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16 Most Outrageously Misleading Hotel Ads (PHOTOS, POLL)

First Posted: 06/23/10 05:30 PM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 05:50 PM ET

We love the Internet more and more every day. We stumbled upon Oyster.com, the first hotel research and shopping website dedicated to publishing the 'hotel truth': objective reviews and un-doctored photography taken by anonymous staff members. It's a great concept: an entire business set up to show people what they're getting into with their hard-earned cash. Oyster put together their top picks for worst hotel marketing/reality offenders.


Photos courtesy of Oyster.com

 
Here are Oyster.com's worst offenders. What about yours? Send us your comparison photos and we'll post them.
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MARKETING: Aqua Hotel, Miami
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This model will have a tough time going surfing in The Aqua Hotel's "pool"...
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