Dream Cruise Vacations: Vote For Your Favorite

Voting is open for USA Today’s 2019 Multigenerational Travel Readers’ Choice awards. Of particular interest, which cruise line is best for a long sailing or world cruise. Usually a rather contentious result occurs as savvy travelers line up behind their favorite cruise lines.

Voters have between now and October 21st to vote once per day for their favorite.

Voting ends Monday, October 21st and the winners will be announced on 10Best on Friday, November 1st.

BEST LONG-TERM CRUISE NOMINEES

AROUND THE WORLD
OCEANIA CRUISES

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AROUND THE WORLD CRUISE
PRINCESS CRUISES

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EPIC EMPIRES & IDYLLIC ISLES
CRYSTAL

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EXTRAORDINARY DESTINATIONS
SEABOURN CRUISE LINE

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THE GRAND CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE
WINDSTAR CRUISES

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GRAND VOYAGE
HOLLAND AMERICA LINE

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GRAND VOYAGES
AZAMARA

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INDIAN OCEAN EXPLORER
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE

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LEGENDS OF CRUISING
SILVERSEA CRUISES

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MSC WORLD CRUISE
MSC CRUISES

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TAHITI, BORA BORA & HAWAII
CELEBRITY CRUISES

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TRANSPACIFIC CRUISE
ROYAL CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL

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VIKING ULTIMATE WORLD CRUISE
VIKING OCEAN CRUISES

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WORLD CRUISE
REGENT SEVEN SEAS CRUISES

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THE WORLD VOYAGE
CUNARD

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THE EXPERTS

CARRIE FINLEY BAJAK

Carrie Finley Bajak

Carrie Finley is a cruise travel writer who lives in Southern California. Carrie cruises around the world and reports about her adventures on CruiseBuzz.net and via social media where she shares cruise news, tips and insight from the ships and ports. Carrie has curated small ship and river cruise experiences for AFAR.com and is frequently a guest Blogger-at-Large for cruise lines.

DANIELLE FEAR

Danielle Fear

Danielle Fear is one of the UK’s most recognized and trusted cruise bloggers and is better known to her readers as Cruise Miss. As well as maintaining an award-winning blog, she also works as a freelance writer and social media professional covering all aspects of sea travel. Having embarked on more than 55 sailings, including a recent 108-night World Cruise, it’s fair to say that Danielle knows a thing or two about cruising.

JASON LEPPERT

Jason Leppert

Jason Leppert is a San Diego-based cruising expert with more than 135 sailings under his belt and a fresh, millennial perspective on the industry. He has been cruising since before he was two years old, thanks to his parents’ shared passion for traveling and their desire to experience all journeys together as a family. Now, he regularly sails and writes “he said, she said” cruise columns with his wife Heidi. He is the founding editor of Popular Cruising, producer of the successful Popular Cruising YouTube channel and Cruise Editor for TravelAge West. He also contributes to Cruise Travel, Porthole and Cruise Business Review magazines; Oyster.com; ShermansCruise.com; MiceChat.com and the Cruise Radio podcast.

CHRIS OWEN

Chris Owen

Chris Owen is a photojournalist from Florida charged with sharing frank, inside information about cruise vacations with travelers. Also certified a Master Cruise Counselor by the Cruise Lines International Association, Chris offers a unique perspective; tapping his behind-the-scenes working knowledge of cruise vacations. Beginning his cruise history as a family vacation option, Chris has written his way through a variety of cruise lines, ships and itineraries. His goal is simple: to never forget that travel has a positive impact on our world, and to introduce cruising to as many people as possible.

MING TAPPIN

Ming Tappin

Ming Tappin is a cruise industry veteran residing in Ontario, Canada. Ming caught the cruise bug in 1991 and entered the cruise industry in 1994, working with travel agencies to promote cruising to their clients. To date, Ming has sailed on over 50 cruises and has experienced 19 ocean and river cruise lines. Ming is the owner of Your Cruise Coach and is a journalist for Canadian travel trade publication company PAX Global Media, with regular columns in its printed magazine and websites. She has also been published in Lakeland Boating as well as Paul Gauguin Cruises, and currently contributes to the blogs What Travel Writers Say and Vacay Network.