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Check out LifeDreams of many Eons members, and you’ll find travel is a consistent theme.

Well, I’m from Washington, and I’m here to help you.

Actually, that’s not quite true—I lived in Washington, DC, for nearly 40 years, but I moved to St. Paul, MN, three-and-a-half years ago.

But I’m still here to help you. During more than three decades as an investigative reporter—first for the Washington Post and later for a variety of magazines—I traveled constantly. I really got serious about it more than 15 years ago when I became a consumer travel commentator for what was then a new, evening business show on public radio called “Marketplace.”

I adopted the moniker “The Savvy Traveler,” and, unbeknownst to me at the time, that marked the beginning of a new career path. Gradually, traveling and writing about travel began to monopolize my professional life. Today, I’m a contributing editor with National Geographic Traveler magazine as well as the host and co-executive producer of a 65-part, public television series on travel to Europe and the Pacific Rim. See RudyMaxa.com.

Which is why Eons asked me to write travel blogs.

I’m going to riff on travel and share with you ideas, advice and observations. And I’m going to try to answer your questions. While I can’t plan travel itineraries, I may be able to steer you in the right direction. Just ask. Post your questions in our group, Rudy's Savvy Travel Group