Samantha Brown celebrates the 25th anniversary of the traveling host – this is what he has learned about that quarter -century

As a host and producer of the Emmy Award -winning exhibition the Emmy Award Samantha Brown Places for LovE, Brown has been a guide for traveling millions. The purpose of his work has been to discover the magic of the destination and to reveal what makes it appropriate to be visited. Whether it is exploring a city known through a new pair of eyes or uncovering hidden gems, Brown will look for a place, see it, and share its people, culture, and unique history and world.

After traveling more than 2.5 million miles and visiting 65 countries, Brown is ready to celebrate 25 years in the travel industry. The double Emmy winner stayed with Travel + entertainment Talking about his most amazing trips over the years, how it took him a while to find a travel bug, and his eighth fun season of Samantha Brown’s places to lovefiring now. The series will show a A special part of the 25th anniversary that begins to be released across the country on January 17.

When he graduated from the University of Syracuse (from the Music Exhibition Department and not the School of Journalism), Brown’s original programs were to seek the acting work in Broadway. He moved to New York City after graduating and waiting for the table while trying this way very difficult. “I always say that when you are in the theater, you are considered a threat three times because you can sing, act, and play. And when I moved to New York City, I realized I was not threatening,” he said laughing.

Samantha sand asking in front of Parthenon on a trip to Athens, Greece.

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After commercial gigs and speaker, his travel travel began with the work of the traveling center host Great Homes In 1999. The reception was strong, and he continued to host many other exhibitions, as well as Girl meets with Hawaii (2000), Big hotel (2002), and Passport to Europe (2005), before you are hosting and forming Samantha Brown’s places to love On PBS in 2018. The following year, the show won the Emmy with the best travel/adventure program and Brown won the Emmy for the best host. “I’ve never dreamed of this great, that this will be my life. I think the only short answer is that it wasn’t part of the plan. And it’s a very good thing in my life. I still can’t believe this has been my way and I have been able to enjoy it,” he told T+l.

Despite having the dream work of many, Brown admits it took him a while to find a travel bug. More traveling he was doing as a child was in a family center car, driving from his home in New Hampshire to Pennsylvania to visit the family during his summer vacation. Traveling around the world for more than 220 days a year was a major change of life, with difficult adjustments. There was a lonely place to stay in the hotel many times and not to see friends and family regularly, as well as the general feelings of vacuum, even when seeing some of the largest websites in the world.

Season 4 takes Sam on a tour of Snowy Quebec City, Canada.

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His attitude began to change, however, thanks to the power of personal connection with people in these strange places. “What vacuum do we not see when we read a copy about it, or see good destination pictures? What else behind the picture? That’s what I considered when the camera didn’t go on,” he explained. ” For full love and travel.

In addition to his two -day job, Brown has seen a major change in the travel industry and, of course, how he has covered it. When he started, the only thing he had traveled with was Thesaurus to help him write. Even if he had a laptop, he couldn’t find the Internet everywhere. Brown loves how travel has become democracy in recent years because of social media and the Internet. “The world is now completely available,” he said.

As for travel trends, Brown takes a more complete view. He thinks everything is a trend because many more people travel now. He does not show one thing that is not passing, though: the general situation of the world chaos, which requires travelers to be more deliberate when planning. This understanding also helps when they choose one of the areas shown in the display. “We don’t go anywhere we can’t get into two birds from America,” he told his T+L and the destination parameters of his staff. “We do this because of the weather, chaos, and because a lot can be disturbing to travel these days. You must simplify. I think ease of use can be this travel trend. What is easy to find? That I don’t have to take too much, that I don’t have to worry about being 102 degrees. What is that repetition? That would be a travel trend. ”

Part of season 8 made from a river in Costa Rica.

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What hasn’t changed, according to Brown, is a great desire to find something real, and that means not only to be users. “When we understand people as their resources and stories and efforts, that’s what I think of sustainability, and how do we do these small businesses? You are less than consumer that way. And the experience, which you just share, is going on behind the curtain, and so it is to reveal what is behind the curtain.

His best advice for travelers to promote these connections is to create worship on the journey. “Instead of going to new places every day, I like to find a cafe that will be my place, and that’s how I start the day,” he said. “And that puts me in a more relaxing state. I’m there, and I know more about Ebb and the flow of place. That also makes me more happy to turn to someone and say, “Well, do you know where I should go for this best? ‘Because that’s normal. Just talk to people.”

Gets this technique it is also a good strategy to determine some of the “best places.” He explained, “We go to the place everyone goes and then we only go to one or two roads. Find the same streets because where everyone goes is a tourist destination, but the streets like side roads are a place where the locals have their own business. We go Someone goes and then we start exploring sidewalks to get those small businesses, small hidden gems, because that’s the case.

As for Places to love That made the county by 2025, the list included New Orleans, Berlin, Leipzig, Traverse City, Michigan, and the 66th route, among others (you can look at the full list of sessions). Brown says that, although New Orleans is a major tourist destination, his show wants to direct visitors to a different location. He examined the suburbs outside of the French quarter and found a risen Jazba club where Little Richard started and Tina Turner was an actor.

This is also why the show also selected Leipzig known, Germany, in addition to Berlin. He said part of their strategy is to respond to the challenge of tourism, but also to show people something they may have missed. In his trips in Leipzig, he and the show staff discovered that they were the citizens of this small town who played an important role in bringing the Berlin wall.

Enjoy food in Mainz, Germany for the 8th season of the favorite places.

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Brown loves to find secret jewelery abroad, but he is also very happy to showcase great home trips. He liked to make a total of 66 routes for season 8, for example. His team has now made episodes on the iconic road, starting with Illinois via Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas. Then, in 2026, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 66th route, they will conclude with New Mexico, Arizona, and California. “Road trips like this allow us to enter the central states that travel must show more.

In his long -term career, he miraculously did not have many travel problems – except landing in Switzerland with all his eight employees to have 22 of their luggage cases and equipment delayed by bad weather. Despite the situation, he learned an important lesson of having a toothbrush all the time and clean underwear with you even if you look at the bags.

In addition to the brush fraud and using his HSN luggage he discussed in 2011, his large piece of travel advice is easy to entertain: Be aware of the gate you arrive, especially when traveling international. The spaces are, you will be close to the same place as you leave. And when it comes to the old question of the time to get to the airport, Brown said, “There is nothing like arriving at the airport too early.” There you have.

When he thinks about his 25 -year career, his commitment and Samantha Brown’s places to love And its travel coverage is generally clear: show a unique perspective. “A city or place is not just one thing. We are working to show great ethnic diversity and economic formation, and we want to make sure that this story is told by the right people,” he said. And although he has seen a lot of world, Brown said there is still a part of Africa as well as magical voice areas like Darjeeling, India that remain on its list of travel wishes, fortunately we can expect to continue to see him more.


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