Some notable awards and recognition:
2024 Class of Emerging Leaders in Canada (Media) from The Peak
2023 Lowell Thomas Award Winner for Best Travel Blog (Bronze)
Writer-in-Residence for Newfoundland & Labrador - August 2023
2nd Place for “Best Travel Blog” at the 2022 Travel Media Association of Canada Awards
Winner of the 2022 Ottawa Tourism Travel Writing Award
Shortlist Nominated for the 2022 Traverse Creator Awards
Nominee for Best All Round Social Campaign for my work with Visit Czech Republic at the 2021 Traverse Creator Awards
Top Ten Blogs of 2021 from Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island (Most Read Blog Ever by their readership)
Winner of the 2019 Best Travel Column/Blog by the Travel Media Association of Canada
Winner of the 2019 Ottawa Tourism Travel Writing Award for my article on the Ottawa Tulip Festival.
Winner of Best Opinion Piece at the 2019 Traverse Creator Awards for my article reflecting on my time living in Istanbul after a terrorism attack.
Nominated for 3 Awards of Excellence at the 2018 Tourism Industry Association of Ontario Awards
6 time winner of the Liebster Award for Blogging, 2012-2018
Winner of the Sunshine Blogger Award, 2018
Winner of the Best Travel Blog by Easy Planet Travel in 2017
Certificate of Appointment by the Korean Minister of Culture for my work on “The Korea Blog” in 2012