The Funny Travel Stories Podcast

This episode, I’m joined by Priya Matharu, a presenter, producer and content creator, currently working as an Assistant Producer at the BBC and a radio presenter at Switch Radio. Priya takes us on a journey across India and New York and more. She shares some unforgettable travel stories along the way. Travelling to India for the first time in around 25 years! We talk about that you can actually or...

This week, I’m joined by Ann Yip from ITV News. We first talk about her social media coverage on Mr Bates vs The Post Office.  And the episode focus on Vietnam beach, Thai surfboard, Italian white pizza and Budapest hen do. Working in the news industry is incredibly demanding, and Ann shares what her typical holidays look like - from struggling with a MASSIVE surfboard in Thailand, to discovering...

Industrial engineer Jimena Peters Peña Muñoz shares her global travel stories - from culture shocks in India to missed flights in Thailand, to life in Taiwan and the Netherlands! She reflects on global adventures, cultural differences, and why she recommends Colombia as a travel destination. 🚨As we launched our video podcast format, each episode will now be updated monthly🚨 Follow our socials fo...

Music, football, travel stories, and radio life - all in one episode! In the first ever video episode of The Funny Travel Stories Podcast, I chat with Issy Brand, assistant producer at Virgin Radio UK and podcast host.  Issy shares her funny travel moments, from meeting the world’s happiest animal, the quokka, on Rottnest Island in Western Australia, to getting unexpectedly lost trying to find the...

Daniel Acheampong, aka Dan, founder of TALK 2 DAN, joins me to chat about building his award-winning media recruitment agency, his new podcast Talk 2 Dan On The Go Podcast, and helping young creatives sharpen their CVs.  We also get into Amsterdam’s funny travel moments, a Cîroc-fuelled birthday in Bournemouth, a dramatic Lanzarote boat moment. And he recommends to travel to Barcelona. Where he’d...

In this episode, I’m joined by Sam Liu - founder of TechStart and Director of West London Chambers of Commerce - whose life has been shaped by travelling across London, Brazil, Hong Kong, and Taiwan… and moving to the UK so young at the time he only knew how to say “pee-pee” and “poo-poo.” Sam shares some brilliant travel stories, including a failed attempt to surprise his girlfriend in Brazil, ge...

In this solo-travel special, I share some of the funniest moments from my recent trip across Spain and Italy. You’ll hear: Getting lost in the middle of the night in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa Why people in Spain kept asking me for directions Padrón peppers, Sangria, tapas, Flamenco and more Got a funny or bizarre travel story of your own? DM @thefunnytravelstoriespodcast on Instagram or @...

Ever thought about travelling alone but worried it might be lonely? In part two of my chat with Monica Hsueh, we talk about how she prioritises things during solo travelling, her must-visit destinations - Japan and Paris, and she really wants to visit South America. We also reflect on cultures, life lessons from public transport signs, and balancing travelling with type 1 diabetes.

Monica Hsueh, a stand-up comedian you’ve seen on the BBC New Comedy Awards, TEDx, and in her own show How to Be a Strong Woman in One Hour . In this episode, Monica tells us how her comedy career started, what her backstage prep looks like, and her habit of visiting local supermarkets wherever she travels. We also talk about her unexpected and funny moments in Japan, Paris, and Wales.

In part two of my chat with Lucy Crisp, she shares why three weeks of travelling in Japan isn’t enough. She tells us her lovely experience meeting her Japanese friend again after ten years, and some unexpected, funny travel moments during her time in Italy and Japan. From Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka to Hiroshima and Nara, Lucy also reflects on why travelling is good for your early to mid-20s. And she real...

Singer-songwriter and producer Lucy Crisp joins today’s episode to talk about her music, life and her funny travel experiences.  She talks about her new song Ghostin and her debut EP 65 Roses, including its connection to cystic fibrosis, and how music helps her escape from realities of day-to-day life. Lucy’s been featured on BBC Introducing. She also talks about her love of cooking, living with c...

In part two of my chat with Vicky, we talk about food poisoning experience, studying Spanish in the UK, and hear her top travel picks: from Sicily and Rome to Bariloche (Argentina), Florida, France and Edinburgh. Also, she shares the reason why she wants to travel to Japan in the future.

Vicky - journalist and former CNN London Digital Features Writer, Sunday Times Foreign Desk intern, and BBC Radio Lincolnshire Journalism Coordinator - joins me for today’s episode.  She reflects on her travels in Gibraltar and shares her thoughts on screenwriting, how films have evolved, and watching horror movies with her mum. Vicky also talks about writing drama scripts and fictional stories. A...

