WE DID IT AGAIN!!--WE WERE RECENTLY HONORED WITH NATIONAL PRESS CLUB AWARDS FOR OUR CRUISE COVERAGE

I am pleased to announce that my husband Tony and I have been honored again this year by the San Diego Press Club for our work on USATODAY and 10Best.com in the national 2023 Press Club Excellence in Journalism award competition. This nationwide competition honors the best of the best in travel journalism and we are thankful for this recognition of our efforts to bring original photos and first-hand narrative to our readers.

Come Aboard the Seabourn Venture on its Epic Cruise through Antarctica

Words can’t describe what your eyes will see on this epic voyage through the Patagonia Ice Fields as you make your way to the frozen wonders of Antarctica. Every day is a new adventure, which you can choose to enjoy from the comfort of your luxury cabin, or trekking through trails in search of penguin colonies, shipwrecks, waterfalls, and incredible natural wonders.

Photo credit: Joanne DiBona

On board Holland America’s Noordam, you can visit the CITY OF MURALS IN CHRISTCHURCH, NZ

Our Holland America cruise from Sydney, Australia to New Zealand brought us to so many fascinating destinations along the way. One of our most interesting ports of call was the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The central city is filled with cutting-edge architecture, truly amazing street art, a not-to-be-missed botanical garden, a lovely river walk, thermal pools, great shopping, a free trolley through the historic city, and so much more!

Photo credit: Tony DiBona. This red brick mural, created by local artist Rone, is one of the most famous in Christchurch, the City of Murals.

Joanne & Tony DiBona Receive Top Honors for Their Travel Journalism

The DiBona team did it again! We were recently honored with a First Place Award by the San Diego Press Club in its 49th Annual Excellence in Journalism Award competition in the category of Online and Daily newspapers, International Travel. Our original photo essays of travel destinations around the world, published in USATODAY 10Best, caught the eyes of judges, and we came away with this prestigious prize.

We are grateful for this acknowledgment of our hard work and dedication in bringing the natural beauty of this earth, as well as the unique culture of towns and cities around the world, to the eyes of our readers through photography and the written word.

“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta




Joanne and Tony DiBona Take Away Two Prestigious Journalism Awards from the San Diego Press Club

Forgive us if we take a moment to brag a bit.

Tony and I have been “Two for the Road” for decades, cameras always in hand, ready to bring our photos and descriptive text to our readers. For the past 11 years, in addition to maintaining our own travel photography and this travel and lifestyle website, we’ve worked as travel photography experts as part of the USATODAY10Best contributor team.

This year, we are pleased to announce that we won first place honors for our USATODAY 10Best contributions (in both the national and international categories) in the 2021 San Diego Press Club Excellence in Journalism award competition. The judges lauded our work on USATODAY 10Best in producing "original descriptive photo galleries of US and International destinations and lifestyle."

This competition drew more than 1,100 entries, making it one of the largest journalism competitions in the nation. Judges for the Press Club’s entries included members of 15 journalism professional organizations from around the nation, including press clubs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Rochester, Florida, Cleveland, Orange County, Milwaukee, Tulsa and Alaska.

Thanks for visiting our site and if we can ever be of assistance as you create your future travel itineraries, feel free to contact us!

Joanne DiBona Honored with San Diego Press Club Excellence in Journalism Award

I am proud to announce that my travel article, Natural Selection…An Enchanting Cruise through the Galapagos Islands, has won First Place in the recent 42nd Annual San Diego Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards in the category of Daily Newspapers & Websites: Travel.

Travel is always a tight and crowded competition category, which makes this award especially significant.