Travel

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,...

Six Mile Road in the heart of Gold Country provides a scenic drive through a canopy of trees in the town of Murphys, Calif., on May 2, 2017. In the time of coronavirus, more people are looking at car trips as opposed to flying.

Road trips are great. Except for the driving.

By The New York Times

July 28, 2020 at 12:09 p.m.

I am in the Catskills in a charming, tucked-away treehouse of an inn. My room,...

WASTE COLLECTION TECHNOLOGY IN THAILAND | Pictured: A demonstration of "Wastie Robot," a contaminated waste collection robot designed to prevent and reduce the chance of infections during the pandemic. "Wastie Robot" will be used in hospitals that are treating COVID-19 patients.

Help! My ship is supposedly still sailing, and I don’t want to be on board

By The New York Times

July 28, 2020 at 12:07 p.m.

Dear Tripped Up, I'm booked on a Cunard Line trans-Atlantic cruise in May 2021. The...

A high-tech array of travel tools: ‘Smart’ health cards, temperature-reading glasses and more

By The New York Times

July 28, 2020 at 11:04 a.m.

Three weeks into Israel's lockdown to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, Rafi Kaminer decided...

Ed Perkins on travel: Vacation rental alternative: Try a houseboat

By Ed Perkins

July 28, 2020 at 10:16 a.m.

In these days of isolation, vacation rentals have become popular as a way for a...

A photo provided by Jessica Scranton, a breakfast basket at Sesuit Harbor House on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Guests complete a questionnaire before they arrive about which breakfast items they prefer, and a personalized picnic basket is delivered each morning.

Hotels nix mints and breakfast buffets. Hand sanitizer, anyone?

By The New York Times

July 25, 2020 at 6:31 a.m.

Those hotel amenities you took for granted, like throw pillows, turndown service and free coffee...

Newport State Park

By Contributed Content

July 24, 2020 at 12:01 p.m.

Visit Wisconsin's Newport State Park for easy hikes amid the natural beauty of Door County...

Safety measures like mask wearing are an important piece of the travel industry's recovery.

Strict mask usage, consistent safety measures paramount to travel’s recovery

By Patrick Clark

July 23, 2020 at 3:42 p.m.

The U.S. Travel Association is confident that the industry can launch a safe and successful...

Celebrity Travel: Go away with … Rudi

By Jae-Ha Kim

July 23, 2020 at 3:36 p.m.

After participating in the reality series, "The Bachelor: Listen To Your Heart," Rudi Gutierrez is...

Rick Steves’ Europe: Venice: Piero’s boat

By Rick Steves

July 23, 2020 at 3:16 p.m.

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

Knights clash while jousting during a dinner show at Medieval Times in Kissimmee on Wednesday, July 22, 2020.

Pictures: Medieval Times during pandemic times

By Patrick Connolly

July 23, 2020 at 2:24 p.m.

Medieval Times, a Kissimmee dinner show, is back performing with a socially distanced audience and...