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The Chicago skyline backdrops the Chicago Jazz Festival at Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion on Sept. 4, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Conde Nast Traveler readers name Chicago ‘Best Big City’ for 10th year in a row

By Robert Channick

October 6, 2026 at 3:25 p.m.

Conde Nast Traveler received nearly 800,000 votes for this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, which cover...

Olivia Estrada, the on board manager, carries plates of food to the dome car for guests aboard a Patrick Henry Creative Promotions private rail car as it travels from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri, on May 19, 2026. Private train cars may seem like a relic of the past, but for some rail fans, nothing beats having — or renting — your own sleeper car. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

The quiet allure of private rail

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

October 2, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

Private rail cars traveled 429,000 miles on Amtrak in fiscal year 2025, according to the...

Cary Sabados shops for chocolate at Hotel Chocolat in Lakeview on Feb. 12, 2026. This Lakeview location, opened last April, was the first Chicago store. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago-based Hotel Chocolat going nationwide with airport concessions, grocery stores and new retail markets

By Robert Channick

September 23, 2026 at 12:37 p.m.

This fall, Hotel Chocolat will pop up at 49 airports, hit the shelves at Wegmans,...

Willis Tower and Chase Tower are lit in red on May 2, 2020.

It’s a four-peat: Chicago again voted best large city by Condé Nast Traveler readers

By Abdel Jimenez

October 6, 2020 at 2:28 p.m.

Chicago has been voted the best large city in the U.S. for the fourth year...

A Qantas flight takes off at Tullamarine Airport on July 7, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. With the coronavirus pandemic still running amok and travel restrictions in place, several airlines are catering to those still seeking to get in an airplane by running flights to nowhere.

New data says many Americans would take ‘Flight to Nowhere’

By Rich Thomaselli

October 6, 2020 at 2:17 p.m.

The "Flight to Nowhere" is becoming a phenomenon. As we previously wrote, the idea of...

Newborn dolphin swims in between mother Bree and another adult dolphin in the Dolphin Nursery pool at SeaWorld on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)

Pictures: Baby dolphin at SeaWorld

By Willie J. Allen Jr

October 28, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

Newborn dolphin born to first time mother Bree at SeaWorld on Tuesday, October 6, 2020.

Airbnb closed my account. Am I locked out forever? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.

By Christopher Elliott

October 6, 2020 at 11:27 a.m.

Airbnb closed Laurel Moad's account without explanation. Is there a way to get back into...

WAIT FOR A SPORTING EVENTS | <a href="https://www.theactivetimes.com/extreme-weather-pro-sports-athletes"target="_blank">Pro athletes have endured a lot</a> for the sake of the game, however this global health pandemic has upended the spring and summer sporting season. Currently, Major League Baseball has not announced a ticket refund policy, and the league intends to play as many games as possible when the season begins. The NHL and NBA have both been similarly mum on refund policies as they navigate the possibility of a season with empty stands and stadiums.

Ed Perkins on Travel: Is there a travel adviser in your future?

By Ed Perkins

October 5, 2020 at 10:41 a.m.

For any upcoming trips, many of you will turn to a travel adviser to help...

Celebrity Travel: Go away with … Issac J. Bailey

By Jae-Ha Kim

October 1, 2020 at 2:17 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "A riot is the language of the unheard." In...

Rick Steves’ Europe: The Queen’s English

By Rick Steves

October 1, 2020 at 2:17 p.m.

As we've had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly...

The Main Street Philharmonic marching band performs in the Magic Kingdom on Sept. 30. That day, Walt Disney Co. announced they are laying off 28,000 employees in the U.S. due to the downturn in visitors to their parks and resorts caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Walt Disney World crowds are historically low, but ride wait times grow, expert says

By Gabrielle Russon

October 6, 2020 at 1:53 p.m.

Gone are those days in July when it was just you and Cinderella Castle at...

Ski, party, seed a pandemic: The travel rules that let COVID-19 take flight

By The New York Times

October 1, 2020 at 11:23 a.m.

ISCHGL, Austria — They came from across the world to ski in the most famous...

Ski, party, seed a pandemic: The travel rules that let COVID-19 take flight

By New York Times

October 1, 2020 at 11:22 a.m.

When the coronavirus emerged in China in January, the World Health Organization didn't flinch in...