World's Best The T+L World's Best Awards: Frequently Asked Questions These are the most frequently asked questions for the Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards. By Travel + Leisure Editors Travel + Leisure Editors Since 1971, Travel + Leisure editors have followed one mission: to inform, inspire, and guide travelers to have deeper, more meaningful experiences. T+L's editors have traveled to countries all over the world, having flown, sailed, road tripped, and taken the train countless miles. They've visited small towns and big cities, hidden gems and popular destinations, beaches and mountains, and everything in between. With a breadth of knowledge about destinations around the globe, air travel, cruises, hotels, food and drinks, outdoor adventure, and more, they are able to take their real-world experience and provide readers with tried-and-tested trip ideas, in-depth intel, and inspiration at every point of a journey. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines Updated on July 9, 2024 Close Photo: Philip Thurston/Getty Images What are the World's Best Awards? The World's Best is a travel awards program run by Travel + Leisure, based on an annual reader survey. It is considered the travel industry’s most trusted rankings, and it is now in its 29th year. How can I fill out the World's Best Awards survey? Voting for the World's Best Awards is happening now! You can vote at TLWBAVote.com from now through Feb. 24, 2025. When do the World's Best Awards take place? Voting for the 2025 World's Best Awards is now open, and will continue through Feb. 24, 2025. The results of the 2025 World's Best Awards will go live online July 2025, and also be available in the August 2025 issue of Travel + Leisure magazine. How can readers nominate a company or destination for the World's Best Awards? The nomination period for the 2025 World's Best Awards is now closed. What categories are included in the survey? Readers can rate airlines, airports, car-rental companies, cities, cruise ships, destination spas, hotels, hotel brands, islands, luxury villa rental companies, tour operators, trains, safari outfitters, and U.S. national parks. The ratings for cruise ships are combined to generate scores for cruise lines. For more details about how the voting works, you can read the survey methodology. Can respondents vote more than once for a company, destination, or property? We allow each survey respondent to vote only once for each candidate. Duplicate votes are eliminated from the results. What does it mean for something to be a WBA Hall of Fame honoree? A Hall of Fame designation means that the business or destination has been voted onto a specific World's Best Awards list for the past 10 years (consecutive). How do you prevent cheating? The World's Best Awards survey is maintained and monitored through a secure website by digital marketing firm Proof Insights. T+L and Proof Insights use automated and manual strategies to prevent and correct fraud. Are World's Best Awards candidates allowed to promote the survey? Yes, candidates can promote the World's Best Awards survey through email, social media, videos, room drops and any other type of creative outreach that abides by the promotional guidelines. I'm on the World's Best Awards rankings. Can I use the Travel + Leisure logo in promotional materials? For more information about licensing World's Best-related logos for promotional use, please submit a request here. I have a question about the awards. Who should I contact? Please submit any questions not answered on this page to tlworldsbestawards@dotdashmdp.com. Is there an official World's Best Awards hashtag? Yes! It is #TLWorldsBest.