Articles Mentioning New York City Hotels

The Most Popular Travel Destinations for Christmas

Central Park, New York City/Oyster Now that Thanksgiving is over, we’re already thinking about Christmas. But that’s for a good reason. When it comes to booking hotels for the holidays, the sooner the better. And this is particularly true for the most popular destinations of the season. Looking at data based on where Oyster.com users…

10 Things You Should Never Do in New York City

Jörg Schubert/Flickr You can try all your life to feel like a “real” New Yorker and never quite get there. Ask a local and they’ll offer hodgepodge of guidelines for what constitutes a true native. If you’re not a regular in the Big Apple, all you need to do is learn a few simple rules…

9 Trendy SoHo Hotels for Your Next NYC Getaway

When it comes to New York City neighborhoods, there are hundreds and hundreds of them, spread out across 304.6 square miles in five boroughs. With such a selection, it’s hard to pick the “trendiest,” but if we were hard pressed to make a choice, we’d have to go with SoHo. Today the downtown neighborhood is…

8 NYC Hotels With Great Water Views

Visitors to New York City often search frantically for hotels with beautiful skyline or Central Park views — and we get it, they are fabulous. However, many travelers forget that New York City is an island surrounded by water, and many hotel rooms have spectacular water views. We pulled together a list of great hotels…

8 U.S. Trips to Take Instead of Going Home for Thanksgiving

There are many reasons why people don’t go home for Thanksgiving — maybe their family doesn’t celebrate the holiday, it’s too expensive to go home, or it’s a free long weekend and traveling elsewhere just sounds more fun. Whatever your reasoning for passing on heading home, we want to provide you with some amazing Thanksgiving…

The Most Haunted Hotels in New York

It’s the middle of October and that means we’re elbow-deep in pumpkin-carving, costume planning, and spooky stories. Whether or not you believe in ghosts, it’s still fun to indulge in a little spooky storytelling this time of year. At Oyster, we love all things hotels — and we get a special thrill from (supposedly) haunted…

7 Bucket-List Destinations for Movie Lovers and TV Buffs

How often are you watching a movie and wish you could visit the beach where the protagonist goes surfing, or the quaint town where a couple falls in love? Maybe you want to walk down the same road as your favorite character, or hang out in the pub where the friends on your favorite TV…

Where to Go for a Cozy Weekend This Winter in the U.S.

The Cottonwoods Villa at Spring Creek Ranch/Oyster With fall in full force (and winter on the horizon), now is the perfect time to step away from your workaday routine and nestle into a long weekend retreat. After a day in the brisk air, there’s little better than getting snug with a cozy blanket and cocoa…