Military Leisure Travel News & Highlights

As you may know, I love travel, live for chocolate and adore wine.When I can bring these things together, then it's nirvana for Jana!My next favorite thing is cooking this kind of experience up into a special event to share with our loyal RTT customers. So, I journeyed into France to scout out a very special idea I've had for quite some time, and b...

The new EU Digital Certificate, was introduced in Jul 2021, and is now available in all 27 EU countries.  This system provides digital proof that a person has either been vaccinated against COVID-19 or recently recovered from COVID-19. This free, safe and secure service is available to and U.S. military ID / DoD ID card holders.  As of Se...

Just like enjoying new foods, experiencing the beer, wine or spirits of a new place provides an opportunity to further explore the unique heritage and culture of a region.  If beer is your "go to" beverage, living in Germany provides you with some exceptional advantages and opportunities to take your love of suds to a whole new level!  Th...

Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test or Recovery from COVID-19 for All Air Passengers Arriving in the United States If you plan to travel internationally, get tested before you travel by air into the United States (US), or be prepared to show proof of a recent positive viral test and a letter from your healthcare provider or a public hea...

Has it been a while since you have traveled?  Has date night become difficult or disappeared altogether?  RTTtravel has put together a creative solution to help you bring some cheesy romance from the beautiful alpine valleys of Switzerland into your kitchen and melt your loved one's heart!  If you can cut an apple, grate some cheese ...

Christmas is our favorite time of year here at RTT.  We delight in helping our customers experience the best of Europe's time honored traditions, favorite Christmas Markets and all the delicious treats and beautiful trinkets that make this time of year so special. 2020 was different, there were no Christmas Market tours, no trips to the amazin...

Tune in for Travel Tuesday and get all the latest travel news with RTT's Jana Marshall and our Friends at AFN Radio K-Town. During this 60-minute interactive radio show, Jana shares all her secrets about traveling on a budget, how to get the most out of your time while in Europe, travel trends and all the hot spots for sightseeing, shopping, eating...

Our recent tours over the July 4th weekend proved to be extremely positive experiences for everyone. We were thrilled to see that all our customers, vendors and staff worked together to ensure that the new protocols were respected which was a critical element in the decision to go ahead with more tours. Starting mid-July RTT will be resuming our po...

There are numerous things that make living in Europe so unique and one of them most definitely is the start of "Summer Fest Season" or as we call it; Summer in Europe. It is a magical time; the days are getting longer, evenings become milder and where ever you go the sweetness of summer lies in the air. We dust off our fest tables and chairs, brush...

Imagine you are surrounded by panoramic alpine views in all directions, with quaint villages neatly tucked in the narrow valleys between endless mountain ranges and sparkling lakes. The Swiss people, still following the same traditions and going about their work as they had 100 years ago. This is quintessential Switzerland, and when you visit, you ...

Easter marks the joyful arrival of spring when the gentle breeze carries the scent of newly blooming flowers and the cheerful song of birds returning home. After the long grey winter, the warm sun returns, coaxing an explosion of life, growth, and color and warmly tickles our pales faces. Everywhere we turn branches are bursting with buds and adorn...

A special thank you to our customers and the Stars & Stripes readers who voted to award RTTtravel as the Stripes 2018 Readers Choice winner.  This our second year in a row to receive this honor - Congratulations to the entire RTTtravel team!  Download the S&S Winner Guide

Imagine a quaint alpine village, quietly passing the warm months between the ski seasons that bring an invasion of skiiers to the Tyrolean Mountain Region every winter.Now, the valley is flush with rich green grass, the lakes are shimmering with glacial melt water and the snow bare mountain peaks are bathed in sunshine. If you are getting that peac...

Jana Marshall's Alpine Adventure -  Without a doubt one of the most beautiful events in southern Germany and Austria is the "homecoming of the cattle" which is celebrated in many valleys in fall. For centuries the local farmers proudly walk their ornately decorated cattle from the mountain pastures where they had been grazing all summer down t...

Photos by Jonathan Guzman

A customer experience written by Jonathan Guzman - Paris is amazingly beautiful and has so many sites to see, It's impossible to see it all in one day or even a weekend. I spent a 3 day weekend in Paris with Horizon Tours and saw several key sites like the Louvre, Chateau de Versailles, and the Eiffel Tower and it was just a preview of what Paris h...

Here at RTT Travel we specialize in getting our customers to desirable destinations offering easy, safe and satisfying tours to places throughout Europe in a timely manner, knowing that we all have time limits to meet. However, on Tuesday we got to go a bit further, in fact all the way to the "Far East." How did we manage that? Well, we did it the ...

If you have ever wanted to see a whole river bathed in firelight and color, Rhine A'flame is an experience not to be missed. Even if you have already experienced the natural beauty of the Rhine by day, seeing the castles aglow in Bengal fire is an entirely different dose of magic.  The stunning pyrotechnics have been drawing visitors by the hu...

School is out, the kids are home and you may find yourself scrambling to plan for inbound visitors as well. Look no further – all you need is a few minutes and a smart phone. Let's get the kids sorted first. The FSS Support Squadron on Ramstein offers loads of options to keep the little rascals busy. A day at the Ramstein Aquatic Center will deligh...

Like many people, my travel bucket list had long included a trip to Egypt. As a travel writer, I'm lucky to have been to many places on my bucket list, but not the land of the Pharoahs. I finally got to cross Egypt off the list earlier this year with a cruise on the Nile arranged by Uniworld, a boutique river cruise company that also handled pre- a...

What a rare opportunity to go to a place many people either only dreams of or read about. I was extremely fortunate to be traveling to this amazing place along with my RTT colleague, Isabell Lettenmaier. The trip began with an easy drive to Frankfurt Hahn where we boarded the plane for Arvidsjaur, Sweden; a mere three hour flight. The plane was roo...