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Seasoned travelers like to say, “It’s the journey, not the destination.” Sure, it might not feel that way when your flight is canceled, your luggage is lost, and you’re calling an airport Cinnabon “dinner.” (Although we kind of love the idea of the latter…) But when the plane lifts off, and the city below shrinks…
Earlier this week, we gave you a special peek into the quiet, tucked-away, family-run hotels that help to characterize some of Europe’s small towns, and even the streets of its bustling cities as well. But while these sweet hidden gems may be even harder to discover on this side of the pond, they do exist…
Sometimes it feels like the family-run inns of yesteryear are all but extinct now; larger brands run the hospitality show these days, and even some historic bed-and-breakfasts that have maintained their quaint vibe are nonetheless owned by hotel chains now, meaning no more pleasant interactions with husband-and-wife duos or generations of owners. But “all but…
Oyster hotel investigators have visited over 15,000 hotel properties around the world, so we’ve just about seen it all: crazy luxurious suites, creepy sex motels, itsy-bitsy rooms, castle hotels…but that doesn’t mean that every now and then we come across a hotel stay that even we weren’t expecting. From jail cells to ice rooms (yes,…
Magnolia-lined cobblestone streets, stately plantation-style homes, rocking chairs set up on screened-in porches — this is how many picture the South. And while not all areas below the Mason-Dixon line still have this storybook feel — in fact, numerous Southern destinations we love (Atlanta and Dallas, for example) are some of the country’s most booming…
Here at Oyster, we can never get enough of bright lights, big cities, and the continuous buzz and hum of modern metropolis life. There’s just something about the energy in the air that we find exhilarating. But that doesn’t mean we don’t take a moment every once in a while to step back in time.…
The beauty of reading a good book is that it transports you to a whole different world — without ever costing you a penny. Whether James Joyce guides you through Dublin or Hemingway fixes you a drink from his home in Key West, literature opens pathways to other dimensions that never require a passport. But…
Fairy tales have been bewitching readers long before Emma Swan wandered into Storybrooke on ABC‘s “Once Upon A Time.” In fact, these stories of heroes and magic, and goblins and trolls, have been entrancing the masses ages before even the Brothers Grimm decided to pen some of history’s most memorable tales. The reasons for this…
The term “boutique hotel” can be applied to a host of very different properties — whether quaint or trendy, traditional or avant-garde. But they all have at least one thing in common: They’re intimate, and fewer rooms means fewer guests get to experience them, so staying at one can feel like discovering a secret hideaway.…
Photo Credit: Roman Boed via Flickr We may be a little late to the game, but after our recent visit to Prague (where we visited and photographed a whopping 67 hotels), we’re totally obsessed with the European city. True, the capital of the Czech Republic really didn’t come to the forefront of tourism until the…