Welcome to Paradise (It Sucks)

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Take a trip with Andy 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.

11/30/2023

Disaster in the Desert

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... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 min
11/16/2023

Laughlin Out Loud

This is a story about a young woman’s 21st birthday celebration… crapping out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

33 min
11/02/2023

Smashed in the Nash

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 min
10/19/2023

Terror on the High Seas

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

39 min
09/28/2023

Festival Season Nightmare

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 min
09/14/2023

Rocky Mountain Bye Bye

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 min
08/31/2023

Islands in the Steam…ing Load of Heartaches and Annoyances

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. Listen as Sara Schulting Kranz, host of the Live Boldly podcast, tells her tale of the most unforgettable vacation ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 min
08/24/2023

Standby for Episode 16!

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 min

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Andy Tate

Host
Sara Schulting Kranz

Guest

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399 Ratings

Hope this returns

08/04/2025

karenmelissa98

I really liked these stories. I hope you come back with some new ones.
Came from let’s not meet

01/13/2025

jendjdoskakmsnnd

I was here at the beginning And really miss new episodes
I miss this

10/17/2024

Betsyblue221

I miss this podcast! It was really good and I keep hoping that there will be new episodes :(
Love this podcast!

08/08/2024

Jess_85*

I LOVE listening to this podcast! I only wish there were more episodes.

Take a trip with Andy 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.