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By: Clemento

Clemento — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:12:19 +0000

Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.

By: Consumer Reviews

Consumer Reviews — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:33:15 +0000

Pretty sweet looking hotel and a nice pool. Plus, the casino for some nighttime fun
-Jack

By: Cora

Cora — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:56:25 +0000

Looks like they got rid of Andy Laucius already. He is gone from the management page. Just as they shipped.

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By: Kevin Schumacher

Kevin Schumacher — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:44:00 +0000

I found several grammatical errors in this review, such as: “the site will also generated” and “travel industry has a whole is”.

These errors create doubt in my mind as to whether the writer is educated in journalism.

Please proofread. Thank you.

By: Friends

Friends — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:02:29 +0000

Give me 6 millions!!!! I too will spend it at different hotels in Aruba, taking thousands of pictures of course.

By: T

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:15:28 +0000

^^^^^^ some one seems a little upset about a missed opportunity

By: M K

M K — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:50:25 +0000

We passed on this deal. Looks like Bain needs a write-off. Shame they can’t enjoy spending $6mm in T&E themselves.

By: Rammi

Rammi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:30:09 +0000

Found the website very easy to understand. Great design work. It can be a leader in the travel industry with more creative work and reviews!!

By: A. Magee

A. Magee — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:50:00 +0000

I don’t understand why anybody would want to see pictures of the showerhead, or of creams they have in the bathroom.

Since they are “undercover”, they probably stay in only one room. But what about the junor suite vs. the double room with a view vs. the single room without a view? What about the North side vs. the West side of the building?

It seems their approach is difficult to scale. By reporting feedback from dozens (or hundreds) of customers, I would think that other websites are in a better position to provide a more complete (and neutral) view?

Perhaps they’ll add that too, though!

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By: Jo Spangle

Jo Spangle — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:10:18 +0000

How do they manage to take so many of photos of different rooms (beyond the one they are staying in) without anyone being suspicious? Presumably a member of staff has to show them round and wouldn’t they think it rather strange that they were taking photos of everything from the minibar to the toilet.

By: Joerg Stengel

Joerg Stengel — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:21:33 +0000

From the oyster FAQ. Seems to be a bit of an contradiction:

“We act as undercover guests and are not given any sort of special treatment. ”

And a few lines further down:

“All Oyster.com reporters are full-time employees who’ve proven they have sharp eyes, extensive travel experience, critical minds, and excellent writing skills. All of our reporters travel to the hotels we cover and base their coverage on firsthand experience. We are so proud of the team we’ve assembled that we made a page just for them. ”

Including a link to http://www.oyst...bout/reporters/ with names, pictures and bios of all the “undercover agentes”.

Tip for hotel operators in Aruba etc: Print that site and pin it at the check-in desk

By: Vladimir

Vladimir — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:12:47 +0000

I fail to understand what is the value added by offering hundreds of pictures of a swimming pool (perhaps they should sell their photos to hotels?).

Actual user comments / ratings would be more useful. A review by a single journalist isn’t very representative. That’s where Amazon, Expedia, and TravelAdvisor shine.

If Oyster added that, they could become a leader in their industry. I have to say the name is cool.

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By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:57:08 +0000

For the hotels i checked out each had 200+ 300+ 400+ 500+ pictures of the hotel grounds. How can you say they got the pictures from the hotel when expedia and hotels.com get their pictures from the hotels and they only get 10 pictures for the entire hotel. They got 50 just for the pool.

By: Philipp Gladkov

Philipp Gladkov — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:30:17 +0000

6.4 M on what? Unless oyster books hotels by itself it will in deadpool soon. And what about apartment rental reviews?

By: n

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:38:35 +0000

Will someone at Techcrunch please ip check Bobby, Marcelo, Gimi, and Loo? I’ll bet this is all the same lame person. All posted within 12 minutes of each other. If true, I say name and shame.

Lame asses!