Hannah Thompsett

Oyster.com

Oyster.com is one of the most comprehensive sources for independent, professional hotel reviews. Oyster's team of trained reporters visits each hotel anonymously, assessing it on more than 100 different measures – everything from best for big families to best for small dogs. The in-depth reviews are supplemented by hundreds of undoctored hotel photos. Oyster has reviewed the hotels of Miami, Jamaica, New York, Aruba, Las Vegas, Dominican Republic, US Virgin Islands, Boston, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Orlando Oyster.com employs tireless, smart, experienced travelers who have each seen and extensively evaluated dozens of hotels. Our team of full-time travel reporters evaluates each hotel based on the criteria that are most important to us as travelers. We use our findings to compare properties across vacation destinations to deliver consistent, objective appraisals