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While many people forego train travel in favor of faster (and sometimes cheaper) modes of transport, hopping aboard a train is an excellent way to explore the planet. If you love to ride the rails (or if you’ve never done it before), here are a few of the world’s greatest — and, in some cases,…
Especially for U.S. travelers, California’s Napa and Sonoma are the go-to, go-to-the-source regions for sampling delicious wines and staying on hotel properties where the vineyards and wineries are responsible for producing some of the best bottles in the world. So of course we’d be remiss to exclude them from our list of gorgeous winery properties.…
Who doesn’t love a beautiful beach? Here at Oyster.com, hitting the sand isn’t just something we daydream about as we are bundled in puffy jackets or huddled for warmth on subway platforms (though we do spend a lot of time conjuring up images of warm rays and rolling surf during winter). For us, it’s a…
Last year, Bloomberg published a list of the world’s most expensive hotel cities and we were fairly surprised that San Francisco took the number one spot, even though we did know it’s one of the world’s most expensive cities to live in. As New Yorkers, paying some of the largest rents for the smallest spaces,…
Here’s a bit of advice people are given when learning how to surf: “When in doubt, paddle out.” In other words, get out beyond the breakers — the spot that looks like the heart of the action — to best prepare for, and execute, the perfect ride. Now let’s apply this logic to beach vacations.…
Summer means vacation time for many travelers, which means jackpot time for the travel industry; prices on everything from airfare to hotel stays soar. And once you reach your destination, it may not be the picture-perfect setting you imagined: Paris is a massive throng of tourists, for example, while the sweltering temperatures in New York…
With the scenic Table Mountain and gorgeous Cape Peninsula, Cape Town makes for a lovely romantic getaway. But if you’re looking to have an amorous vacation with your significant other, you want to make sure the hotel has comfy rooms and charm, and isn’t overrun by screaming children. Here are 10 hotels in Cape Town…
Table Mountain and Lion’s Head Mountain in Cape Town Photo credit: Flickr/dorena-wm If you haven’t noticed we’ve kinda of fallen in love with Cape Town as of late. Since we’ve JUST added a slew of new spots in South Africa’s sweetest city AND it’s the 25th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release as a political prisoner,…
We just got back from a jaunt down to South Africa, and we were taken by the beauty of the country — and not just its natural beauty! (Although there’s plenty of that.) During our time in Cape Town, we found that the city is replete with pretty, luxurious boutiques that provide top-notch service in…
One of our New Year’s resolutions is that we’re going to TRY not to brag. But it’s not 2015 yet! So we’re going to use this precious, coming-to-an-end 2014 time to show off a bit because, to be honest (and we’re all about honesty), we’ve done some pretty awesome stuff this year. From snapping over…
