Articles Mentioning Ireland Hotels

Foto Friday: Name Your Price!

Spring (and St. Patty’s Day!) are just around the corner, and there’s nothing we look forward to more than lush greenery, open skies, and a nice wool sweater, making Ireland the perfect place to experience the new season. Before going on our Irish adventure, however, we have to find the right place to stay for…

Ireland Is Now On Oyster.com!

It’s official: We’ve got the luck ‘o the Irish here at Oyster.com. And since that means there is now extensive travel coverage of Ireland at your disposal, you’ve got the luck o’ the Irish too! Our coverage includes 50 hotel reviews, nearly 20,000 photos, four knowledge-packed travel guides, and five helpful roundups of the best…

The Look: Classically Elegant Decor in Our Favorite Hotels

We’re all about a funky hotel or two, but there’s something to be said for the grand dames. They celebrate their storied histories and iconic statuses with classic, timeless decor — that’s almost always tres chic and just a bit over the top, dahhhling. And whenever you step into one of these hotels, you feel…

Before the Inauguration: Obama’s Favorite Hotels

In honor of President Obama’s inauguration on Monday, we’re taking a look back at his travels over his last four years in office — and on the campaign trail. The Commander-In-Chief has laid his head in some of our favorite hotels around the globe and, thanks to his refined taste and seriously swanky style (although…

Naughty or Nice: What Santa Thinks of Your Favorite Hotel Features

Are you on Santa’s Naughty or Nice list this year? We’ve seen a lot of good and bad behaviors during our travels over the last year — and maybe dabbled in both as well! So we know every dirty little secret, or shiny gold star, that you’ve been part-and-parcel to on vacation. But if you’re…

13 of the Best Luxury Hotels in Europe

There are plenty of different ways to travel in Europe – from shoestring-budget trips to over-the-top getaways worthy of the British royals. Here at Oyster we’ve been lucky enough to be able to do both (seriously, the budget hotels in Europe are pretty nice!), but the holidays are for wishing and dreaming, so we’re going…

Oyster Q&A: Discover Your Irish Heritage with the Shelbourne’s Genealogy Butler

Unique amenities and personalized services are becoming increasingly in-demand at luxury hotels. Some might label these services over-the-top — and some of them are — but many of the butlers, sommeliers, and experts of the hotel world are performing real and important services for guests. And we here at Oyster want to hear their stories…

Christmas Around the World

The most wonderful time of the year is upon us (if you can’t tell by all the Target ads), and we’re taking a trip around the world to see how they celebrate in some of our favorite locales. Christmas is a special time all around the globe, whether it’s celebrated with bonfires, dead wrens (yes,…