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Photo Courtesy of Lara Grant Many cities around the world are celebrating LGBT Pride this week and weekend with lively parades, rallies, and parties. To gear up, we found the neighborhoods in major cities worldwide that act as hubs for the LGBT community. So whether you’re staying put or traveling this week, grab a rainbow…
The season five finale of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” aired last night and we’re still reeling from the many shocking moments. The fantasy drama, based off the books by George R.R. Martin, follows various noble houses as they vie for a seat on the iron throne. There are a few houses more notable than others…
Travelers visit our site every day to search for awesome hotels in destinations around the world so they can plan great getaways with accommodations perfectly suited to their style. Because as we say (and know from experience): you can’t return a bad vacation. And behind-the-scenes, our own traveling Oyster hotel investigators are visiting hotel sites…
Every day, we’re adding dozens of hotels to our site, and recently we’ve been introducing Oyster fans to quite a few properties in Thailand — that come at quite low prices. So it got us thinking…just how low can nightly hotel rates go? We dug through our massive database, plugged in June dates, and found…
In our travels for Oyster.com, we’ve journeyed around the entire circumference of Ireland, stopping to review numerous hotels and attractions along the way. It’s our job to help people plan better vacations, so let us warn you — Ireland is terrible. It’s truly the worst. Here’s why…
Spring is here! The return of the sunny season means vegetables are ripe for the picking, and herbs and flowers are blooming. One of the recent trends we’ve seen across the hotel industry is the use of on-site gardens to produce plants that can then be incorporated into the menus at the properties’ restaurants and…
Our jobs as hotel investigators can be a lot like living in a real-life Pinterest board. While we certainly see plenty of properties that are not so nice, we see just as many resorts with grounds, common spaces, and rooms that are so drop-dead gorgeous, we want to recreate them in our own homes —…
We know that no one likes a bragger, but we think there is such thing as not bragging enough — and maybe we’re guilty of it. Because, after all, if we don’t brag about all the new hotels and resorts we’re adding to the site every single day, how will you know about them? Well,…
Erin go bragh! It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day, and of course, here at Oyster, we’re celebrating by traveling! Whether you find yourself in Dublin, Boston, or Tokyo (yes, Tokyo), these nine cities are filled with Irish pride on March 17th — and throughout the upcoming weekend.
Chain hotels often get a bad rap. Admittedly, some of them, with uninspired beige decor, industrial carpeting, and airline-quality breakfasts, have earned it. But they’re not all that way. Some chain hotels are building their brand as hip and stylish, with restaurants that attract foodies and rooms that look straight out of Dwell magazine. Here,…
