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Rick Steves guidebooks offer suggested itineraries and all the info you'll need on hotels, sights, food, and transportation to plan your own trip. This website also provides extensive European trip planning information for free. If you need more help, ask us!
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.
Rick's guidebooks have all the information you need to find your own Back Door style hotels, and you'll usually save money taking care of your own reservations rather than booking through a travel agent. These guidebooks list Rick Steves' favorite hotels, and also include complete instructions for booking your hotels on your own.
For flights and car-rental arrangements, we recommend contacting a travel agent in your area. Be sure to check out Rick's travel tips for help with the very doable task of handling it all yourself.
Yes — our Travel Center in Edmonds, WA, is open on Saturdays 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (It's currently closed the rest of the week.) If you have a question about one of our products that isn't answered in our online Travel Store, please contact our helpful customer service team at [email protected].
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Rick says: "I traveled each summer back when I was a piano teacher. On a super tight budget I made lots of mistakes and learned the hard way. My passion for travel showed itself in a powerful interest in teaching others from my mistakes. Eventually I was giving talks about budget travel at the University of Washington, throughout Seattle, and even using my piano studio recital hall more for travel lectures than for piano concerts. I finally had to decide: teach piano or teach travel. I chose travel and the rest is one very well used passport."
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