Favorite Grampy Travels Awards & Recognition
Favorite Grampy Travels is an award-winning travel agency in Leesburg, Virginia, serving Loudoun County, Ashburn, and families across the country. Our neighbors have voted us their favorite travel agency, honored our customer service, and the travel industry has recognized our fresh ideas. But the recognition that means the most is from the families who keep coming back to us for advice and recommend us to their friends.
Favorite Grampy Travels is an award-winning family travel agency headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, with a second office in Celebration, Florida. Ashburn Magazine readers voted us the Best Travel Agency in Ashburn in 2022, 2024, and 2026, and for Customer Service in 2026. The Loudoun Times-Mirror has named us one of only three best travel agencies in Loudoun County every year for seven consecutive years.
We plan Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando, Disney Cruise Line, ocean cruises, and all-inclusive resort vacations for families and multigenerational groups.
Awards at a Glance
Best Travel Agency – Voted Best of Ashburn 2022, 2024, 2026
Named Best of Loudoun for 7 Consecutive Years2020 through 2026
Top Travel Agency – Best of Loudoun2026
On Ashburn Magazine’s Top 10 OverallOf 120-Plus Categories, 2026
Central Florida Favorites, Travel AgencyOrlando Sentinel, 2026
Best of Ashburn Awards, Ashburn Magazine
Favorite Grampy Travels has won the Travel Agency category three times, in 2022, 2024, and 2026, placed in the top three in 2023, and won Customer Service in 2026. Nearly 10,000 voters cast close to 80,000 votes across more than 120 categories in the 2026 contest.
What Favorite Grampy Travels Has Won in Best of Ashburn
- 2026 Best Travel Agency. Winner. Ashburn Magazine
- 2026 Best Customer Service. Winner. Ashburn Magazine
- 2026 Best Top 10 overall. Sixth highest vote recipient of any business in any category. Ashburn Magazine
- 2024 Best Travel Agency. Winner. Best of Ashburn 2024
- 2023 Best Travel Agency. Top three finalist.
- 2022 Best Travel Agency. Winner. Best of Ashburn 2022
Best of Loudoun Awards, Loudoun Times-Mirror
The Loudoun Times-Mirror names only three travel agencies in all of Loudoun County each year, one winner and two finalists. Favorite Grampy Travels has been one of those three every year for seven consecutive years, and won four more categories outright in 2026.
Four Categories Won Outright in 2026
- Woman-Owned Business
- Minority-Owned Business
- Company to Work for
- Boss, Nikki Hendrix
Nominated Seven Straight Years as Best Travel Agency
- 2026. Finalist, one of three agencies named. Loudoun Times-Mirror
- 2025. Finalist. Best of Loudoun 2025
- 2024. Finalist. Best of Loudoun 2024
- 2023. Finalist. Best of Loudoun
- 2022. Finalist, one of three agencies named. Loudoun Times-Mirror
- 2021. Finalist, one of three agencies named. Loudoun Times-Mirror
- 2020. Finalist, one of three agencies named. Loudoun Times-Mirror
Travel Industry Awards
Recognition from the travel trade press and from the suppliers we book most often. The TravelAge West Trendsetter Awards are presented as part of the WAVE Awards program and honor advisors whose work moves the industry forward.
- 2026, Elite Sapphire Select Travel Agency, ALG Vacations. Awarded to Favorite Grampy Travels. Announcement
- 2024, TravelAge West Trendsetter Award, Best Use of Social Media. Awarded to Nikki Hendrix, Founder and CEO. TravelAge West
- 2024, TravelAge West Trendsetter Award, Best Targeted Marketing Idea. Awarded to Kirsten Andrade, Director of Operations, for creating the first consumer-facing Lightning Lane Masterclass. TravelAge West
- 2022, TravelAge West Future Leaders in Travel. Awarded to Kirsten Andrade. Future Leaders in Travel
Agency Credentials and Supplier Designations
These are earned designations rather than awards. They are what let our advisors get answers faster, reach the right people when something goes sideways, and access training and site visits the general public never sees.
Authorized Disney Vacation Planner
Direct Disney training and booking access for Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, and Adventures by Disney.
