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Sipping Red Stripe in the Sea

Located miles from the mainland off Jamaica’s South Coast, there is the unusual Floyd’s Pelican Bar. To get there, you have to take a 45-minute boat ride, which the nearby Jake’s boutique hotel can arrange. While staying at Jake’s, I had to see the place for myself. I met my captain (and his dog) next…

Faked Photo of the Day: Breezes Montego Bay

The beautiful sunset, lush foliage, cushioned lounge chairs and decorative Jacuzzi tiles in the Breezes hotel website photo below look lovely and romantic — but, as our reporter found, they don’t actually exist! Staged travel hotel photos are all over the place on the web. Add enough air brushing and any hotel will look like…

Early Buzz About Oyster Hotel Reviews

Oyster Hotel Reviews just launched, but bloggers and press are already talking about our unique and honest approach to reviewing hotels. Check out the following articles written about Oyster.com: The Wall Street Journal: Bain Funds Journo Joy-Rides The New York Times: Aspiring to Rate Rooms When Everyone’s a Critic The Los Angeles Times: New hotel…

Welcome to Oyster Hotel Reviews

Welcome to Oyster Hotel Reviews. The impetus for Oyster Hotel Reviews was a trip that Eytan – our VP of Product – and I took to Alaska at the end of the summer of 2007. We had an amazing time but on the last day, arrived in Seward, Alaska, our final stop, and had that…