These are the best travel bloggers of the Netherlands

On Saturday 18 January, the winners of the very first edition of the Dutch Travel Blog Awards were announced. Following the successful organisation of the Belgian Travel Blog Awards since 2018, specialised travel marketing agency Thx.agency finally crossed the national border this year to also offer the stage to the best travel content creators in the Netherlands. The award ceremony took place at the Corendon Village Hotel in Badhoevedorp and was made possible with the support of host partners Corendon and Visit Haarlemmermeer. With 250 blog stories, social posts, travel videos and photos submitted, it can be considered a very successful first edition. A professional jury, consisting of Audrey Denkelaar (Corendon), Tamara Ernst (VisitBrabant), Isabel Mosk (Sherpa's Stories) and Hanita van der Meer (ANVR) determined the nominations from all entries and ultimately also chose the winners for 11 of the 12 award categories. Reishonger and MTB Challenge were the big hitters during this first edition, winning two awards each. For the Audience Choice Award, the general audience was allowed to vote for its favourite, this public award went to the adventure travel blog Reisplaatje. The full list of winners in all categories can be found below. 

Best Adventure Story – sponsored by ACSI 

• The Lone Drifters with On the border of Sweden and Norway: Our 7-day paddling adventure with The Canoe Trip 

Best Citytrip Story – sponsored by Visit Valencia 

• Reisgenie with What to do in Bilbao: 25 tips and places to visit   

Best Culinary/ Cultural Travel Story – sponsored by VisitBrabant 

• Reislegende with A visit to the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape 

Best Family Travel Story – sponsored by Visit Haarlemmermeer 

• Reishonger with Holidays in southern Sweden with children  

Best Lifestyle Travel Story – sponsored by By June 

• The Salty Beachbums with Gili Asahan: one of Lombok's secret gili islands  

Best Roadtrip Story – sponsored by Sunny Cars 

• Little Wanderbook with Roadtrip Mallorca tips & highlights  

Best Sustainable Travel Story – sponsored by by the Tourist Board of Spain 

• Reishonger with Unwind in the Zeeland clay 

Image of the Year – sponsored by Visit Mechelen 

• MTB Challenge 

Social Post of the Year – sponsored by Thx.agency 

• Travellust with Route through Scotland 

Social Video of the Year – sponsored by Curaçao tourist board 

• Salt in our Hair with 10-Day Madeira Itinerary  

Video of the Year – sponsored by the Zaanstreek 

• MTB Challenge with Do What makes You Smile  

Audience Choice Award – sponsored by Corendon 

• Reisplaatje  

Jo Thuys, Managing Partner of the organizing travel marketing agency Thx.agency, looks back with satisfaction: "As organizers, we reflect on a very successful event with over 250 entries, which is a great result for a first edition. In Belgium, we have been organizing this event for more than six years, and we notice that the enthusiasm and quality continue to grow each year. After this first edition in the Netherlands, we can confidently say that a lot of top-quality content is being created here as well. We hope that in the coming years, we can continue to provide a platform for both established names and emerging content creators in the Netherlands and that the event will keep growing each year, just as we have seen in Belgium." 

About the Dutch Travel Blog Awards   

The Dutch Travel Blog Awards is an event organized by Thx.agency, a PR & Marketing agency specializing in the travel industry. During this award show, the best Dutch travel bloggers and influencers are recognized for the travel content they have created. The very first edition took place on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at the Corendon Village Hotel in Badhoevedorp, in collaboration with host partners Corendon and Visit Haarlemmermeer. In addition to the award show, the travel bloggers and influencers were invited to discover all the highlights of Haarlemmermeer during the day through a unique Experience Tour. After a spectacular party, they were treated to an overnight stay at the Corendon Village Hotel.