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You’re sitting in your hotel room at 1 a.m., attempting to edit a presentation, when your stomach starts grumbling. You call down to the front desk, but there’s no one else on duty and the hotel doesn’t offer room service. The solution? A 100-pound robot with a cargo bay for a head. In about 10…
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If you’re an avid traveler and you own an iPhone, take note: There’s a little-known feature on your smartphone’s built-in Health App that might just save your life. Available on iPhones with iOS8 or later operating system, the Medical ID feature allows you to display important medical information and emergency contacts on your phone without…
Oyster.com is constantly expanding. Every day, we add tons of fresh content — from new travel stories to expert hotel reviews, complete with hundreds of photos. And these aren’t marketing photos; our hotel investigators visit every property in person, thereby giving you an honest view of what the hotel really looks like. So when we…
Police officers in Istanbul; Flickr/Niels van Reijmersdal Over the last year, there have been scores of horrific terror attacks around the world — including in popular international tourist destinations. Many travelers who have been considering trips — or already booked them — are now wondering: Is traveling to Europe still safe? Is traveling to Egypt,…
Many see summer as the perfect time to get away with the family: The kids are out of school, and with “summer Fridays” and several long holiday weekends, that family vacation you keep meaning to take can actually become a reality. But we gotta say, there’s something to be said for leaving the kids at…
Okay don’t be mad, but it really is our job here at Oyster.com to visit stunning properties in beautiful destinations around the world. But we swear, we do it all for you! Every day, we add new hotel properties to our site — with comprehensive reviews, hundreds of photos (including bird’s eye view pics taken…
Good news for the seaweed-phobic — Caribbean seaweed may not ruin your beach vacation this year after all. Last year saw a record-breaking volume of seaweed in the Caribbean, and sargassum mats washed up on beaches across the region — (understandably) grossing out a lot of travelers. In January we reported that things weren’t looking…
What is it we do at Oyster.com? It’s a lot more than just daydream of epic getaways and put together galleries of the most wanderlust-inducing photos (although that’s certainly part of it). Every day, we add new hotel properties to our site — with comprehensive reviews, hundreds of photos (including bird’s eye view pics taken…
Hoteliers can be quite powerful people. They have a lot of money, they control major corporations, and they can have quite the impact on the country’s economy, politics, and more. And it seems these days, we’ve seen the mixing of hotels and politics even more than usual. Some use it for good. Some, well, not…