The PGE Travel Award recognises outstanding achievements within the PGE community by honouring individuals who exemplify dedication, creativity, and impact in travel and exploration. This award programme highlights two key areas:
- Travel Milestones – for members or associates whose journeys have inspired others, broken new ground in adventure, shown significant growth, or made a positive contribution through sustainable travel.
- PGE Impact & Contribution – for individuals whose engagement, volunteering, and leadership within the PGE community have moved its mission forward.
Through the Travel Award, PGE honours not only the destinations reached, but also the values that guide the journey: community, respect, responsibility, service, and a spirit of exploration. The awards spotlight members who, whether behind the scenes or at the front of an expedition, help build a stronger travel community.
We encourage all eligible members and associates to participate by reviewing the detailed guidelines, reflecting on how their travel or volunteer efforts align with PGE’s core values, and submitting their nomination for consideration.
Nominations shall be open to all members of good standing of the Association. Only one person shall be nominated for each category, which categories are as follows:
Most Inspiring Traveler Award
The Most Inspiring Traveler Award goes to the PGE Member or Associate who has inspired many people through their travels. Served as an inspiration in the travel community
Most Adventurous Explorer Award
The Most Adventurous Explorer Award goes to the PGE Member or Associate who has pursued the most astonishing and intrepid travel adventures that are noteworthy.
Most Progressive Wanderer Award
The Most Progressive Wanderer Award goes to the PGE Member or Associate who has demonstrated the most progress in their travel experience. Demonstrated the most progression in travel experience, quantified by the number of countries and
new experiences for the year.
Most Impactful Globetrotter Award
The Most Impactful Globetrotter Award goes to the PGE Member or Associate whose sustainable and responsible travel had the greatest positive impact on the environment and the communities they visited.
Most Valuable Contributor Award
The Most Active Contributor Award goes to the PGE Member or Associate who has generated the most engagements in the social media platforms of the Philippine Global Explorers.
Most Valuable Volunteer Award
The Most Valuable Volunteer Award goes to the PGE Member (non-Officer) or Associate whose PGE volunteering efforts or projects (including meet-ups and trip expeditions) have created the most impact towards achieving the organisation’s mission, vision, and objectives.
Most Outstanding PGE Member
The Most Outstanding PGE Member Award goes to the Official PGE Member who most exemplifies the PGE Core Values (One Global Community, Responsibility, Respect, Spirit of Adventure, Collaboration, Service).
Social Media Influencer Award
Created a significant impact on social media, promoting PGE and its mission and values.
From the nominations made by the members, a validation and verification shall be conducted by an Independent Committee of PGE, and the top three (3) nominees shall be included as Official Nominees for the said Category.
There will be a total of five (5) nominees for each category, and the Independent Committee will select the remaining two (2) nominees through an internal deliberation process.
The 2025 PGE Travel Awards are not about popularity, and so the winners shall be deliberated upon and verified by the Independent Committee. Should any of the members of the Committee be nominated, he/she shall relinquish his/her Position if he/she accepts the nomination or forego the nomination if he/she wishes to retain his/her Position in the Independent Awards Committee.
Official nominees for the category shall be announced on November 30, 2025.
Winners shall be announced on December 6, 2025, during the General Assembly.
WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE PGE AWARDS INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE?
1. EDEN CANDY “Eden On Earth”
Eden is a nurse manager from Salt Lake City, Utah, whose life is a remarkable journey of leadership and wanderlust. As a chapter coordinator for the PGE West Coast, she weaves her love for culture and community. Twice honored as PGE’s Most Outstanding Member (2023, 2024), Eden’s accolades celebrate her adventurous spirit as must as her professional dedication. She has boldly
circumnavigated the globe two times and set foot on every one of the seven continents – proof that a demanding full-time career is not a barrier to traveling the world.
2. RHODORA “DORIE” LEGASPI
Dorie has been a dedicated member of PGE for five years and currently serves as the Chapter Coordinator for the U.S. East Coast, based in New York. She has over 20 years of service with the United Nations Headquarters in New York, with assignments in various UN duty stations around the world. Throughout her UN career, she has specialized in logistics, travel management, and programme coordination, bringing extensive experience in international operations and organizational management.
3. MARK JULIUS ESTUR
Julius is a Certified Public Accountant and a Licensed Attorney in the State of New York and the Philippines. He is a travel influencer and travel blogger under the monicker “lakwatserongtsinelas”; Editor-at-Large of the publication, Lakbay Travel Magazine; legal counsel and consultant for AktorPH, a league of Filipino actors; Entertainment & Media (film, television, content creation) legal counsel to some Philippine A-lister actors, production companies and foundations and a Highly Technical Consultant of the Philippines’ National Privacy Commission. He is likewise a member of the Legislation Committee of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and a member of the Columbia University Law School in the City of New York Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Society.