In part two of my conversation with Elaine Chong, we explore her student life in the US, her funny experience in a sorority, and a bizarre story from a frat house. She recommends visiting the Zhangjiajie Mountains and Guangzhou where you’ll experience the real China. She also reflects on her bath-culture travels around the world: from Japan and Hungary to Turkey and Finland. Instagram: ⁠https://ww...

BBC World Service journalist Elaine Chong takes us from pandas and bamboo rafting in China to crispy rice and robot dogs, before revealing the surprising security at COP27 in Egypt.  Elaine also shares her love of Chinese milk tea and the legend of the Terracotta Army. We chat about rice paddies, cute pandas, and just how futuristic China has become. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefunnytr...

In part two of my conversation with Darron Speck, we explore his travel picks - Japan, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Italy and Armenia. Also, the unexpected moment he fell out of a changing-room cubicle in the Azores. Darron also shares the behind-the-scenes stories from the show: checkpoint secrets, a banquet in Samarkand, and that Zen moment sitting in front of the Registan. Alongside his son, they travel...

Darron Speck, from Bradford and star of Race Across the World Series One, joins us today with stories of walking between capital cities (from Vienna to Bratislava), cycling from Norway to Malta, and nearly falling off a cliff in Australia. You’ll hear: Losing his phone in India The famous train journey to Ella in Sri Lanka Being recognised around the world Behind-the-scenes moments from Race Acros...

In part two of my conversation with Jack Simms, we explore his travel recommendations and his recent trip across Washington DC, New York, and Philadelphia. From Sicilian fish to Philly cheesesteaks and Independence Hall, Jack reflects on the difference between reading about history and experiencing it in person. Along the way, we discuss comfort food, tourist stereotypes, and the places he wants t...

What would you do if a cockroach crawled across your room on holiday? Jack Simms, who previously worked as a production journalist at Notts TV, joins me today. He shares stories from catching cockroaches in Favignana, Italy, to recalling an unforgettable experience in the Austrian Alps. Jack also shares his recent travels across Washington, Philadelphia, and New York. Also, we talk about everyday...

In this episode, Heulwen Leung, a trainee solicitor working in London and a UCLA alumna, joins us to share her travel stories - from her birthday trip in Porto to experiencing a chaotic amateur robbery in Amsterdam.  She recalls a hilarious Thailand experience, recommends Hokkaido, especially Hell Valley and sashimi, and talks about receiving letters from Santa Claus as a kid—and why she dreams of...

In this episode, I speak with Al Booth - a broadcaster whose 25-year career spans BBC, commercial radio, and television. He’s also the founder and host of Oracy And Beyond . Al began in radio production back in 1998, later becoming a presenter at Trent FM (now Capital) and working with Galaxy , before moving into television with Notts TV . Originally from Beverley in East Yorkshire , his story ref...

In this episode, I chat with Chris Hsu, co-founder of Kung Fu Mama in Covent Garden, London. Chris shares unforgettable travel stories, from getting lost in Hawaii as a 12-year-old to unexpected adventures in Lake Como, Italy. He talks about why he recommends Copenhagen, the influence of Japanese culture on many Nordic countries, and his travel habit of asking bartenders for the best local bars an...

Renn Lin, one of the founding directors of New Tide Media Network - a London-based non-profit network for East and Southeast Asian journalists - joins today’s episode. Originally from New Taipei City, Taiwan, Renn shares what inspired her to launch the network. We also talk about: ​Learning to navigate roundabouts in the Scotland  ​Being dressed like a local while visiting mosques in Turkey ​A fun...

These travel stories from filmmaker, writer, and off-grid expert Nick Rosen play out like movie scenes—or the kind of comedy moments you’d expect from TV. In this episode, recorded in Berlin (the very same day Nick caused outrage in a sauna), we dive into: the trip to his friend Valentine de Ganay’s holiday home in Italy that unexpectedly sparked a full-scale security operation, a very generous Am...

In this episode, I’m joined by Eric Ku, a personal trainer at PureGym Birmingham Arcadian Centre and a University of Exeter economics graduate. Eric shares why he moved to Birmingham, and a story of his friend getting so drunk in Shinjuku that he ended up calling his mum from the nightclub to say, “Mama, I love you.” We dive into his experience joining a coming-of-age ceremony in Taiwan during a c...