Okay, five, four, three, two, one.

Woohoo.

It adds some drama, I think, to the start of every taping.

Some pizzazz.

Yeah.

We used to do the clap, you know, to sink, yeah.

I've tried the clap, but I feel like no one ever claps in sync is the issue.

Lining up different parts of the clap wave. I know. Yes, exactly. No good. All right. So today is a listener mailbag episode. We haven't done one of these in a long time. First of the year and first with our new co-host, Kelly McEvers. Thanks. I'm Kelly McEvers.

I'm Yohanna Mayer.

And I'm Amanda McAwan.

And this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.

Today is a listener mailbag episode where we answer your questions.

We've got questions about places that exceeded expectations,

questions about finding yourself in dicey situations while on the road,

and what to do when you have a lot of visitors and not a lot of money.

That's after this.

Okay, first question.

This one comes from a listener named Michael. He sent it to us an email. Michael says, you've talked about the popular travel sites that you visited that left you underwhelmed and were overrated. Haters. We're all haters. Historically, we are a bunch of haters in these episodes.

What about the other direction, Michael says?

What's a super popular travel site that you visited that absolutely whelmed you and lived up to its hype?

Welmed, yeah.

Great question.

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