Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

rick@ricksteves.com

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Booking Overview

A weekly travel and culture interview show featuring expert guests, authors, institutional leaders, and callers who illuminate destinations, history, society, and the wider world. PR agencies could credibly pitch travel authorities, cookbook authors, historians, ecologists, museum or tourism executives, and other recognized subject-matter experts; booking difficulty is medium because the show favors credible, established experts with a strong connection to travel or global understanding.

Metrics

Episodes: 1071

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 - Travel writer, author, and host of more than 100 public television travel programs; he has also written more than 30 best-selling guidebooks.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Established authors, historians, ecologists, chefs, museum or cultural-institution leaders, and other recognized experts with relevant knowledge of travel, places, cultures, history, or global issues.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, Leadership of major cultural institutions, Recognized subject-matter expertise

Recent Guest Discussions

David McCullough - The Wright Brothers And How Their Dream Changed The World

Chris Morgan - Environmental Changes And Threats To Life In Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago

Recent Topics

Travel, Europe, History, Geography

Episodes

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

681a French Impressionism; Perfect Week in Paris; Appreciating the Louvre

July 11, 2026

Celebrate Bastille Day with French guides. They'll explain the impressionist techniques perfected in the early 20th century, provide insider advice for designing the perfect Parisian itinerary, and help tackle the immense collection at the Louvre. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

834 An Apple a Day; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; The Wright Brothers

July 04, 2026

A chef and cookbook author takes a look at idioms that are shared across diverse languages. Then the head of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum updates us on what's happening this summer at Cleveland's top attraction. And the late historian David McCullough reflects on the Wright brothers and how their dream changed the world. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

719a Rocky Mountaineer; Gulf Islands BC; Global Perspective; Piecing Together America

June 27, 2026

Hear about making family memories in western Canada along the historic Rocky Mountaineer train line. Explore the Gulf Islands in the Salish Sea. Learn more about confronting culture clashes in overseas travels. And discover the best local crafts in each of the 50 states. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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