Vote Now: USA Today Reader’s Choice Awards
Starting today, travel fans have four weeks to vote for the nominees of their choice in USA Today’s Readers Choice Awards. We helped pick the cruise lines and ships, now it’s your turn to vote for a favorite
Really excited about your favorite cruise brand? Vote once a day per category for the run of the contest. Voting ends Monday, December 16th.
The winners will be announced on 10Best on Friday, December 27th.
To get a feel for live voting, follow the Reader’s Choice Awards on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.
Already Voted? Check the leaderboards in each category to see what others think!
THE EXPERTS
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.
SHERRY LASKIN
Sherry is a cruise and travel writer who explores the world without flying. Based out of Florida’s Space Coast, she’s the creator and editor of award-winning website, CruiseMaven.com and her newest site, Guide to River Cruising. Sherry’s River Cruise Radio podcast takes listeners to the rivers in Europe and the USA via guest interviews and river cruise advice. Whether crossing oceans or traversing rivers in South America, Europe and the USA, Sherry is on the water at least four months every year. Cross-country train trips in North America and Europe make up another month or two. In her free time, she is either trying a new recipe, planning an around the world adventure without flying, fumbling on her ukulele or taking tap lessons.
JASON LEPPERT
Jason Leppert is a San Diego-based cruising expert with more than 150 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; USA Today 10Best; Oyster.com; MiceChat.com and the Cruise Radio podcast.
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 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.