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Spotlight on Costa Rica
by Oyster.com Staff The country with the world’s happiest people makes for an amazing vacation escape. Costa Rica can be anything from a peaceful oasis to crowded and touristy depending on the time of the year and the region visited. But it’s still far less …
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Travel 911: Prepare for a Travel Emergency
Having to prepare for a hurricane, endure losing your luggage or drive through a snow storm are just a few examples of potential emergencies that may throw a proverbial wrench in your travel plans. Luckily, Travel Channel’s new web series, Travel 911, is here to …
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Get to Know Marianela Pereyra
Meet Marianela Pereyra – the host of our new web series, Marianela’s Top 10 California Beaches. Over the next few weeks, she’ll be blogging about each of her favorite beaches in the Golden State. Stay tuned for her insider tips, and check out our gallery of behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot …
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Where is Montenegro? : Get a Glimpse of the Jewel of the Mediterranean
Photo courtesy of Amanresorts Many people were hitting Google this weekend in order to figure out where in the world Montenegro is when the US men’s water polo team played the Montenegro team on Sunday. Of course, we’re here to enlighten you, since Montenegro is …
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The Island of Nantucket: 8 Ways to Taste Paradise
The stifling heat this summer has me dreaming about the ocean breezes on a tiny island 30 miles out to sea. A place where no one spends much time indoors, where cobblestone streets weave through town, where protected land — nearly 50% of the entire …
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Key West: Living With the Ghost of Hemingway
By Troy Petenbrink On this day in 1899, a legendary writer (and traveler) was born. While many cities around the world—from Paris to Cuba and Kenya to Idaho—can and do lay claim to Hemingway, the writer’s imprint is most prominent in Florida’s bohemian city of …
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This Week in Travel, Week of July 14-20, 2012
As part of the travel blog community, we like to keep a weather eye on the horizon and bring things to our readers that happened to catch our attention this week on the blogroll. We found some tips on traveling to London for the Olympics, …
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Mermaid Body Found … Not Really: Tips for Traveling Like a Mermaid
Discovery aired an Animal Planet documentary this past weekend called Mermaids: The Body Found. Unfortunately, a mermaid body has not been found, despite many internet crawlers’ assumptions. But cheer up, Ariel — here are some ways you can travel like a mermaid (and, no, it …
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Realize Your Olympic Dreams in the Caribbean
Casa de Campo Chances are, if you’ve been keeping up with the Kardashians, you know that the famous family stayed at Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic. But Casa de Campo is more than a respite for the rich and famous – as one …








