The NomadMania Travel Awards is the annual event to celebrate achievements in travel organized since 2021. It meant to celebrate travelling efforts for the past year.

Our aim is not to make people travel for the award, but rather to award the ones who travel regardless of that and to inspire new generations of travellers!

There are twelve awards: five of these are selected internally by the NomadMania Team, while the remaining are selected through initial proposals by the public (whether NomadMania members or not) which will then become seven nominations per award category and are voted on exclusively by NomadMania Members.

To be eligible for voting in the final round, voters must have registered with NomadMania until one month prior to the event and must have 35 or more NomadMania regions marked as visited on that date.

BEST NOMADMANIA FRIEND

Awarded to a NomadMania member (a non-team member) whose contributions to NomadMania – in any form – have really made a difference to our platform.

AGAINS THE ALL ODDS TRAVELLER

Awarded to a NomadMania member who, despite having considerable obstacles, has overcome them to become a notable traveller.

MOST INTREPID TRAVELLER 2024

A traveller whose travels in the last year have required considerable courage, risk-taking and craziness.

MOST PURPOSEFUL TRAVELLER 2024

The one whose efforts to create community, help local communities and, in general, travel with a purpose.

BEST TRAVEL BOOK 2024

The book that takes readers on new adventures, sparking the love for travel with every page.

BEST DIGITAL TRAVEL CREATOR 2024

The creator whose engaging stories and visuals invite us to explore unseen places and cultures.

BEST DIGITAL CREATOR – COUNTRY SPECIFIC 2024

The creator whose engaging stories and visuals invite us to explore unseen places and cultures.

MOST TRUSTED LOCAL FIXER 2024

The go-to person who turns common trips into unforgettable local experiences with their know-how.

BIGGEST LPI (Low Passport Index) TRAVELLER 2024

The one who doesn’t let the bureaucracy and passport nor nationality issues stop him/her in their travelling. To be eligible for this, travellers have to be from one of the countries that rank the lowest on Henley Passport Index Ranking. Full list is available on the LPI ranking page.

BIGGEST TRAVELLER 2024

The one and only, whose travels in the past year, in terms of both quantity (days on the road and number of trips) AND quality (difficulty and variety of destinations), render them a truly big traveller even by the standards of the NomadMania Community.

BIGGEST LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN TRAVEL

This award is given to any traveller – NomadMania member or not – whose lifetime travel achievements are of an outstanding level.

This year we have 10 awards in 3 main categories:

1. Golden awards – will be selected internally by the NomadMania Team and their aim is to thank our friends, supporters and partners;
2. Silver awards – will be selected by our community, through initial proposals by the public. Everyone is eligible, regardless of whether they are NomadMania members or not.
3. Special award – lifetime travel award is voted and awarded by our committee.

To be eligible for voting in the final round, voters must have registered with NomadMania until one month prior to the event and must have 35 or more NomadMania regions marked as visited on that date. See the Voting Page here.