British Travel Awards voting opens – you could win a holiday for having your say

Join in the UK’s 2024 holiday ‘Oscars’ and you could win a fabulous holiday prize from a huge getaway giveaway worth £41,000.

The online public vote for the British Travel Awards (BTAs) – which have been running since 2008 and are regarded as the nation’s gold standard travel industry accolades – is now open and runs to September 29.

It’s your chance to celebrate your favourite holiday companies through prestigious awards which recognise all that is great about the business and celebrate what customers love about them.

For 2024 there will be 82 award categories, covering a comprehensive range of leisure travel experiences and services.

The categories embrace customers’ experiences when planning, booking and going on their getaways, but you don’t have to vote in every one – you can dip in and out for as many or as few as you want, right through to September 29.

And as a thank you for taking the time to join in the biggest consumer-voted programme in the UK – with a record 1.56million votes cast last year – everyone who submits a vote is entered into a draw for the jackpot of superb travel prizes worth £41,000.

These include a £5,000 European villa holiday, a £2,300 Ambassador Cruise, a £2,800 European river cruise, a £1,000 holiday voucher with TUI and an eight day European cruise for two with Riviera Travel worth £3,800. (Keep an eye out as we’ll be highlighting the prizes throughout the voting period!).

You can already cast your votes on britishtravelawards.com.

Prizes up for grabs include:

• A seven night Scandinavia explorer cruise with Ambassador Cruise line worth £2,300
• 25 nights at an airport hotel and seven days parking, worth £200 each
• A Brittany Ferries sailing to Spain worth £1,000
• A £500 voucher with Daish’s Holiday
• £500 cash in a currency of your choice courtesy of Eurochange
• A £1,000 vouchers towards any Hays Travel holiday
• A £750 Luxury Coastal voucher
• A four day Dutch bulb cruise with Shearings, worth £1,500
• Solmar European villa holiday with flights and car hire worth £5,000
• A seven day sailing, watersports of yoga holiday in Greece with Wildwind Holidays, worth £2,550
• A £1,000 TUI holiday voucher
• A short break on a narrowboat with Black Prince Holidays worth £1,600
• An eight day European cruise for two with Riviera Travel worth £3,800

• A variety of sea crossings with P&O Ferries worth £4,500

• An eight day getaway to Italy’s Lake Garda with Newmarket Holidays worth £3,100

• A £5,000 holiday voucher to spend with Ionian & Aegean Island Holidays

• A £500 holiday voucher to spend with Distant Journeys

• A family holiday for up to eight people with Lyons Holiday Parks, worth £500

• A £2,000 tour of Turkey with Explore

BTA director of events and partnerships Lorraine Barnes Burton said: “The British Travel Awards (BTAs) is the UK’s largest awards programme created to reward the best companies in travel.

“Last year, assisted by you all (thank you), a record 1.56 million votes were cast to determine the winners of the accolades – let’s see if we can beat that for 2024 voting!

“This year there are 82 award categories, covering the whole spectrum of leisure travel experiences and services, and new this year are travel advertising awards for your favourite TV, radio, print and online travel ads.

“As always as a thank you for taking the time to vote in the British Travel Awards readers will be entered into a prize draw with some fantastic holidays up for grabs!”

The awards will be handed out at a glittering gala night ceremony in London in late November.

• Reach plc, with more than 120 national and regional news brands across print and online including this website, is the official media partner of the 2024 BTAs.

HOW IT WORKS

Register online at britishtravelawards.com and make a choice in as many of the 82 categories as you like.

You do not have to vote in them all – just opt for as many or as few as you wish and you can return to the form to make changes up to September 29. Full T&Cs are there too.

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