These days, it seems like there are only a handful of speakers who can draw a big crowd at travel shows: Arthur and Pauline Frommer, Patricia Schultz (of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die fame), Samantha Brown, and me. And we’re hired as headliners to help get people to attend travel shows at big cities around the USA. People pay $12 to stoke their travel dreams by browsing through hundreds of booths representing everything from Yosemite to Yap. And they go to the various theaters to hear from travel experts or celebrities. There’s usually folk dancing, cooking demos, zip lines, rock-climbing walls, and Segway trials to boot.
While I could spend many more weekends on the road at these events, I limit my bookings to four a year. I just finished trips to Chicago and San Jose, and I’ll be in Los Angeles and Washington DC in February. Learn more at Adventure Expo.com.
It is funny all the travel that we have done, I have never thought of going to one of those travel shows. We go to home shows, but not travel. When Samantha Brown had her first shows on the Travel channel I loved to see her snappy our fits and the way she traveled. Always staying at splurge places. We actually did stay at one of her suggestions in Costa Rica.
I’m so excited to see Mr. Steves in Washington, D.C.! I have been listening, reading and watching him and his work for years and can’t wait to potentially meet him – I’m so excited I wrote a blog post about it!! Thanks, Rick Steves and Samantha Brown for doing these shows – it’s my first and I’m looking forward to it!
Isn’t the NYC travel show the biggest? Is Rick Steves represented at that show?
It is funny all the travel that we have done, I have never thought of going to one of those travel shows. We go to home shows, but not travel. When Samantha Brown had her first shows on the Travel channel I loved to see her snappy our fits and the way she traveled. Always staying at splurge places. We actually did stay at one of her suggestions in Costa Rica.
I’m so excited to see Mr. Steves in Washington, D.C.! I have been listening, reading and watching him and his work for years and can’t wait to potentially meet him – I’m so excited I wrote a blog post about it!! Thanks, Rick Steves and Samantha Brown for doing these shows – it’s my first and I’m looking forward to it!
Isn’t the NYC travel show the biggest? Is Rick Steves represented at that show?