Register to join Rick Steves, beloved public television host, best-selling guidebook author, and outspoken activist. Rick Steves is known for encouraging Americans to broaden their perspectives through travel. He is the founder and owner of Rick Steves’ Europe, a travel business with a small-group tour program that brings more than 30,000 people to Europe annually. Each year, the company contributes to a portfolio of climate-smart nonprofits, paying a self-imposed carbon tax.