Oyster.com

Expert hotel reviews and millions of honest photos from Oyster investigators

Oyster.com investigates thousands of hotels around the globe to bring you honest, comprehensive hotel photography, stunning 360-degree panoramas, and in-depth, expert reviews. Our app makes it easy for you to search and filter for your perfect hotel, compare prices from dozens of booking engines, browse by concept (kid-friendly, romantic, value, boutique...), or get ideas for your trip by reading our journalistic travel stories.

We uncover the truth, before it's "uh-oh" time. Because you can't return a bad vacation.

-More than 7 million undoctored, high-quality hotel photos taken by our expert investigators

-Incredible 360-degree panoramas

-Tons of photos of every single hotel, showing every detail, from the pool loungers to the bathrooms

-Journalistic hotel reviews that give you the pros and cons of every property

-Powerful search to let you filter by rating, price, amenities, neighborhoods, and more

-Price compare tool to find you the best rate from dozens of booking engines

-Award lists ranking our top picks for each destination in multiple categories, including luxury, kid-friendliness, value, and romance, curated by our editors

-Travel guides with beautiful, inspiring photography

-Entertaining travel stories to help you get ideas for your trip

-28,000 hotels visited in nearly 100 countries, and 1,000 more hotels visited each month

-Highly usable interactive maps for every destination

-Clickable hearts to save your favorite hotels for later