The Stay List team would like to thank the following travel experts for taking the time to nominate hotels for this year's List. Without the thoughtful recommendations from these travel experts, the Stay List would not have been possible. If you are a hotel-savvy traveler interested and would like to be considered for our nominee panel for next year's List, please e-mail staylist@ngs.org with your suggestions. Thank you!

Vicki Abel
Lesley Abravanel
Megan Adair
Emily Allen
Candy Aluli
Teddi Anderson
Barbara Ascher
Gina Baurile
Caroline Bean
Gavin Bell
Nancy Bevilaqua
Ashley Bleimes
Kirsten Borgstrom
Sharon Burstein
Ariel Brewster
Randy Brooks
Bernard Burt
Priscilla Caldwell
Karen Catchpole
Allyson Cavaretta
Manya Chylinski
Jake Cohen
James Conaway
Anne Cooke
Andrew Curry
Dusty Dave
Michael Davie
Nancy E. Depke
Christine des Garennes
Denise Dubé
Jennifer L. Duffy
Christine Fecchi
Yale Frederiksen
Tara Fitzgerald
Deirdra Funcheon
Kira Gaines
Barbara Gassman
Matt Gersib
Margie Goldsmith
Kim Grant
Hope Hamashige
Elizabeth Hansen
Emilie Harting
Kris Hauck
Lori Henry
Becca Hensley
Mara Hershkowitz
Laura Hill
Jennifer Hodges
Carl Hoffman
Taylor Holliday
Bob Howells
Rick Hughey
Brandyn Hull
Stephanie Irving
Nikki Goth Itoi
Edie Jarolim
Allison McGee Johnson
Finn Jones
Elizabeth Kelly
Kim Keylor
Erin Kinoshita
Debra A. Klein
P.F. Kluge
Gary Lantz
Donna Lawrence
Donna Tabbert Long
Lisa Marshall
Ariana Hajibashi-Martin
Marianne Martin
Marti Mayne
Andrew McCarthy
Gary McKechnie
Marla McLaughlin
Earlston McPhee
Mike Mergenthaler
Diana Lambdin Meyer
Kimberly Miles
John Morthland
Barbara Neilan
Louise Nicholson
Joan Novack
Zora O’Neill
April Orcutt
Jessica O’Riley
Stefanie Paupeck
Laura Paquet
Michele Peterson
Lynn Pickerel
Deborah Perry Piscione
Don Pitcher
Dana Pluss
Susanna Henighan Potter
Emily Hughey Quinn
Marc Rapport
Sheila Scarborough
Rich Sells
Candyce H. Stapen
Rebecca Steffan
Anne Stephany
Olivia Stren
Austin Tackett
Silvie Thomas-Snow
Susan Tungate
Wit Tuttell
Luly Unemori
John Vlahides
Lisa Weigt
Alexandra Wensley
Sarah Winters
Eric Wolff
Caroline Bach Wood
Megan Wong
Fred W. Wright Jr.
Patrice Yannello
Sascha Zuger