Universal U-Preferred Platinum
The top Universal partner tier, which means faster problem-solving on Universal Orlando, Epic Universe, and Universal Kids Resort bookings.
Sandals and Beaches Preferred
Recognized specialist status across the Sandals and Beaches all-inclusive resorts.
Royal Caribbean Partner Agency
Trained on the fleet, including Icon of the Seas and Star of the Seas, and on which staterooms suit families.
IATA Accredited
The global accreditation that lets an agency ticket and be paid by airlines and suppliers.
CLIA Member
Cruise Lines International Association membership, with ship inspections and cruise-line training.
ASTA Member
American Society of Travel Advisors, the industry’s professional body and its consumer-advocacy standard.
ALG Vacations Elite Sapphire Select
The top agency tier across the ALG all-inclusive brands, earned in 2026.
Registered as a Florida Seller of Travel, Ref. No. ST42143, and a California Seller of Travel, CST 2152240-70.
Industry Leadership and Speaking
Nikki Hendrix
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Speaker at the 2025 & 2026 ASTA Travel Advisor Conference. Winner of the 2024 TravelAge West Trendsetter Award for Best Use of Social Media. Member of the Travel ALLIES Society and Female Leaders in Travel.
Kirsten Andrade
Director of Operations and Travel Advisor Development
Named to the 2022 TravelAge West Future Leaders in Travel class and invited to the ALLIES Young Leaders in Travel Symposium in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Member of the Travel ALLIES Society and a former board member of the Pittsburgh ASTA Chapter.
Favorite Grampy Travels also trains and supports independent travel advisors through its own advisor development program. Meet the advisors behind these awards.
Central Florida Favorites, Orlando Sentinel
Central Florida Favorites is the Orlando Sentinel’s annual readers’ choice program, and it names Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in each category. Central Florida is the most crowded travel agency market in the country, with Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and two cruise ports all within an hour, so being named at all in the Travel Agency category means something.
- 2026 Bronze Winner, Travel Agency. Favorite Grampy Travels was named a Bronze winner in the Travel Agency category of the 2026 Central Florida Favorites, the Orlando Sentinel’s regional readers’ choice awards. 2026 edition
Central Florida Favorites winners are chosen by public vote across the Orlando region and published each year by Orlando Sentinel Media Group.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Favorite Grampy Travels an award-winning travel agency?
Yes. Favorite Grampy Travels has won the Best Travel Agency category in Ashburn Magazine’s Best of Ashburn reader poll three times, in 2022, 2024, and 2026, and won Customer Service in 2026. The agency has also been named in the Loudoun Times-Mirror’s Best of Loudoun poll every year since 2020, and was named a Bronze winner for Travel Agency in the Orlando Sentinel’s 2026 Central Florida Favorites.
What is the best travel agency in Ashburn, Virginia?
Readers of Ashburn Magazine voted Favorite Grampy Travels the Travel Agency winner in the 2026 Best of Ashburn contest, as they did in 2024 and 2022, and placed the agency in the top three in 2023. In 2026 the agency also finished sixth on the magazine’s Top 10 list of the highest vote recipients across all 120-plus categories.
How is Favorite Grampy Travels recognized in Loudoun County?
The Loudoun Times-Mirror names three travel agencies in the county each year. Favorite Grampy Travels has been one of these top agencies for seven consecutive years, 2020 through 2026. In 2026, the agency also won Woman-Owned Business, Minority-Owned Business, Company to Work for, and Boss for founder Nikki Hendrix.
What travel industry credentials does Favorite Grampy Travels hold?
Favorite Grampy Travels is an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner agency, a Universal U-Preferred Platinum agency, a Sandals and Beaches Preferred agency, and a 2026 ALG Vacations Elite Sapphire Select agency. It is accredited by IATA and is a member of CLIA and ASTA. The agency is registered as a Florida Seller of Travel, ST42143, and a California Seller of Travel, CST 2152240-70.
Where is Favorite Grampy Travels located?
The agency is headquartered at 880 Harrison Street SE, Suite A113, Leesburg, Virginia 20175, in Loudoun County, with a second office at 1420 Celebration Boulevard, Suite 200, Celebration, Florida 34747. Advisors work with families nationwide by phone, video, and email.
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