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Rick Steves (Full Name: Richard John Steves Jr.) is a popular American travel writer, author, activist, and television personality. Rick’s travel philosophy encourages people to explore less-touristy areas of destinations and to get immersed in the local people’s way of life. As of now, Rick works as the host of Rick Steves’ Europe, a travel series on public television since 2000.
He also has a public radio travel show titled Travel with Rick Steves (2005−present) and has written many travel guides, the first of which was famous Europe Through the Back Door. He became a syndicated newspaper columnist in 2006, and in 2010, his company released a mobile phone application named “Rick Steves’ Audio Europe” containing self-guided walking tours and geographic information.
Rick Steves Age
Rick was born on May 10, 1955, in Barstow, California, in the United States. He is 67 years old. Rick celebrates his birthday on May 10, every year.
Rick Steves Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Rick stands at a height of 6 ft 0 in ( Approx 1.88 m).
Rick Steves Family
He was born in Barstow, California, in the United States to his caring and loving parents. He is the proud son of Richard John Steves who worked as a high school band director and piano technician and June Erna Steves. Rick’s mother, June Erna, was born to Norwegian immigrants Harold and Erna Fremmerlid. Rick has two sisters named Jan who is an Iditarod racer and Linda. His family went to Edmonds, Washington in 1967.
Rick Steves Wife
Rick was married to Anne Steves until they separated in 2010. The pair have two children named Andy and Jackie. The couple’s son named Andy Steves followed his father’s footsteps and created his own travel company, Weekend Student Adventures Europe, and wrote Andy Steves’ Europe: City-Hopping on a Budget. Rick started dating the Reverend Shelley Bryan Wee, Bishop of the Northwest Washington Synod in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, in December 2019.
Rick Steves Education
He attended and graduated in 1978 from the University of Washington, majoring in European history and business administration.
Rick Steves Tours
During his 20s, Rick started teaching travel classes via The Experimental College, a student-run program of non-credit classes at his alma mater, the University of Washington, and serving as a tour guide in the summer. Rick held travel classes and slide show presentations did travel consulting, organized a few group tours per year, as well as updated his books. Rick did not provide ticket booking or other standard travel agency services.
He advised his readers and audience to visit not just major cities but also cozy villages away from famous tourist routes. His television series, guidebooks, radio shows, mobile applications, as well as his company’s European escorted bus tours attract fans known as “Rickniks”. Acknowledging that travel is a source of environmental destruction in June 2019, Rick reported that his tour company will donate $1 million a year to a portfolio of environmental nonprofits, to mitigate the carbon emissions made from the 30,000 annual travelers who use his tour program.
Rick Steves Europe
He works as the host of Rick Steves’ Europe, a travel series on public television since 2000. He included his business as “Rick Steves’ Europe via the Back Door”. Its store was in Steves’s hometown of Edmonds, north of Seattle. This company’s headquarters are still in Edmonds. His first television show, Travels in Europe With Rick Steves, started on public television in April 1991 and ended its production in 1998. Rick’s second show, Rick Steves’ Europe, started in September 2000 and has aired episodes through 2020, though because he does not produce a season each year, this accounts for 11 seasons.
Rick Steves Travel
From the time of the self-publishing of his first book in 1980, he has written country guidebooks, city and regional guides, phrasebooks, and also co-authored Europe 101: History and Art for Travelers. Rick’s guidebook to Italy is the bestselling international guidebook in the U.S. Rick began writing in 1999, in a new genre of travel writing with his anecdotal Postcards from Europe, recounting the best moments from his many years of travel. His books are released by Avalon Travel Publishing, a member of the Perseus Books Group. He released in 2009, the book Travel as a Political Act, a guide on traveling more thoughtfully.
Observers contend that travel can never be carbon neutral and that the amount of his donation to being away for the wealthy to feel better; his counters that if travelers prefer booking with his company because of the carbon offset, other travel companies will be forced to follow suit to stay in business.
Rick Steves Books
– Europe Through the Back Door: The Travel Skills Handbook (1980)
– Paris (2006)
– France (2002)
– Travel as a Political Act, 2nd Edition (2009)
– Provence & the French Riviera (2003)
– Best of France (2016)
– Snapshot Normandy (2012)
– Walk: Rue Cler, Paris (Enhanced) (2016)
– Globetrotting (1985)
Rick Steves’ Net Worth
He works as the host of his Europe, a travel series on public television since 2000, and also has a public radio travel show titled Travel with him (2005−present) as well as he has written many travel guides, the first of which was famous Europe Through the Back Door. Therefore, Rick has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Rick’s estimated net worth is $2 million.
Is Rick Steves Married
He became divorced from Anne Steves in 2010. The pair have two children named Andy and Jackie. Rick started dating the Reverend Shelley Bryan Wee, Bishop of the Northwest Washington Synod in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, in December 2019.
Who Is Rick Steves
Rick works as the host of Rick Europe, a travel series on public television since 2000. He also has a public radio travel show titled Travel with Rick (2005−present) and has written many travel guides, the first of which was famous Europe Through the Back Door. He became a syndicated newspaper columnist in 2006, and in 2010, his company released a mobile phone application named “Rick Audio Europe” containing self-guided walking tours and geographic information.