POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby appoints Scott E. Sayre, Deborah J. DePaoli and
Carol Kotek (General Counsel, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant
Secretary, and Assistant Secretary of Viad Corp, respectively), each
individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
	capacity as an officer of Viad Corp, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
	with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
	rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
	which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
	such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
	amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States
	Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
	similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
	foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
	benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
	undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
	such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
	Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
	and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
	attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is Viad Corp assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Viad Corp,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of January,2006.


Signature:	/s/ Kevin M. Rabbitt
Print Name:  Kevin M. Rabbitt
Please return by FACSIMILE to 602-207-5602
and by U.S. Mail.