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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,...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY | The CDC recommends that travelers avoid all nonessential international travel due to COVID-19. And as domestic flights are also discouraged amid the outbreak, the airline industry is feeling a dire impact between lost revenue, flight cancellations and waived flight change fees. In early April, more than 30,000 Delta employees volunteered for unpaid leaves, but the airline still needs more. And along with Delta, JetBlue, American and United submitted applications for government grants to avoid furloughing their employees. Based on the current climate, the Centre for Aviation predicts most airlines in the world will be bankrupt by the end of May 2020. If you still have pending flights, make sure <a href="/coronavirus/sns-how-rebook-a-trip-canceled-coronavirus-20200424-gygywxrl7ngjpe2t2tcglpbrba-photogallery.html">you know all the steps you need to take in order to appropriately cancel your trip</a>.

Worried about crowded planes? Know where your airline stands

By The New York Times

July 22, 2020 at 12:16 p.m.

As air travel has ticked up in the last month, airlines have divided into two...

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2020 file photo, people wearing masks line up for departure at Hong Kong airport in Hong Kong. An analysis of U.S. Commerce Department travel entry records and private aviation data obtained by The Associated Press shows that nearly 8,000 Chinese nationals and foreign residents of Hong Kong and Macao entered the U.S. on more than 600 commercial and private flights in the first three months after a ban was imposed on Feb. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Voices from travel’s front lines: ‘We walk in fear, we work in fear’

By The New York Times

July 22, 2020 at 12:15 p.m.

Over the past six weeks, countries across the globe have gradually begun to reopen to...

Disney World animals will be subjects of new TV show

By Dewayne Bevil

July 28, 2020 at 2:49 p.m.

The care and feeding of Walt Disney World's animal population will be the focus of...

Pandemic luxury: ‘Concierge-style’ coaches and $350 movie tickets

By The New York Times

July 22, 2020 at 10:01 a.m.

In the bedroom of her East Village, New York, apartment, Alison Mazur relaxed into her...

Pandemic luxury: ‘Concierge-style’ coaches and $350 movie tickets

By New York Times

July 22, 2020 at 9:56 a.m.

These offerings are an extension of a trend that predates the virus, an invisible velvet...

Central Florida Explorer Patrick Connolly lounges in a hammock at Rock Springs at Kelly Park.

National Hammock Day: 6 spots to relax and hang in Central Florida

By Patrick Connolly

July 23, 2020 at 2:47 p.m.

National Hammock Day is July 22, and Central Florida has no shortage of spots to...

Gov. Ned Lamont looks along the shoreline at beachgoers enjoying time at Hammonasset Beach Thursday, July 2, 2020, in Madison.

To combat surging COVID-19 cases elsewhere, Connecticut requiring quarantine for travelers from 31 states

By Emily Brindley

July 21, 2020 at 7:40 p.m.

Taking new action to restrict travel from regions of the country with surging COVID-19 cases,...

An anhinga and a great blue heron get into a little shouting match at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive on Friday, July 17, 2020.

Pictures: Animals of Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive

By Patrick Connolly

July 28, 2020 at 2:52 p.m.

Hundreds of species of birds can be seen along Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, as well...

Priceline changed my flight — can it do that? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.

By King Features Syndicate

July 21, 2020 at 2:22 p.m.

When Priceline makes a flight schedule change, Ruben Nieto tries to change it back. It...

Tourists sunbathe in a beach in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, July 16, 2020. With Europe's summer vacation season kicking into high gear for millions weary of months of lockdown, scenes of drunken British and German tourists on Spain's Mallorca island ignoring social distancing rules and reports of American visitors flouting quarantine measures in Ireland are raising fears of a resurgence of infections in countries that have battled for months to flatten the COVID-19 curve. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Vacation in the summer of COVID-19

By The New York Times

July 21, 2020 at 11:35 a.m.

Everyone the world over knows that travel has drastically changed. For many, the simple idea...