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Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking. I would like travelers, especially American travelers, to travel in a way that broadens their perspective, because I think Americans tend to be some of the most ethnocentric people on the planet.

Steves spends about a third of every year in Europe researching guidebooks and filming TV shows. His home is still in Edmonds, Washington, where he has lived since 1967. In August 2024, Steves announced that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and plans to have surgery in September.

Every year, Rick Steves' Europe takes 30,000 people on small-group tours — and this is the one thing they're not allowed to bring.

Rick Steves' European tours are led by dozens of energetic, hand-picked guides — all of whom share Rick's passion for Europe, travel and teaching. We've interviewed a number of Rick's guides for our monthly Tour News.

How to Watch Rick Steves' Europe. Right now you can watch Rick Steves' Europe on Amazon Prime Video, PBS, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads. You are able to stream Rick Steves' Europe for free on PBS, Hoopla, and Plex.

Mark Twain wrote, “Travel is fatal to prejuidce, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”

He is a Fun Dude

For his PBS show, Rick has a very chill and friendly persona. Like any television personalities, his real character is not as watered down and wholesome. While he is easygoing, he is still pretty intensely hard-working, as mentioned above. Also, the guy can be pretty funny.

Returning to Norway, I find my roots. My grandfather — famous in the 1930s in Leavenworth, Washington, as a rowdy ski jumper — was a Romstad. So, although my last name is Steves (after a step-grandfather), my blood is Romstad, and that branch of my family comes from a scenic valley called Gudbrandsdalen.

How much does a Rick Steves make? As of Aug 29, 2024, the average annual pay for a Rick Steves in the United States is $129,175 a year.

What languages does Rick Steves speak? ›

While it's nothing to brag about, I basically speak only English. But just because I've never taken the time to really master Spanish, French, or Italian, that doesn't stop me from doing my best with whatever language I encounter in Europe.

Retirement age by country

Country	Men	Women
Slovenia	65	65
Spain	65 (and 3 months)	65 (and 3 months)
Sweden	66	66
Switzerland	65	64

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Teens are welcome on all Rick Steves tours. Kids 8 and older are welcome on our Family Europe tours and My Way^® vacation packages. Tour members under 18 must room with a parent or guardian.

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Will Rick Steves' Europe take care of my travel arrangements for me? Rick Steves' Europe is not a travel agency, so we don't book flights, car rentals, or hotels. If you are looking to have most of your travel arrangements taken care of for you, you might consider one of Rick Steves' European tours.

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Rick Steves is a popular public television host, a best-selling guidebook author, and an outspoken activist who encourages Americans to broaden their perspectives through travel. But above all else, Rick considers himself a teacher.