Inflation means you have to take a fresh look at how to travel abroad on a budget.

Travel blogger Matt Kepniss says you can do it for about $75 a day.

It starts with how you use your credit card.

If you are paying off your credit card every month, you should get paid and earn some points for it.

Monisha Rajas recommends you include at least one night on an overnight train

to feel really connected with where you're going.

It's those really intimate moments that you don't get when you're on a plane.

You get to look into the backs of people's houses.

You get to see cities and all their kind of the guts and glory of it all.

South America's Mark Johantin's beat.

He brings us an overview of the continent that he's called home for the last dozen years

and tells us what's new with the neighbors.

Brazil's economy is roaring at the moment,

so the Brazilians are traveling around South America like they've never traveled before.

Come along for a fun hour ahead. It's Travel with Rick Steves.

Today on Travel with Rick Steves, Mark Johansson tells us what he likes most about living in Santiago, Chile.

And he helps us get ready to explore South America.

British journalist Monisha Rajas

has traveled on many of the world's most interesting passenger trains.

She recommends a cozy sleeping compartment on an overnight train

as a great way to get close to our fellow travelers

and the places we're visiting.

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