Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

rick@ricksteves.com

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Booking Overview

A weekly travel-and-culture show featuring experts (and sometimes callers) who help listeners see Europe and beyond through history, nature, and human stories. For PR, it’s a great fit for authors, academics, and field experts who can connect a destination to deeper ideas and lived experience.

Metrics

Episodes: 1066

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.1M subscribers

Instagram: 542.0k followers

Contact Information

rick@ricksteves.com

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Host

Rick Steves - Rick Steves is a travel writer and the host of over a hundred public television travel shows, and the author of 30 best-selling guidebooks. He is widely recognized as a leading authority on travel ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Authors, investigative reporters, travel journalists, tour guides with regional expertise, academics/scholars (environmental history, biology, urban ecology), and well-established public figures with strong subject-matter credibility
Required Achievements:  
published books or major media bylines, academic credentials and/or research focus, recognized reporting or travel writing, field leadership in conservation or environmental work

Recent Guest Discussions

Terry Tempest Williams - Natural World Interconnectedness; Engaging With The Environment; Appreciation Of Good

Mark Adams - A 3,000-mile Voyage Along Alaska Coasts; Following The Harriman Expedition

John Branch - Cowboy Tradition In Southern Utah; Family Rodeo Legacy

Recent Topics

Travel, History, Environment, Nature, Geography

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Travel with Rick Steves
:

832 Terry Tempest Williams: The Glorians

June 06, 2026

Join us for a special hour with American author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams as she invites us to consider the interconnectedness of the natural world, and discusses what we gain from recognizing and engaging with all that's around us — including a heightened appreciation of the good in our world. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

534b Crete; Alaska's Tip of the Iceberg; Darwin Comes to Town

May 30, 2026

A pair of tour guides from Greece tell us how the island of Crete offers a natural experience unlike any other. Then travel writer Mark Adams describes his 3,000-mile voyage along the coasts of Alaska to follow what the Harriman Expedition saw in 1899. And a Dutch biologist explains how urban evolution is happening faster than we used to think all over the world. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www...

680a The Last Cowboys; Perfect Day California; American Bald Eagle

May 23, 2026

New York Times reporter John Branch tells us how one family in southern Utah keeps a cowboy tradition alive at rodeos across the West. Then an award-winning travel journalist recommends itineraries for scenic road trips and sites to explore across California. And an environmental history scholar pays tribute to the American bald eagle, whose recovery from the brink of extinction is an environmental success story that can inspire everyone. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - inc...

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