How to take great vacation photos

If my hotel were burning down and I could grab just one thing, it would be my digital camera with its memory card filled with photos. Every year I ask myself whether it's worth the worry and expense of mixing photography with my travels. Then, after I see my images and relive my trip through them, the answer is always, "Yes!" Here are nine tips and lessons I've learned from the photographic school of hard knocks. --Rick Steves. Tribune Media Services