[mass55th]

I've watched his shows in the past and enjoyed them. Like you, I doubt the spiel mouthed by Alfeo, was ordered by Steves. He wouldn't get or keep much business if he did. The poster's friend should have reported the comments this tour guide made, and forwarded them to the Rick Steves' tours contact address. Too bad he didn't record the comments as that would have been confirmation of his claims.

My son travels overseas regularly and says that Rick Steves' travel guides, and pod-casts have always been right-on. His recommendations for hotels and restaurants has always been current, and he's never gotten a bad recommendation from him.

[ZULU]

He posed his comments to YELP and they were relegated to “Not Recommended Comments”.

[bboop]

We always use Rick Steves’ recommendations, his packs, etc. Great good ideas. I probably wouldn’t go on a tour with his org, because everyone in Seattle is a leftie and he comes across like that. But then, I don’t do tours. I think his guide books are the best. The guide sounds like an ass. Your friend should report him to Rick Steves - I bet the part that’s a lie is ‘Rick Steves told me to do this.’