Travel stories have long been a part of our culture and myths, especially the personal life stories of tours, vacations and trips both real and imagined. From our nomadic beginnings as humans, travel history and the tourism industry has evolved with the increasing mobility from walking, ships and railroads of the European grand tours, cars, Jetliners and 10,000 passenger cruise ships of today. Making the tourism industry arguably the largest industry in the US and the World. We will explore individual travel stories and events, structure of the travel and packaged tour industry, evolution of destinations, impacts including the shock of climate change and the travelers’ evaluation of sustainable travel.