These hotels look nothing like the photos they post on their websites

HOTELS AREN’T ALWAYS completely honest when it comes to the photos they post on their websites.

Professional reviewers from the hotel review website Oyster visited vacation properties around the world, and the photos they took didn’t quite match up with the online fantasy.

If you’re thinking of booking a warm getaway to escape the bitter winter cold, let these “photo fakeouts” serve as a cautionary tale against relying solely on hotels’ marketing materials.

Some are so egregious, you’ll think you are looking at pictures of two completely different properties.

FANTASY: Guest at the Sandals Carlyle Inn can relax on cozy lounge chairs on a beautiful white sand beach.

Source: Sandals Carlyle Inn

REALITY: The beach is actually a tiny patch of sand right off a busy street

Source: Oyster

FANTASY: At Maca Bana in Grenada, you can sip cocktails by a gorgeous pool and soak in the incredible views

Source: Maca Bana

REALITY: The tiny pool is more like the size of a bathtub

Source: Oyster

FANTASY: The AVA Hotel Athens has an incredible balcony looking right up onto the Acropolis

Source: Ava athens hotel

REALITY: It’s not actually that close

Source: Oyster

FANTASY: The Comfort Suites near Williamsburg, Virginia seems to have a spacious gym

Source: Comfort Suites Bypass

REALITY: The gym is actually a bit claustrophobic

Source: Oyster

FANTASY: Live an urban dream at the Hudson Hotel in New York

Source: Hudson Hotel

REALITY: An impossibly small living space

Source: Oyster

FANTASY: Take a romantic nighttime dip at the Los Angeles Sofitel

Source: Sofitel Los Angeles

REALITY: Because you’ll be basking in the shadow of a Macy’s in the daytime…

Source: Oyster

- Julie Zeveloff and Asta Thrastardottir

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