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Welcome to Paradise (It Sucks)

Cryptic County and Cloud10
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.
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Episodes

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

Nov 30, 202328 min

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

Nov 16, 202333 min

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

Nov 02, 202325 min

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

Oct 19, 202339 min

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

Sep 28, 202330 min

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

Sep 14, 202328 min

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....

Aug 31, 202316 min

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

Aug 24, 20236 min

Standby for Episode 15!

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

Jul 27, 20236 min

Hotel, Motel, Holiday In Hell

Three stories about some of the worst hotel and motel experiences ever endured by innocent travelers. Sponsor: HelloFresh.com/andrew50 and and use code andrew50 for 50% off plus free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 20, 202322 min

Standby for Episode 14!

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

Jul 13, 20236 min

Fort What It’s Worth

A simple bus trip took a turn for the scary... as most bus trips do! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 07, 202320 min

Standby for Episode 13!

The tale of a dope who fell asleep on a short train ride from Oklahoma to the Dallas metropolitan area. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 29, 20235 min

Family No-Fair

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

Jun 22, 202334 min

Standby for Episode 12!

What looked to be a pleasant excursion to the picturesque and interesting town of Trinidad in central Cuba was, in fact, a nightmare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 15, 20235 min

The Nature Curse with Jay Larson

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. Sponsors: HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/andrew16 and use code andrew16 for 16 free meals plus free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 08, 202333 min

Standby for Episode 11!

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

Jun 01, 20236 min

Variations on a Theme…Park

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

May 25, 202323 min

Standby for Episode 10!

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

May 18, 20236 min

Bruising for a Cruising

What was supposed to be a simple pleasure cruise with Collin's one cool aunt turned into what can only be described as the worst vacation ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 11, 202327 min

Standby for Episode 9!

The villain in this story: a big ol’ expensive, all-inclusive, tantalizing cruise. Think Titanic and make it 10x worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 04, 20236 min

Southern Discomfort

What was supposed to be a fairly routine road trip through several states comprising the Great American South went quite badly to say the least. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 27, 202322 min

Standby for Episode 8!

What was supposed to be a fairly routine road trip through several states around the Great American South ends up taking a turn for the worst. Lots of creepy moments, vehicular catastrophes, technological mishaps, and misunderstandings that now, with the passage of time, are more hilarious than they are heart-stopping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 13, 20235 min

Dope Springs Eternal, Or: Spring Break-Up

A Spring Break gone wrong in the drunken youthful cesspool of Lake Havasu Arizona. Sponsors- BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/PARADISE today to get 10% off your first month. Credits: Welcome to Paradise (It Sucks) is a collaboration between Cloud10 Media and Cryptic County Executive producers: Andrew Tate and Sim Sarna Producers: Brian Boone and Devin Ruskin Audio Engineer: Trevin Bartee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 06, 202326 min

Standby for Episode 7!

Next week's episode is your classic story of girl meets boy. Girl agrees to go on a spring break trip with boy. Boy and girl split up but stay friends. Girl and boy go on spring break trip anyway. Girl’s new boyfriend becomes so convinced he saw her being untoward on an MTV spring break broadcast that he stalks her all the way to Havasu... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 30, 20235 min

Montana Biker Gangs From Hell In 3-D

A biker gangs roams the streets picking fights with suburban dads on camping trips. Credits: Welcome to Paradise (It Sucks) is a collaboration between Cloud10 Media and Cryptic County Executive producers: Andrew Tate and Sim Sarna Producers: Brian Boone and Devin Ruskin Audio Engineer: Trevin Bartee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 23, 202324 min

Standby for Episode 6!

On our next episode, we’re going way back to the late 1970s, when going outside was a fun novelty, and impolite biker gangs roamed the great American west, picking fights with suburban dads on camping trips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 16, 20235 min

Carsick Bedrest

A fun-filled family vacation turns into a car ride from Hell. Sponsor: BetterHelp: BetterHelp.com/PARADISE for 10% off your first month of therapy Credits: Welcome to Paradise (It Sucks) is a collaboration between Cloud10 Media and Cryptic County Executive producers: Andrew Tate and Sim Sarna Producers: Brian Boone and Devin Ruskin Audio Engineer: Trevin Bartee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 09, 202326 min

Standby for Episode 5!

Next week's episode is about your average, fun-seeking family looking to make some memories with a family road trip, straight out of the Griswald family playbook. And sure enough, everything that can go wrong does. This episode has everything that defines a bad vacation and a “Welcome to Paradise” episode, from injuries to car accidents to yes, projectile vomiting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 02, 20235 min
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