A budget-minded travel blogger shares timely tips for keeping costs down — so that you can keep your travel dreams alive. Then a British journalist with a passion for rail travel enthuses about the special magic of the sleeper train. And an American writer based in Chile tells us what he loves about living in South America.

• Jatt Kepnes, author of "How to Travel the World on $75 a Day" (BenBella)
• Journalist Monisha Rajesh, author of "Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train" (Bloomsbury)
• Journalist Mark Johanson, author of "Mars on Earth: Wandering in the World's Driest Desert" (Rocky Mountain Books)

• Matt Kepnes, also known as "Nomadic Matt," is the author of "How to Travel the World on $75 a Day." He has advice for anyone who thinks they're too poor to travel in a posting on his website.
• Matt offered more advice for budget travel in inflationary times on Travel with Rick Steves program #800 in August 2025.
• Monisha Rajesh writes about her favorite scenic train routes for Condé Nast Traveler and for The Guardian. Her latest book is "Moonlight Express: Around the World By Night Train."
• Journalist Mark Johanson is based in Santiago, Chile, and writes a number of books for Lonely Planet on destinations in South and North America and Asia. He's written "Mars on Earth" about his adventures in the Atacama Desert. Mark also posts under "Mark on the Map" on Instagram and X.
• Mark spoke with us about the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile on Travel with Rick Steves program #791 in May 2025.