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It’s no secret that we love spreading the word about the world’s best (and sometimes worst) destinations so all our fellow travelers can plan the best trips possible. But what happens when too many heed the advice of others or a well-known spot gets too much attention? As the world’s population grows and more and…
Hotel Inglaterra, which will join Starwood’s Luxury Collection this year In another step toward thawing U.S. and Cuban relations, the U.S. Treasury Department granted Starwood permission to operate existing hotels in Cuba. In a historic deal the brand will add three properties to its portfolio this year: Hotel Inglaterra, Quinta Avenida (which will become a…
It’s a fun job to do what we do at Oyster.com; every day, we add new hotel properties to our site — with comprehensive reviews, hundreds of photos (including bird’s eye view pics taken with our drone), and dozens of panoramas — so, no matter where you want to go, you can get an accurate…
We doubt Bob Dylan sang “The Times They Are A-Changin” with Cuba in mind, but indeed relations between the U.S. and this storied Caribbean country are very much a-changin, with restrictions continuing to lift as relations thaw. But just because things have improved doesn’t mean travel to Cuba has become easy exactly. It’s still one…
Photo Credit: David Brossard For those stuck in freezing cold cities this winter, you may find yourself constantly daydreaming about booking a last-minute flight to someplace warm and sunny. Well, the folks over at JetSmarter, a mobile marketplace that allows users to book private jets directly from their Smartphones, were thinking the same thing. After…
Pool at ION Luxury Adventure Hotel/Oyster Icelandair has just debuted a new program it’s calling the “Stopover Buddy” which pairs travelers with Icelandair employees for a day in Iceland before they head off to their final destinations. It allows travelers to choose a category they are most interested in, and then have a “buddy” who…
Out with the old, in the with the new. That’s what happens each year in the fashion industry, right? Well, the same holds true for the travel world as well. As the environments, destinations, and demographics of travelers change, so do hotels, airports, and everything in between as a result. So to make sure you’re…
Photo Credit: Day Donaldson In May of last year, it was announced that Ebola, at one point the seemingly deadliest virus to date, was basically no longer a threat. Unfortunately, in that same month, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported an outbreak of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus, in Brazil — and it has continued…
The travel world gave and the travel world hath taken away. That’s the saying right? While we get excited for all the new hotels opening in 2016, it’s important to remember those that are no longer with us. Some major properties have shut down temporarily for renovations and overhauls, but there a number of hotels…
2015 was a bad year for Caribbean seaweed, and 2016 isn’t shaping up to be much better. The record amount of sargassum that washed up on beaches from Cancun to Antigua marred many a beach vacation and threatened the region’s tourism. Unfortunately, visitors to the Caribbean and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula will probably be facing similar…