Get your heart pounding: The best hotels for adrenaline junkies

Spice up your vacation with a little adventure. These hotels have unique activities that will get your heart and give you the adrenaline fix you crave. From wild rides to death-defying dives, these attractions aren’t for the faint-at-heart.

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Feel the love: Save on rooms for a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend

Spice up this Valentine’s Day by taking that special someone to one of Oyster’s favorite romantic hotels. Sound expensive? All of these hotels are on sale this weekend, so they won’t break the bank, and they still have rooms available. So act now, pack your bags, and brace yourself for a Valentine’s Day weekend to remember!

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If you like pina coladas… (then you’ll love these great swim-up bars)

Besides being sprawling beach resorts in the Caribbean, these hotels have one very important thing in common: A spectacular swim-up bar. And while the swim-up bar is arguably the best part of being on vacation(who doesn’t love to backstroke towards their Slippery Nipple or Fuzzy Navel?), we at Oyster know that there are many factors that elevator a swim-up bar from good, to great. So below we’re taking into consideration drink quality, music, munchies – and more – to determine the absolute best Caribbean swim-up bars (apologize in advance for the not-so-hot beach bods).

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The 5 wildest waterslides on Oyster

Everyone knows a water park is only as good as its best slide, so we did a little digging and found the tallest, longest, and most heart-stopping slides on Oyster. Put on your big-boy pants, because these slides are not for the faint at heart.

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Famous scandals: The most notorious hotels in politics

Being such a powerful city, it is no wonder Washington, D.C. has seen its share of political controversy. Lucky for us, some of the juiciest scandals took place in hotel rooms. Below are some of our favorite stories to hit the newsstands.

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