Keeping The Spirit Of Travel Alive During COVID-19

Suffering from the travel bug? Travel writer Rick Steves has advice on how to enjoy the delights of foreign travel — even from home.

By Bianca Martin
Virus Outbreak Spain
People stay in a viewpoint looking at the mediterranean sea in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Joan Mateu / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Virus Outbreak Spain
People stay in a viewpoint looking at the mediterranean sea in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Joan Mateu / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Keeping The Spirit Of Travel Alive During COVID-19

Suffering from the travel bug? Travel writer Rick Steves has advice on how to enjoy the delights of foreign travel — even from home.

By Bianca Martin
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The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to make this Labor Day weekend far less travel-packed than usual as people avoid distant travel to keep themselves and others safe.

Reset brings on travel writer Rick Steves to talk about his push for people to maintain a traveler’s mindset while staying close to home.

GUEST: Rick Steves, travel writer and author of For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories