{"podcast":{"title":"Gary Bembridge's Tips For Travellers","slug":"gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978","podcast_index_feed_id":1061978,"rss_url":"https://tips4travellers.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://tips4travellers.libsyn.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/7/d/d/07dd605fa222d2a916c3140a3186d450/Tips_For_Travellers_Podcast_July_2025.png","author":"Gary Bembridge","episode_count":566,"summary":"Want to make more of your precious travel time and money? Then the Tips For Travellers podcast is likely the podcast for you! Every week your host (Gary Bembridge, a published travel author, writer, video maker, blogger and YouTuber - his channel has over 29 million video views!) shares travel inspiration, advice, tips and money saving ideas based on his first-hand experiences of travelling every month of every year for over 25 years. Each episode features one of these (1) destinations reviews and tips, (2) answers to listener travel questions, (3) live travel reports or (4) cruise line reviews and advice on getting the most from them. Visit http://www.TipsForTravellers.com to follow Tips For Travellers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Twitter and to sign up for the monthly newsletter.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T12:19:49.405300+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978"},"episode":{"title":"I Took A $1,200 Luxury Train To Machu Picchu. Was It Worth it? (Podcast #574)","slug":"i-took-a-1-200-luxury-train-to-machu-picchu-was-it-worth-it-podcast-574","published_at":"2026-06-22T05:11:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978/i-took-a-1-200-luxury-train-to-machu-picchu-was-it-worth-it-podcast-574","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978","url":"https://tips4travellers.libsyn.com/i-took-a-1200-luxury-train-to-machu-picchu-was-it-worth-it-podcast-574","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tips4travellers/574_TFT_Hiram_Bingham_Train_TFT.mp3?dest-id=114478","summary":"It costs $1,200 to take the Belmond Hiram Bingham train to Machu Picchu — roughly $1,000 more than the standard train option. So, was this luxury rail journey through the Andes an unforgettable once-in-a-lifetime experience… or an over-hyped, over-priced way to reach the same ruins as everyone else? In this video, I reveal what the Hiram Bingham train is really like, what's included, what surprised me, what disappointed me, and whether I think it was worth the eye-watering extra cost. Become a Tips For Travellers Patron: https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers and get exclusive Patron-only content, downloads and livestreams Visit my Tips For Travellers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tipsfortravellers Offers: Get 10% any order of The Cruise Maps who you visit the site using this link: https://www.TheCruiseMaps.com/TFT Get up to 30% off collectible tokens of place you've visited using the link: https://www.TheWanderClub.com/TFT","meta_description":"It costs $1,200 to take the Belmond Hiram Bingham train to Machu Picchu — roughly $1,000 more than the standard train option. So, was this luxury rail jou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":610,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978/episodes/i-took-a-1-200-luxury-train-to-machu-picchu-was-it-worth-it-podcast-574/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gary-bembridge-s-tips-for-travellers-1061978/i-took-a-1-200-luxury-train-to-machu-picchu-was-it-worth-it-podcast-574.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}