Good Guidebooks Provide Creative Solutions: Shared Minibus Tours of the Amalfi Coast
1:00 01/01/1970
We recently had our annual meeting with our publisher, Avalon Travel, and enjoyed celebrating the fact that our guidebooks are the USA’s best-selling books in each category. We’re just a little...
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Top 5 quad safaris in Africa
1:00 01/01/1970
More and more people are looking for that little bit extra when booking their luxury safari – they want to be able to come home and talk about something which others haven’t done. Quad safaris are...
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My 1973 “Europe Through the Gutter” Trip Frieze
1:00 01/01/1970
For several years, I’d pass the time on the flight home from my annual summer trip making a crude one-page frieze summarizing my trip. On my best trip ever (in 1973 with Gene Openshaw — who...
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6 reasons photography tourism is for you
1:00 01/01/1970
Throw away the guidebooks and bask in the beauty of the world, spend time understanding the locals and capture fleeting moments of sheer spontaneity with photography tourism. Artisans of their craft...
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Warning: Rick Steves Guidebooks Can Be Very Dangerous! (Please Help Me Be Funnier)
1:00 01/01/1970
  In an effort to add some whimsy to the stiff legalese on the copyright page of our guidebooks, for years I’ve inserted a little attempt at humor into the “we accept no responsibility for...
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Rick Steves’ European Easter — Coming to Public Television in 2016
1:00 01/01/1970
In 2007, we produced the Rick Steves’ European Christmas public television special, which has become a mainstay on the public airwaves during the holiday season. This year, we’re filming a...
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Blooming Cherry Blossoms – Our locals’ favorites
1:00 01/01/1970
This year’s cherry blossom season is here, with peak bloom estimated to be around April 11 – April 14! We’ve selected our locals’ favorites for you, so if you’re in the vicinity of any of...
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The Year’s Best Tour Scrapbooks — with a Surprise Ending!
1:00 01/01/1970
Bob and Pam Gudas’ Best of Europe in 21 Days scrapbook   One of my favorite spring chores is looking over the top entries in our annual tour alumni scrapbook contest. Each year we invite our tour...
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Warning: This Video Contains Violence to Guidebooks
1:00 01/01/1970
Each year at this time, I perform a ritual sacrifice of guidebooks before heading off on a two-month research trip. If you don’t want to see a travel writer giddy with boxcutter joy as he slits the...
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Transforming your luxury travel memories into a stylish photo book
1:00 01/01/1970
There are many photo book printing services out there. Competition is quite fierce and buyers are often led by price. But don’t forget the old adage of ‘you get what you pay for’ and you’ll...
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