NEEDHAM, Mass. – TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site*, today announced the winners of its fifth annual Travelers’ Choice Favorites, highlighting the top products and services for travel according to the TripAdvisor community. Winners were named in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Canada, the U.K. and the U.S., with categories ranging from compact digital camera to rental car agency, transportation app, luggage, and outerwear.
“Have you ever wanted to know which products and services travelers pack or need to have on their trips?” asked Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor. “From luggage and backpacks to outerwear and headphones, TripAdvisor has identified the favorite brands of our travelers.”
A Travelers’ Choice Favorite Five Years in a Row
- Compact digital camera: Canon
- GPS device: Garmin
- Headphones: Bose®
- Luggage: Samsonite®
- Insect repellant: OFF!®
New Category Winners
- Backpack: JanSport®
- Cold prevention: Airborne®
- Earbuds: Apple
- Guide book: AAA®
- Outerwear: Columbia Sportswear
- Sunscreen or suntan lotion: Neutrogena®
- Sunburn treatment: Neutrogena®
2016 U.S. Travelers’ Choice Favorites
| Adhesive bandage: | BAND-AID® | Hand sanitizer: | PURELL® |
| Allergy medicine: | BENADRYL® | Headphones: | Bose® |
| Backpack: | JanSport® | Insect repellent: | OFF!® |
| Car rental agency: | Enterprise Rent-A-Car® | Luggage: | Samsonite® |
| Cold prevention: | Airborne® | Noise-cancelling headphones: | Bose® |
| Compact digital camera: | Canon | Outdoor equipment retailer: | REI |
| Cough drops: | HALLS® | Outerwear: | Columbia Sportswear |
| DSLR camera: | Nikon | Pain reliever: | Advil® |
| Earbuds: | Apple | Razor: | Gillette® |
| Eye drops: | VISINE® | Sleep aid: | TYLENOL® PM |
| Flu/cold medicine: | NyQuil® / DayQuil® | Sunburn treatment: | Neutrogena® |
| GPS device: | Garmin | Sunscreen or suntan lotion: | Neutrogena® |
| Guide book: | AAA® | Transportation app: | Uber |
The 2016 winners of the Travelers’ Choice Favorites in the U.S. can also be found at:http://blog.tripadvisor.com/2016/02/11/announcing-2016-travelers-choice-favorites-awards
Awards methodology:
E-mails were sent to TripAdvisor members in each country and asked travelers to select their favorite brands when they travel from a variety of brands/products in each category. 32,873 travelers worldwide (including 3,670 U.S. respondents) participated in the selection process.
