25th Anniversary Special – Samantha Brown’s Places to Love FULL 4K EPISODE
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Can you believe 2025 marks my 25th anniversary in the travel industry?! Over the last 25 years, I have been at the helm of 14 different series and even more specials. This means I’ve helped create 260 HOURS of travel television from grand hotels to night safaris… And I’m still going! While working on my 8th season of “Places to Love,” I wanted to take a moment to look back at having one of the best jobs in the world. Come with me as I take a stroll down memory lane!
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Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:56 Getting the Job
1:53 Great Vacation Homes
4:20 Revisiting the Aspen Vista Trail
5:47 Great Hotels
7:37 Inn of the Five Graces – Santa Fe, NM
9:37 Passport to Europe
13:17 Passport to Latin America
15:48 The Crew
17:36 The Birth of “Places to Love”
22:47 How Has My Job Changed?
23:48 Outro
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I stopped watching travel channel after Samantha left, it has since become about ghost and goblins.
Samantha, Happy 25 Years! You have been an inspiration to me for many years. I absolutely love your presentation style, your fun and uplifting attitude, and total joy you bring to each episode! I myself came to a similar epiphany about 12 years ago when I traveled to Morocco. The people were amazing and made the whole trip life changing for me. I realized how important it is to embrace not just the places we can see but the experiences and people we meet. I hope that others can watch you and learn that we are all connected and everyone should be appreciated. Thank you for all you do and keep up the great work for another 25 (at least!)! 😊💕
Congratulations
I love your shows Samantha and have been watching you for years. We have a vacation house in Santa Fe and we get back there whenever we can and boy do I share your enthusiasm for the place. I just retired from network television here in Hollywood and I can’t think of anyone I would rather talk about travel, the Biz, or Santa Fe than you.
Dear Samantha,
I can say I grew up watching your videos, starting with your "Passport" series. I saw people and scenery from all over the world, and I also saw my hometown, Shanghai. Your account's profile picture was also taken in Shanghai, right? I can tell how much you love it there. Thank you for your show.谢谢!
I've been a fan since intimate escape. Can you please upload intimate escape episodes ?
Congratulations! It's been a joy following along on your adventures for so many years. Always a joy to catch up on old and new episodes and clips.
Because of you, I went to Susta Strudl and got MY apple strudel. ❤. I am Czech and we my apple strudel every Christmas.
I have watched you through your whole career and loved you because you were so down to earth Congrats on your 25 years!
Congratulations, Samantha!❤ this episode! I so loved watching you in the early days. (And still do!) I remember watching Passport to Europe in my dorm room dreaming of visiting the same places you did. When I graduated with a journalism degree I went to some of the places and dreamed of getting a job traveling and telling stories just like you. You were such an inspiration and trailblazer for young woman watching and dreaming. (You still are today.) Fast forward 20 years later and I own a thriving public relations boutique called Passport Public Relations and we connect places and people we love with media to tell their stories. If you're ever in the Omaha area I'd love to show you some of my favorites.❤ Thank you again for all you and your team do to show is the world.
Samantha the OG of travel guides. We love you!!!
Wow, Samantha, I don’t remember when I started watching, but you captivated me and I never stopped. 25 years? We’ve all aged, and you haven’t! Is that the “magic of television”? I enjoy meeting people who love their job, and you certainly seem to love yours. Keep going, and we’ll keep watching! Thanks!
Love Samantha’s generosity of spirit, delightful personality, boundless curiosity and empathy. Life is just better and more beautiful with someone like her sharing her discoveries and experiences. Bravo!🫶💕🥰❤️
Cannot believe it’s been 25 years! I love all of these episodes across all of the series. To the next 25!
55 and as talented and beautiful as ever
I have been following you the entire time! Thank you so much for so very much inspiration! So many journeys.
Loved seeing all the people you have introduced us to over the years
I’m 26, so I literally grew up on your shows! I was so happy that someone with my name was a world traveler and famous! You inspired me to be a writer💕 congratulations on 25 years!!!
