In 1999 and 2000, the
Travel Channel was looking for a travel host, and Brown was chosen after a series of auditions. In her role, she introduces viewers to
vacation destinations and
hotels in the United States and around the world, as well as showcasing restaurants and activities at those destinations. As a travel host, Brown traveled 230 days out of the year and took eight days to film an hour-long episode. Since joining the network, Brown hosted several series including
Girl Meets Hawaii,
Great Vacation Homes,
Great Hotels,
Passport to Europe,
Passport to Great Weekends, and
Passport to Latin America. In 2008, Brown debuted
Passport to Great Weekends, which showcased her more informally, as well as following her on more unique, off-the-beaten-path vacations. Episodes had her arrive at a destination on a Friday afternoon and concluded with her leaving on Sunday evening. The second season's title was changed to ''Samantha Brown's Great Weekends'' and featured a new introduction, but mostly the same format. On February 8, 2010, the Travel Channel presented ''Samantha Brown's 10th Anniversary Special'' to commemorate Brown's ten years as host. On April 9, 2010, she made a guest appearance on
The Price Is Right to present a travel-themed showcase. On July 12, 2010, ''Samantha Brown's Asia'' was released on the Travel Channel.
Anthony Bourdain's "Christmas Special" episode of
No Reservations, first aired in the U.S. on December 12, 2011. Brown appeared in a segment that satirized both her persona and the supposed conflict between the "perky" Brown and the "edgy" Bourdain. In the same month, Brown hosted a video tour of the new
Disney resort in Hawaii, which was produced and released by Disney to promote the
Disney Vacation Club. In the summer of 2013, Samantha shot a new pilot for the Travel Channel in the
Yellowstone area but Brown tweeted at the time that she could not talk about it for fear of jinxing the project. The project later proved to be two sample episodes of ''Samantha Brown's Cash Attack'', a travel-related game show. Brown ambushed tourists in popular travel destinations and gave them an opportunity to win cash by answering questions related to the area and/or performing travel challenges. The two episodes aired on November 26, 2013. Brown served as a co-host of
The Trip: 2014, a sweepstakes event that took viewers on a trip through
Spain and
Morocco. Brown was also a co-host for
The Trip: 2015 in Hawaii, which originally aired in February 2015. She was seen in the Travel Channel series
50/50 with co-host
Chris Grundy in 2015 and
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