Welcome to Paradise (It Sucks)
Take a trip with Andrew Tate (Let’s Not Meet, Odd Trails), your travel companion into stories about the worst vacations of all time, real stories from real people about their once in a lifetime getaways that turned unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. Welcome to Paradise (It Sucks) — it’s a hell of a time.
Episodes
November 30, 2023 • 28 mins
Pioneertown was an old movie set built by Gene Autry for his westerns and has one famous honky tonk music venue on the premises - it’s called Pappy and Harriets Pioneertown Palace. But this wasn’t a good old time listening to beautiful country and western music in the desert… in fact, this trip - hit a lot of bad chords...
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November 16, 2023 • 32 mins
This is a story about a young woman’s 21st birthday celebration… crapping out.
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November 2, 2023 • 25 mins
This week’s story involves an electric vehicle, an ill-advised road trip from Chicago and unlimited Lederhosen. Yeah, you heard the right. Follow along as we travel from the icy lakes of Lake Michigan to the honky tonkin streets of Music City, USA.
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October 19, 2023 • 38 mins
This week’s three-story episode is packed with tales about abandonment, too much alcohol, secret jail cells, shower-toilets, social media and termination. And it all happens in one of our most familiar places: A cruise ship.
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September 28, 2023 • 30 mins
This week we hear tales of restless children, diapers, open air drug use, contaminated drinking water, raw sewage, a little bit of rock n roll, lame DJ’s and oh yeah - dirty hippies.
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September 14, 2023 • 28 mins
This week's episode involves arctic temperatures, machismo, stubbornness, hidden fees and oh yeah - the loss of extremities. In fact the game is afoot. As they say.
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August 31, 2023 • 16 mins
This week’s episode takes place in a classic vacation setting, the real-life place that most people probably think of first when someone says the word “vacation.” And that’s the South Pacific. Fiji, to be more precise. Beautiful waters. Idyllic islands. White sands. Exotic fruits. Tropical storms. Rain. Wind. Discombobulation.
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August 24, 2023 • 5 mins
This episode has everything. An idyllic fantasy of a South Pacific wonderland shattered. Hardline government agents enforcing agricultural rules. Accidental property damage? You don’t want to miss.
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August 17, 2023 • 23 mins
This week’s episode is packed with tales about blood-pumping, death-defying acts undertaken during vacations.
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July 27, 2023 • 5 mins
The episode for those people who use their vacation to go on a anxiety-filled, action-packed, to-the-extreme experience only to perhaps risk their lives along the way.
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July 20, 2023 • 22 mins
Three stories about some of the worst hotel and motel experiences ever endured by innocent travelers.
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July 13, 2023 • 5 mins
A series of short stories about big, bad hotels, crummy and creepy motels, and other places that turned dark when some innocent folks just wanted to get some shut eye.
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July 7, 2023 • 20 mins
A simple bus trip took a turn for the scary... as most bus trips do!
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June 29, 2023 • 5 mins
The tale of a dope who fell asleep on a short train ride from Oklahoma to the Dallas metropolitan area.
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June 22, 2023 • 34 mins
Recently Dwayne took what he thought was going to be a relaxing, easygoing trip to Cuba. Resorts. Nature biking. Horseback riding. Beaches. It sounds absolutely fantastic. But a good time was not had by all. Or anyone really. Unless your idea of a good time involves continuous loss of cash and safety.
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June 15, 2023 • 5 mins
What looked to be a pleasant excursion to the picturesque and interesting town of Trinidad in central Cuba was, in fact, a nightmare.
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June 8, 2023 • 32 mins
This week, host Andrew Tate speaks with standup comedian Jay Larson about his own horror vacation stories. These tales include unforgettable jaunts to Honduras, the Dominican Republic, rural Connecticut, Yosemite, and the worst hiking trail on the West Coast.
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June 1, 2023 • 5 mins
Next week, standup comedian Jay Larson tells his most horrible vacation stories himself, in his own words, while Andrew just kind of listens with his mouth agape.
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May 25, 2023 • 22 mins
Everybody seems to have had at least one bad day at a major theme park. And in this episode, we speak with three individuals who may never go to a theme park again...
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May 18, 2023 • 5 mins
This week, we’re veering away from our usual one-story, one-show format to collect all of these amusing tales of amusement park terribleness into one mega-episode. It’s the battle Royale of bad vacations. It’s the greatest hits of terrible times. It’s the very best of the very worst.
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