Been watching you thru the years. With my wife and I and have been to some of the locations. With you it’s like a friend who has guided us on some of our adventures. Always looking forward to your smiling face and great personality.
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁SAMANTHA HELLLLLO!!!!!!!!!!! you have no clue how happy and overjoy I am to be able to find you on YouTube. Mom and I have watched you from the beginning with those houses. Do u remember going into a room with a few ladies acting all proper and stuff. Well here comes you walking in the room and i think you flopped down on a foot stool LOL LOL LOL. I will never forget that scene. Yeah we stayed with you with the hotel thingy too. then Some how I think you moved to public tv. Then we got rid of cable. and started streaming. Well today I just decided to search ya out.. IT was like a miracle there you was all that time. I am just grateful I can watch all the programs I missed
Over all those years you have made me and mom laugh our {a} off!!!! I have to say you was all that funny girl ya are and my favorite show does not matter if it was houses hotel or vacationing. WE LOVE YOU!!!!!! I probably would scream like a little girl if i ever seen ya in person 😂 😂
Thank you for bringing joy and happiness to us. I hope you will get this ty again
Samantha
You are a gem of a human being ..
Your shows inspired me to travel
Keep travellling .. for us..
Been watching you for a long time!
CONGRATULATIONS! Sam!!! 💝💝💝
Seems I recall an episode of Great Vacation Homes where you toured the place of one "Rowdy" Roddy Piper of pro wrestling and "THEY LIVE" fame? I think that house in Key West also had a pool table with a camera mounted over it so that you could "see" your shot more clearly. Have really enjoyed all of your series over the years! Wonderful anniversary video! Please keep it up! Take Care….
Have loved watching you since The Travel Show. Could up the great work!
My older sister and I grew up watching you in the travel channel, and I feel like you were the reason why I have such a wanderlust bug and have such a deep appreciation for travel. Im turning 30 this year and youre still continuing to inspire, thank you for doing what you do, I definitely started crying when you were sharing your memory with the trees. Here's to many more years!
A great look back! I do not have a favorite timeframe, however, you were so funny during the "hotels" series cause nobody had that sense of humor and child like wonder about nice places to stay. You have kept that fresh attitude.
Sam had a big part in my love for travel. I’m glad to see also that in this episode, like all of the others, she enjoys a drink. Cheers to many more years and drinks!
Where can we watch Samantha Brown: Passport to Latin America?!❤
Oh wow! It’s been 25 years. I love Passport to Europe. We were stationed in Europe and travelled while there. Then back Stateside. Whenever I miss travel you filled it.
I have so enjoyed all of your shows over the years. I turned 40 this year and have kinda thought of you being the cool big sister I didn't have. I love how you approach travel with curiosity, heart, respect, etc and appreciate how you present information. Congrats on 25 years and cheers to your future!
Where is Girl Meets Hawaii?
I have loved watching all of your series! Congratulations on 25!!!!
Being from New Mexico & having watched you for years I’m so happy to see your connection and love for me state!
This was beautiful to watch and I want to congratulate Samantha and her team. I started watching Samantha Brown as a younger man with Great Hotels. My dream was to work with her team and the Travel channel back in the 2000s.
Thank you for being an icon and leader in the travel field and inspiring so many more travelers to find their voice.
🎉WOW Congratulations on your Amazing carreer. I started following you on Passport to Eurooe, back on 2007 and love Great Hotels. Nice to dream on. Throught your eyes and experience. Living un US and being from Latin America enjoyed my roots when you went to Latin America. I am a strong fan. CONGRATULATION ON 25TH🎉
Sam when are you visiting dubai
Sam, I've been watching your show since the series began and have followed it from the start. One suggestion as a viewer: consider wearing more stylish and eye-catching outfits like you did in the Passport series. As a travel show host, a touch of glamour and flair would be great.
CONGRATS Samantha! You've earned it. I remember watching long ago the bts of your show when you had a hard time "being yourself" on camera for the first episode and the crew was like ??? and you had to take a walk and decided to "just be yourself" and that led to your breakthrough. Goes to show – just be YOU and let the pieces fall where they may.