Awards & Accolades

Golden Isles

2018

Travel Channel's 10 Best Dolphin Sighting Destinations in North America

MSN's Spring Break Destinations to Escape the Crowd

FlipKey's 15 Best Affordable Warm Winter Vacations

Family Travel Magazine's Best US Islands for Families

2017

Lonely Planet's Top 10 Regions to Visit in 2017

Travel + Leisure's Best Islands in the Continental US

2016

Travel + Leisure's Best Islands in the Continental US

USA Today's Best Warm Weather Getaway

2015

Travel + Leisure's Best Islands in the Continental US and Canada

Travel + Leisure's Best Islands for Food

St. Simons Island

2018

Coastal Living's Best Places to Live on the Coast in 2018

Huffington Post's 11 Fun Atlantic Coastal Escapes for Winter

2017

Condé Nast Traveler Best Islands in America

Huffington Post's 10 Most Beautiful US Towns to Visit in the Fall

Southern Living's South Best Islands

2016

USA TODAY's 2016 Best Coastal Small Towns

Expedia's 30 Most Beautiful Towns in America

TravelZoo's 15 Islands You Need in Your Life

2015

Condé Nast Traveler Best U.S. Islands for Family Vacations

Trip Advisor's 29 Super Affordable Vacation Rental Destinations You Need to Visit

Country Living's 50 Best Small Towns

Smithsonian's 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2015

2014

Coastal Living's Happiest Seaside Towns

Travel + Leisure America's Most Romantic Towns

Travel + Leisure America's Favorite Beach Towns

2013

Condé Nast Traveler Reader's Choice Awards

Travel + Leisure America's Favorite Towns

Southern Living's 10 Best Weekend Getaways

Sea Island

2018

Southern Living's South's Best Resorts

2016

Travel + Leisure World's Best Hotels

Travel + Leisure World's Best Hotels

Forbes Five Star

U.S. News & World Report's Best Hotels in the USA

2015

Forbes Five Star

US News & World Report's Best Hotels in the USA

2014

Travel + Leisure World's Best Hotels

Forbes Five Star

2013

Condé Nast Traveler Top 20 Resorts in the South

Condé Nast Gold List for Georgia Hotels & Resorts

Condé Nast Traveler Top 100 Hotels and Resorts in the World

Condé Nast Traveler Top 100 US Resort Spas

Condé Nast Traveler Top 20 Resorts in the South

2012

Condé Nast Traveler Top Golf Resorts in the World

Condé Nast Traveler Top 25 Southern US Golf Resorts

2011

Travel + Leisure T+L 500

Condé Nast Traveler Top 25 Southern US Golf Resorts

Jekyll Island

2018

Southern Living's Best Small Towns in the South for a Romantic Getaway

Southern Living's South's Prettiest Towns

Town & Country's Top 15 Beaches on the East Coast

TripAdvisor's Top 25 Beaches

2017

Country Living 20 Most Magical Island Getaways in America

Fodor's America's Most Beautiful Barrier Islands

People Magazine's 10 Beautiful Pet Friendly Beaches to Visit this Summer

Southern Living's South Best Islands

TripAdvisor's Most Charming Southern Vacations You Need to Experience

2014

Southern Living's The South's Most Secret Beaches

Trip Advisor's 10 Unique Beaches You Need to See to Believe

2013

Condé Nast Traveler Top 20 Resorts in the South

USA Today's 10 Best Historic Hideaways of the Ultra Rich

2012

Condé Nast Traveler Top 25 Southern US Golf Resorts

Little St. Simons Island

2017

Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards

2016

USA Today's 10 Best Destination Resorts

2015

Condé Nast Traveler Reader's Choice Awards

Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence

Trip Advisor Hall of Fame

2014

Condé Nast Traveler Reader's Choice Awards

Coastal Living Beach Retreats for Families

2013

Condé Nast Gold List for Georgia Hotels & Resorts

Brunswick

2017

Southern Living's Prettiest Small Towns in Georgia

2016

USA TODAY's Best 4th of July Festival

2014

Travel + Leisure America's Most Romantic Towns

USA Today's 10 Best Historic Southern Plantations

Yahoo's Top 10 Small Town 4th of July Celebrations