Uncover the truth about hotels with Oyster.com     [tools / technology / travel]Oyster.com has a team of “special investigators” who “visit, photograph, review and rate each hotel.” Why? Because, like people, hotels choose to put their best foot forward when it comes to selling their services. They share the most flattering pictures - even if they’re old or from an angle that doesn’t tell the whole story. (I’m looking at all you with Facebook profile pictures from more than a year ago!) Oyster calls them out and makes sure you aren’t stuck with a bad vacation. Hopefully, TripAdvisor buys them so we won’t have yet another site to visit before booking travel ;)  Side note: I still don’t understand why their website is Oyster.com. Can someone explain?? High-res

Uncover the truth about hotels with Oyster.com     
[tools / technology / travel]

Oyster.com has a team of “special investigators” who “visit, photograph, review and rate each hotel.” Why? Because, like people, hotels choose to put their best foot forward when it comes to selling their services. They share the most flattering pictures - even if they’re old or from an angle that doesn’t tell the whole story. (I’m looking at all you with Facebook profile pictures from more than a year ago!) Oyster calls them out and makes sure you aren’t stuck with a bad vacation. Hopefully, TripAdvisor buys them so we won’t have yet another site to visit before booking travel ;) 

Side note: I still don’t understand why their website is Oyster.com. Can someone explain??

Finding the hotel you’ll love.  SimpleHoney is a hotel-matching site - Think Wanderfly but just for hotels. Based on the type of trip you might want to take, the type of style you have, SimpleHoney recommends hotels that suit you. While it’s currently only available for San Fran and Hawaii hotels, if you sign up now there’s no membership fee. (And it sounds like when they roll out to other cities, you may have to pay a membership fee…) The site is beautifully designed and easy to use - so get on it! High-res

Finding the hotel you’ll love. 

SimpleHoney is a hotel-matching site - Think Wanderfly but just for hotels. Based on the type of trip you might want to take, the type of style you have, SimpleHoney recommends hotels that suit you. While it’s currently only available for San Fran and Hawaii hotels, if you sign up now there’s no membership fee. (And it sounds like when they roll out to other cities, you may have to pay a membership fee…) The site is beautifully designed and easy to use - so get on it!