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18 European Travel Experiences to Add to Your Bucket List

For a Europhile with vacation days, it can be hard to remember that there are actually seven continents. Our rally cry is “Europe or bust!” Thankfully, there’s enough on the continent to keep us exploring for a lifetime — and we’ve got the bucket list to prove it. If you’re constantly drawn across the Atlantic…

Oyster Half-Dozen: Best Hotels for High Tea in London

There’s really nothing more English than afternoon tea, so we’ve rounded up our six favorite spots to indulge in London. We found scones, clotted cream, and smoked salmon finger sandwiches, of course, but a few surprises as well — from poetry tea readings to a tea made specially for chocolate lovers. Pinkies up, please! Watch…

Oyster Q&A: Have a Cuppa with a Hotel Tea Master

Nowadays, more and more hotels are offering unique services to cater to their guests’ every whim. From surf butlers to in-house tattoo artists to pet psychics, the list of luxe hotel amenities is expanding rapidly (and, many would argue, getting more ridiculous over-the-top every day). Some of these may be gimmicks — seriously, The Ritz-Carlton…

The Top Hotels to Stay at for the London Art Fair

Yesterday marked the kick-off of the wildly popular London Art Fair. A four-day event, the art show features pieces from Britain’s hottest new artists, and everyone from gallery owners to over-eager Art History majors crowd the city’s Business Design Centre to get a peek at the avant-garde display. We know it’s a little last minute,…

Your Grown-Up Christmas Wish List (For Your Inner Kid)

You were always a good kid — especially around Christmas time — so Santa rewarded you with gifts from your wish list: the coveted doll, the electric train, the drum set, you name it! But what of those items you asked for that didn’t make it under the tree? Your parents had promised that Santa…