velvet Escape), Dr. Paul Johnson (A Luxury Travel Blog), Mark Jolly (globorati), Tom Muyllaert (Luxury Travel Butler), Amie O'Shaughnessy (Ciao Bambino!), Lesley Peterson (CultureTripper), Maria Russo (The Culture-ist), and Ava Stochinsky (Vagablond).
10Best and USA TODAY extend their congratulations to all the winners. The contest was promoted on 10Best and USA TODAY.
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The Experts
Judy Colbert
Judy Colbert is an award-winning author and... Read More
Judy Colbert is an award-winning author and photographer who specializes in travel, particularly the mid-Atlantic area. Her most recent book is 100 Things to Do in Baltimore Before You Die. She’s also authored or co-authored Peaceful Places Washington, DC, Chesapeake Bay Crabs cookbook, It Happened in Maryland, It Happened in Delaware, Maryland and Delaware Off the Beaten Path, and Virginia Off the Beaten Path. Her current interest is the culinary options available on cruise ships, riverboats and around the planet. Follow her on Twitter.
Judy Colbert

Judy Colbert is an award-winning author and photographer who specializes in travel, particularly the mid-Atlantic area. Her most recent book is 100 Things to Do in Baltimore Before You Die. She’s also authored or co-authored Peaceful Places Washington, DC, Chesapeake Bay Crabs cookbook, It Happened in Maryland, It Happened in Delaware, Maryland and Delaware Off the Beaten Path, and Virginia Off the Beaten Path. Her current interest is the culinary options available on cruise ships, riverboats and around the planet. Follow her on Twitter.
Katie Dillon
Katie Dillon writes the luxury family travel and... Read More
Katie Dillon writes the luxury family travel and lifestyle site, La Jolla Mom, named after her seaside community in San Diego. Before settling in La Jolla, she and her husband spent seven years as expats in London and then Hong Kong where her now 7-year-old daughter was born. Katie's knowledge of luxury travel stems from extensive first-hand experience--her family lived in a Four Seasons Hotel for most of their time overseas. She is also the San Diego editor for USA TODAY/10Best, a contributor to Four Seasons Magazine and never fully unpacked. You can follow her at @LaJollaMom on twitter and Facebook.
Katie Dillon

Katie Dillon writes the luxury family travel and lifestyle site, La Jolla Mom, named after her seaside community in San Diego. Before settling in La Jolla, she and her husband spent seven years as expats in London and then Hong Kong where her now 7-year-old daughter was born. Katie's knowledge of luxury travel stems from extensive first-hand experience--her family lived in a Four Seasons Hotel for most of their time overseas. She is also the San Diego editor for USA TODAY/10Best, a contributor to Four Seasons Magazine and never fully unpacked. You can follow her at @LaJollaMom on twitter and Facebook.
Jennifer Miner
Jennifer Miner is a travel writer based in Los... Read More
Jennifer Miner is a travel writer based in Los Angeles and the co-creator/editor of The Vacation Gals, a popular, multiple award-winning travel blog featuring family friendly destinations, tips for traveling with kids, romantic getaways, and more. It has won the GOLD for Travel Blog in the 2012 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition, Best Independent Travel Blog award from the North American Travel Journalists Association, and is rated one of the Top 20 Independent Travel Blogs. Jennifer loves living in Southern California, after spending most of her years on the East Coast. She’s a true travel lover, who wishes she had more time to see distant parts of the world. She strives to raise her two daughters in such a way that they appreciate the natural wonders of the world as much as the amenities of a luxury resort.
Jennifer Miner

Jennifer Miner is a travel writer based in Los Angeles and the co-creator/editor of The Vacation Gals, a popular, multiple award-winning travel blog featuring family friendly destinations, tips for traveling with kids, romantic getaways, and more. It has won the GOLD for Travel Blog in the 2012 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition, Best Independent Travel Blog award from the North American Travel Journalists Association, and is rated one of the Top 20 Independent Travel Blogs. Jennifer loves living in Southern California, after spending most of her years on the East Coast. She’s a true travel lover, who wishes she had more time to see distant parts of the world. She strives to raise her two daughters in such a way that they appreciate the natural wonders of the world as much as the amenities of a luxury resort.
Elizabeth Thorp
Elizabeth Thorp is a luxury travel expert and... Read More
Elizabeth Thorp is a luxury travel expert and founder of Poshbrood, a curated catalog of mom-tested, luxury family-friendly properties. She is also a travel writer for Peter Greenberg, National Geographic, Huffington Post and appears regularly as a luxury, lifestyle and travel expert on NewsChannel 8’s “Let’s’ Talk Live”, Fox5 DC and NBC Washington. In September 2013, she was appointed Editor in Chief of Capitol File magazine, Washington, DC's premiere luxury lifestyle magazine.
Elizabeth Thorp

Elizabeth Thorp is a luxury travel expert and founder of Poshbrood, a curated catalog of mom-tested, luxury family-friendly properties. She is also a travel writer for Peter Greenberg, National Geographic, Huffington Post and appears regularly as a luxury, lifestyle and travel expert on NewsChannel 8’s “Let’s’ Talk Live”, Fox5 DC and NBC Washington. In September 2013, she was appointed Editor in Chief of Capitol File magazine, Washington, DC's premiere luxury lifestyle magazine.
Mary Ann Treger
Mary Ann Treger is an award-winning travel writer... Read More
Mary Ann Treger is an award-winning travel writer specializing in luxury travel. She is a Contributing Editor to Style magazine and contributes to numerous publications in the U.S. and U.K including USA Today, Marie Claire, Woman's Day, US Airways in-flight magazine, Washingtonian, The Washington Times, AAA World and The Daily Telegraph in the U.K. She writes The Stylish Traveler blog for Style magazine. Prior to her travel writing career she spent 10 years with The Washington Post and later, ad agency Senior VP of Inter-Continental Hotels worldwide, giving her a keen understanding of the international travel industry from the inside.
Mary Ann Treger

Mary Ann Treger is an award-winning travel writer specializing in luxury travel. She is a Contributing Editor to Style magazine and contributes to numerous publications in the U.S. and U.K including USA Today, Marie Claire, Woman's Day, US Airways in-flight magazine, Washingtonian, The Washington Times, AAA World and The Daily Telegraph in the U.K. She writes The Stylish Traveler blog for Style magazine. Prior to her travel writing career she spent 10 years with The Washington Post and later, ad agency Senior VP of Inter-Continental Hotels worldwide, giving her a keen understanding of the international travel industry from the inside.