{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"What I Wish I\u2019d Known BEFORE Doing A Machu Picchu Excursion Off A Cruise! (Podcast #570)","description":"I abandoned my ship mid-cruise for three days to see one of the most iconic sights in the world: Machu Picchu. But after booking an eye-wateringly expensive $5,000 excursion with Holland America, I started to realise just how much could go wrong. Machu Picchu is not a simple shore excursion. It\u2019s over 300 miles inland, deep in the Andes, and getting there requires a tightly choreographed chain of flights, buses, trains, and timed entry tickets. One delay, one missed connection, or a bout of altitude sickness, and the whole costly trip could unravel. In this video, I take you along on my journey from the MS Oosterdam in Lima to the &quot;Lost City of the Incas.&quot; Join me as I discover if this was an incredible, never-to-forget adventure or a stressful, $5,000 mistake.  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:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/tipsfortravellers  &amp;nbsp; Offers:  Get 10% any order of The Cruise Maps who you visit the site using this link: https:\/\/www.TheCruiseMaps.com\/TFT  \u2022 \u2022 Get up to 30% off collectible tokens of place you\u2019ve visited using the link: https:\/\/www.TheWanderClub.com\/TFT ","author_name":"Gary Bembridge's Tips For Travellers","author_url":"http:\/\/tips4travellers.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41307400\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201989100"}