Rick Steves:

The challenge for us these days is to get away from our screen. You know, I was filming in Venice, recently, and we were trying to find two levers on a gondola going under the bridges size, there is no lovers going under the bridges size, they're all taken selfies, you know.

And as a tour guide, I have to really remind my travelers be in the moment. That's a Big Challenge for us. And another big challenge is, don't be sheep going where everybody's going. I mean, these days, it's crowd sourced, you know, you got a lot of people who've never been to Paris telling you where the best hot chocolate is, you know, you can let that design your itinerary.

But really, it's important for us not to have that Instagram mentality where you got to stand on the same pier and get the same frame. So you can prove to your friends that you're having a great time, go over there and carve your own path. If you've got Irish heritage, that's where you should go. If you love Wagner, and opera music, you can go to the Wagner festival. If you love Italian food, you can go to Italy, if you love World War II history, you can go to Normandy.

It's just for me, so exciting to be able to go over there and sort through all the options cut through all the superlatives and find out ways that we can travel smartly.