2024 Travel Photo Contest Results

We challenged our travelers to share the most incredible snapshots from their journeys booked through Brentwood Travel  in 2024. At our annual holiday party, our staff was each given three votes to cast on their favorite photos. With one 1st place winner, and two tied for 2nd place, it was a great turnout, and we hope to do another competition in the future. Check out the final results and honorable mentions below! 

Our staff casting their votes at our holiday party

1st Place winner

Wurzburg Spires

"I snapped this photo during a hike up to Marienberg Fortress overlooking the city of Wurzburg."

Travel supplier - AmaWaterways

tied 2nd Place winner

Yes, it's that blue!

"We went to Canada and took this amazing picture at Lake Moraine.  Check out the red canoes.."

tied 2nd Place winner

South Africa Safari

Travel Supplier - Trafalgar


Honorable Mentions

Oktober Fest - Munich 2024

"Wonderful service by these lovely German ladies at the Hoffbrau tent at the Munich Oktoberfest. Really enjoyed dressing the part and enjoying the pageantry of the local celebration."

Tour Operator - Kensington

Top of the World in Meteora Greece

"This was taken near the top of one of the rock formations in Meteora. We were visiting a couple of the Monasteries and if you look at the lower right corner of the picture you can see one of them. Nobody else in our group of 24 would go out this far because of high and far out this one rock was located."
Travel Supplier - Windstar

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The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs

Tour of Venice

"Our tour guide took us all around Venice by boat and we saw so many things we would have never seen walking around the city." 

Kinderdijk Windmill

"This photo was taken while we were on our walking tour of the windmills in Kinderdijk, a village in the Netherlands . It had been pouring down rain during our tour and then suddenly the sun came out and I captured this photo. Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to see a windmill, and I finally realized my dream. It was an interesting tour and I enjoyed learning about the history and how the people lived there and operated the windmills."
Travel Supplier - Viking

Norwegian Tots Day Camp

"Taken while on a side tour of the Archipelago off the coast of Stavanger, Norway"

Travel Supplier - Oceania

2024 Paris Olympics

"The trip of a life time! Flew into Brussels, train to Paris. Attended 5 2024 Olympic Games. Flew to Venice Italy and traveled all over. Awesome trip planned by a great company. THANK you!"

Celebrating 60 Royally

"Our group of 11 in cruise shirts at the start of our "bucket list" cruise to Aruba!"

Travel supplier - Royal Caribbean

Traffic Mirrors in Venice

"Picture of my husband and self in traffic corner mirror on a Venice canal."

Big Ben

"London’s Big Ben and London Eye"

Travel Supplier - Oceania

Exploring Skagway Alaska

"Port stop in Skagway Alaska on Holland America. Started in Fairbanks, then Denali for 3 days. Boarded a scenic train cruise to Anchorage and Whittier where we boarded the Noordam and sailed the Inside Passage to Vancouver. Beautiful scenery!"

Travel Supplier - Holland America Line

The Mighty Piton Mountains

"The mighty Pitons tower over beautiful Soufriere, Saint Lucia and provided the perfect backdrop to our honeymoon!"

Jamaica 2024

"We had a relaxing, worry free and wonderful family vacation!!"

Imagination and skill

"This is a picture of the Statue of Liberty made out of twizzlers from the Hershey Store inside the New York New York Hotel where I stayed"

Happy 80th Birthday Dad!

"Awesome Cozumel excursion for Dad’s birthday! Cooking class, margaritas, salsa to eat and salsa to dance! 💃🏻 Thank you Allie and Brentwood Travel for making it special!❤️"
Travel Supplier - Royal Caribbean

Honeymoon of our Dreams!

"Christine helped us book an amazing trip to St. Lucia. It was the best trip of our lives! A gorgeous place that we will be back to."

Sig Tau Cruise September 2024

"This is a picture of the Sig Tau Alumni group on the Zuiderdam. It is an amazing group of people, and we had a great time on the trip!"
Travel Supplier - Holland America Line

Booby Cay Negril Jamaica

"This image was taken from a glass bottom boat we boarded from a local heading to Booby Cay to enjoy some fresh caught Lobster while soaking in the solitude of this lonely island that has become quite the destination while visiting Negril."

Hout Bay @ Cape Town 

"One of many magnificent photos of the wondrous waterscapes in and around Cape Town South Africa. The scenery was captivating like none other. Hout Bay in a shroud of fog was breathtaking."

Perfect Cruise-Perfect Rainbow

"Day one leaving Miami, couldn’t get any better with the perfect rainbow to start our journey. 15 day Panama Canal, Miami to Los Angeles on NCL The Joy. Nov 30-Dec15, 2024. Cathy Robinson provided the BEST service to us. Celebrating birthdays with special treats in our Haven room. Thank you Brentwood Travel for helping us create wonderful memories."

Travel Supplier -  Norwegian Cruise Line

Icy Straight Point

"We stopped in Hoonah, AK and went to the top of Icy Straight Point by riding a gondola going straight up. Amazing views and since we were on an Oceania cruise, we got to see this hidden jewel."
Travel Supplier - Oceania

Bridge in Budapest

"We took a Viking cruise, starting in Budapest. One of our excursions was Budapest at Night." 

Travel Supplier - Viking

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Sagano Bamboo Forest in Kyoto Japan

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"We took the Canada and New England Scenic Shores the end of Sept 2024. Montreal to Fort Lauderdale on Viking Neptune."

Travel Supplier - Viking

Melbourne Alley Group

"Melbourne, Australia walking tour of art filled alleyways with a stop for wonderful lunch."

Travel Supplier - Azamara

Another perfect travel day

"The end of a sea day headed towards Saint John"

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"This photo is at Tracey's Kitchen in Northern Ireland where we were learning how to bake soda bread.  It was a memorable experience."

The Pearl

"The Pearl is a new design element added to the Icon class of ships. It is part structure, and part artwork. The Pearl allows more ocean views than previously possible on the Oasis class ships. The Pearl contains thousands of kinetic, color changing tiles, ensuring that you will never see it the same way twice. Icon of the Seas was by far my favorite Royal Caribbean ship, and The Pearl was one of the big reasons why. The scale of The Pearl is staggering, and will make you do a double take when you first see it."

Travel Supplier - Royal Caribbean

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"We were on a Celebrity cruise on the ship Reflection in July.  We were on shore excursion on July 15th. when this reindeer walked by us on the road. It was on an island off the coast of Norway, I believed it is called Mageroya.  I can’t look up the correct name because we are a cruise right now.  They bring the reindeer over from the main land to spend the summer to feed."

Travel Supplier - Celebrity Cruises

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Regent Africa Cruise

Travel Supplier - Regent 

Double rainbow on the train

"From our amazing Alaska adventure in May 2024. We captured this photo of a breath-taking double rainbow while riding the train from Anchorage to Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge."
Travel Supplier - Princess Cruises

Freedom

Taken in Alaska

View From Diamond Head

"This view was from the Diamond Head Monument after we hiked to the very top! This was our 1st trip to Hawaii celebrating our 30th Anniversary."

Beach Mode in Dominica Republic

"I reached out to Susan to help me plan a last minute “baecation”, and without hesitation she was able to get us booked within 2 weeks and we had a ball. June 2024."

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"Viking Danube River Cruise - On River Time shirt"

Travel Supplier - Viking

Interested in traveling the world this year? Contact one of our travel advisors at (314) 439-5700

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