Rick Steves has a net worth of $10 million as an American best-selling guidebook author, outspoken campaigner, and public television broadcaster. He is America’s foremost expert on travel to Europe and abroad. Rather than visiting congested areas, Steves advises visitors to explore less touristy areas to connect with and immerse themselves in local people’s lives. Furthermore, he is renowned for showcasing Europe’s hidden jewels.
He is most known for hosting and writing over a hundred public travel programs, as well as authoring 30 best-selling guidebooks. Moreover, throughout his entertainment career, he has traveled all over the world. He is also a prolific writer with a newspaper column. He has been distributing pieces to newspapers, journals, and websites since 2006.
Rick Steves’s Net Worth and Earnings
Rick Steves’ net worth is $10 million as of January 2024. His sources of revenue include guided tours, guidebook sales, and television appearances.
Lifestyle
Rick Steves was born on May 10, 1955, in Barstow, California, as Richard John Steves Jr. Richard John Steves, his father, and Juna Erna Steves, his mother, were also musicians. His family relocated to Edmonds, Washington, in 1967, where he was reared with his two sisters. He earned a bachelor’s degree in European history and business administration from the University of Washington in 1978. Steves was formerly married to Anne Steves, but the couple split in 2010.
He and his wife have two children. Following in his father’s footsteps, Andy is a travel specialist who started the firm Weekend Student Adventures Europe. He has also published a book titled “Steves’ Europe: City-Hopping on a Budget.” Rick Steves has been dating a bishop called Shelley Bryan Wee since 2019.
Charity
Steve is concerned about homeless people and has taken steps to assist them. In 2005, he built Trinity Place, a 24-unit apartment building in Lynnwood, Washington, to house homeless women and children. Similarly, in 2017, he gave the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) a $4 million housing complex for homeless women and children. Furthermore, the author distributes earnings from one of his books to the organization Bread for the World, which works to alleviate hunger. Aside from that, as a supporter of the arts, Steves donated $1 million to the Edmonds Center for the Arts and the Cascade Symphony Orchestra in 2011.
Rick Steves Career
Steves’ first journey to Europe was with his parents when he was 14 years old. Throughout his voyage, Rick Steves made notes on the back of postcards about what he saw and experienced. He now has the opportunity to visit Norway and meet his family. Later, when he was 18, the adolescent boy returned to Europe, but this time without his parents. He maintained records of his experiences up to his final visit.
Meanwhile, the Washington-based author began teaching travel workshops at The Experimental College. Eventually, the young Steves started working as a summer tour guide and piano instructor. Simultaneously, based on his travel lessons, he published the first edition of Europe Through the Back Door (ETBD), a general handbook for traveling in Europe.
