June Travel News
Hi from Rick: Travel Tips, Skills, and Hacks
I've just returned from my second European trip of the year, updating my guidebooks in Barcelona, Prague, and London. At one point, I was walking up the Ramblas — Barcelona's bubbling-with-life main drag — when I was approached by a young American couple carrying the very book I was updating. (I just love when that happens.) They gave me a heartfelt thanks for all the great "travel hacks."
At first, this caught me off guard: Wait, I don't think I'm a "hack"! Call me old-fashioned, but back in my day, we called those bits of hard-earned wisdom "travel skills"…or simply "travel tips." And at Rick Steves' Europe, we've been doling them out since before that young couple was even born: Back when an email was an "aerogram," when photographs came in film canisters of 20 or 36 per roll, and when… Read more
