Carry-on or checked? Travel soundtrack? Airport food? We'll talk to the biggest, baddest, hottest travelers in the industry right now to get their coveted secrets, tips, and tricks on how they travel best. Hey, everyone’s got their quirks. Find out why these notables live to travel, or travel to live.

Andrew Zimmern

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Caneel Bay Resort

Personal Zimmern photo: Zimmern, his wife Rishia, and their son Noah on the beach in Florida

Chef, Writer, Culinary Anthropologist, TV Producer/Host/Writer, Overgrown Child.

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Jourma Kaukonen QUAH, Roxy Music THIS IS ROXY MUSIC, Brian Jonestown Massacre TEPID PEPPERMINT WONDERLAND, CSNY, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Bowie, Warhols, Eno, Dusty Springfield, Edward Sharpe, Escovedo, Adele, Zappa, Gnarls Barkley, Clash, Dylan, Brother Ali, Little Feat, MC5, Beatles, Frampton, Stones, Steely Dan, Talking Heads, Traffic.

Me, Wife, Beach.

It’s a tie… Caneel Bay in 1971 and The Georges Cinq and Claridges on a Paris/London trip in 1972. Spoiled me forever.

Beach at Caneel Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

Hotel Grand Europe, St. Petersburg, Russia. Best people watching on earth and magical service.

My wife, we have trained each other.

2001 A Space Odyssey, I have been everywhere else.

Huge bowls of fresh fruit that’s actually ripe. And gas station quality cheese popcorn.

Changing, and thank god it’s finally happening. Two years ago I would have said it’s all horseshit but just look at some of the world’s great airports and the amazing food they have.

A huge private beach and breezy views so I can sleep outside on oversize beds on the oversize deck.

My iPhone, it does everything.

Filled with odds and ends like adaptors, extension cords, malaria pills, expired passports.

The Next Big Thing.

That.

Oceanfront.

Personal Zimmern photo: Zimmern and Rishia in Madagascar

What are you joking? iPad.

Checked, I have too much respect for fellow passengers to come aboard with more than something small, and I am a HUGE PACKER and like to check one big Patagonia rolling duffel.

Dining out, but always eat room service for breakfast.

Terrible question! I like big resorts and boutique high end service. I spend almost 30 weeks a year on road and another 5 doing family vacations so I have business travel needs, villa rental needs, romantic getaways with the wife, you name it. Hotels and resorts suit different needs at different times.

I am a lifelong skier and snowboarder but choose beach over mountains every time.

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