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WTF Wednesday: Caption This Photo!

Part of the reason we love to travel is all the new creatures we get to meet along the way. Some we spot in the wild, while some we see just roaming around the hotel. But we especially love when the hotel brings the animals to us, like at the on-site zoo at the The…

Foto Friday: Sleeping In and Sleeping Out

June 1st kicks off the unofficial start of summer, and we’re officially ready for three months of sun, fun, and lots of leisure. Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort, a decidedly less Disney-y resort than those in Orlando, makes for the perfect summer escape with private hammocks surrounded by the vast regional wildlife. Nothing against Mickey…

The Best Road Trips From: San Francisco

The Best Road Trips is a weekly summer series highlighting our favorite getaways from major cities all over the United States. If you’re lucky enough to live in San Francisco or its outer-lying suburbs, you know one thing for sure: There are plenty of vacations that are just a short car ride away. And while…

WTF Wednesday: Caption This Photo!

Florida can get pretty hot. With its insane humidity and intense sunlight, it’s easy for tourists to get a little too toasty for comfort. While sweating through our daily workout in the (thankfully) air-conditioned fitness center at the Holiday Inn Express Pensacola Beach, we noticed this overheated couple looking a little lost. We’re not sure…

NOW OPEN: Sizzling Spots on the East Coast

We don’t know about you, but we here at Oyster are ready for summer. We’ve done all of the prepping — we went to the gym once (hey, its more than we did in the winter!), got a couple of spray tans, and most importantly, we found our stowed bikinis, flip-flops, and wide-brimmed hats. And…

Foto Friday: Chilling Out in Chile

With views like this from the rooms, who needs to leave the hotel? We were lucky enough to visit one of the Cosmopolitan Suites at Noi Vitacura in Santiago, where we got to cozy up in this outdoor Jacuzzi overlooking the Andes Mountains. We loved the view so much, we headed to the hotel’s rooftop…