Clockwise from top left: Travel Weekly's Brinley Hineman, Steve Born of the Globus family of brands and Travel Weekly's Rebecca Tobin talk about the popularity of Route 66 tours and Christmas-market river cruises.
This week our subject is Route 66, that famous highway that's practically synonymous with the term "Americana." The road was opened in 1926, which means that of next year it's been inspiring people in song, movie, decor and travel for 100 years. And tours editor Brinley Hineman discovered that tour companies and destinations will be celebrating the centennial with new programs and itineraries.
On this episode Hineman and host Rebecca Tobin talk with Steve Born of the Globus family of brands about the popularity of Route 66 tours and why people choose a tour for a domestic drive holiday.
Stay on till the end for a chat about Christmas market river cruising in Europe and the similarities between a Europe river cruise and a drive vacation through America's heartland.
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