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Many of America’s popular year-round destinations align with the country’s most populated cities and states. Every day, families, friends, and businesspeople travel to popular vacation spots like New York City and Los Angeles, where there’s already a dense population. In the summertime, many of those destinations still hold up, with a few notable exceptions. After…
A trip to the shore or amusement park may be the quintessential summer vacation, but those popular choices can be expensive, crowded, and a lot less fun in reality than one’s imagination. For travelers open to counterintuitive thinking, there are amazing off-season vacation picks around the world. Sometimes a location is cheap because the summer…
Grounds at Altana Traditional Houses One minute you’re all like “let’s hit a Greek island for vacation this summer” but then it dawns on you — out of Greece’s 227 inhabited islands, which do you choose? Which is where we here at Oyster.com come in. From under-appreciated gems to famous party spots, the Greek islands…
It happens to all of us; we become so preoccupied with day-to-day life that we forget to experience the natural environment that is right on our doorstep. With such vast and varying landscapes, Australia is sure to have an outdoor adventure to suit your fitness level and interests, and getting some fresh air will leave…
Summer means vacation time for many travelers, which means jackpot time for the travel industry; prices on everything from airfare to hotel stays soar. And once you reach your destination, it may not be the picture-perfect setting you imagined: Paris is a massive throng of tourists, for example, while the sweltering temperatures in New York…
Photo Credit: Kevin Dooley Fireworks are to the Fourth of July like lobsters are to rolls — during the summertime, you don’t expect to see one without the other. Every state across the country will be honoring the holiday with epic fireworks displays, but some even allow residents and visitors to set off their own;…
Figawi 2014; Photo Credit: Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism A tradition since 1972, Figawi Race Weekend kicks off the summer season in both Cape Cod and Nantucket over Memorial Day weekend. The three-day regetta, which raises money for local charities, includes hundreds of sailboats racing from Hyannis to Nantucket, and ends in a full-on…
Here at Oyster, we believe summer should be a year-round celebration, so we’ve come up with an Endless Summer Series to satisfy our sand-and-sun dreamin’. It’s a simple idea based on the fact that no matter what month it is, it’s summer somewhere. So far, we’ve hit the hot sands of Palm Springs and soaked…
Even though we’ve been trying to embrace all things fall, we still can’t help but feel like summer came and went too quickly this year. And while fireplaces and fall reading and apple picking are all nice, we’d still love some time defined by warm weather, sandy shoes, and suntan lotion — especially as the…
This weekend, New York City will truly be the “City That Never Sleeps” as throngs of locals and visitors alike rock out at the fourth annual Governor’s Ball. This three day music fest features headliners Outkast, Jack White, and Vampire Weekend, as well as dozens of others from across the musical spectrum. And next weekend,…