Five Years of Travel Blogging: Hitting the Reset Button
1:00 01/01/1970
On this day five years ago, I was putting together the elements of this blog. Securing hosting, buying a theme, working out every detail so that it would be set for its first post to go live on...
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Our Guides Reveal Their Hidden Talents
1:00 01/01/1970
Last week we hosted more than a hundred of our guides from all over Europe at our Seattle-area headquarters for a series of workshops, parties, and brain-storming sessions. A favorite night for me is...
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Celebrating 2014 and Looking Ahead to 2015 at Our Tour Reunion
1:00 01/01/1970
The annual Rick Steves’ Tour Reunion has dominated our work for the last ten days. The event is a twofer: a huge party celebrating tour members who joined us in Europe last year, and a “guide...
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The Hamster Wheel States of America
1:00 01/01/1970
Thank you for the many thoughtful comments on my recent Seattle Times editorial (which you can read at the end of this post) about how media and corporations are working together to create “The...
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Exploring Brussels with a Chocolate Walking Tour and Workshop
1:00 01/01/1970
When in Belgium, eat as the Belgians do – which, if tourist lore is to be believed, is a diet consisting of fries and waffles, washed down with beer and polished off with a buffet of chocolate. And...
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Is January the Cheapest Month to Travel?
1:00 01/01/1970
Wandering Earl It all started last Wednesday when, during an afternoon break from doing some work, I decided to go online and look up random airfares from Bucharest. Always a sucker for the beach,...
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Recipe of the week: Rice pudding with salted caramel and caramelised nuts
1:00 01/01/1970
This recipe for rice pudding is based around ingredients that you can find pretty much anywhere in the world and is therefore a universal crowd-pleaser, with the salty-sweet equilibrium of the salt...
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Top 25 Things to Do in Africa & the Middle East: 2015 Viator Travel Awards
1:00 01/01/1970
Welcome to the 2014 Viator Travel Awards: Africa and Middle East Edition! Below, we’ve compiled a list of 25 of the most fun and interesting things to do and best places to visit in Africa and the...
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7 Amazing Places to Ring in New Year’s on the Beach
1:00 01/01/1970
Eating, drinking and dancing. Those are the three activities that define New Year’s Eve across the globe. The only thing is that some people do them while wearing winter jackets, while others can...
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Flashing Back on a Decade of Holiday Beer Labels
1:00 01/01/1970
For me, one of the delights of working at Rick Steves’ Europe is the way my staff mixes fun, creativity, talent, and hard work. Each year we brew a holiday beer as a staff event, and our art...
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