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,...

National parks may become latest battleground in reopening

By New York Times

July 17, 2020 at 2:26 p.m.

As locked-down Americans clamor to return to the outdoors and families seek out safe vacations...

Guests walk past the Millennium Falcon in the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge attraction on the second day of the re-opening of Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Thursday, July 16, 2020. All four of Disney's Florida parks are now open, including Epcot, the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom, with limited capacity and safety protocols in place in response to the coronavirus pandenmic. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Pictures: Disney’s Hollywood Studios reopens after coronavirus hiatus

By Contributed Content

July 17, 2020 at 3:40 p.m.

Guests visit Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World on the second day of the...

Go away with … Maggie Szabo

By Jae-Ha Kim

July 16, 2020 at 3:34 p.m.

Maggie Szabo takes her work on the road. Literally. The Canadian singer-songwriter has penned songs...

In this photo taken on Saturday, May 9, 2020, a street with closed bars that's normally swarming with vacationers as the tourism season kicks off, stands empty in the popular Cyprus seaside resort village of Ayia Napa. This Mediterranean resort town has an international reputation for boisterous parties popular with the young foreigners who provide its economic lifeblood. But the coronavirus has rendered Ayia Napa quiet during a lockdown of the island nation of Cyprus, and nightclub owners wonder when social-distancing rules will be eased enough for the party to resume.

Rick Steves’ Europe: Bruges: Pickled in gothic

By Rick Steves

July 16, 2020 at 11:27 a.m.

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

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has begun recommending that people wear cloth masks when out in public, particularly in high-risk areas or in situations where social distancing is not possible. It's important to know how to do so in a manner that is effective, however, and this guide will help inform you on how to properly wear a face mask.

Homesick student cycles from Scotland to Greece during the pandemic

By The New York Times

July 16, 2020 at 10:33 a.m.

LONDON — Nearly a month into the coronavirus lockdown, Kleon Papadimitriou, a Greek student in...

Sebastian Inlet State Park provides a coastal camping escape on Wednesday, July 15, 2020.

Camping’s comeback: People are vacationing in tents, RVs amid social distancing

By Patrick Connolly

July 21, 2020 at 2:28 p.m.

Amid the beautiful backdrop of Yellowstone National Park, Walt Disney World performer Carol Stein hauled...

The new Mac & Cheese marketplace inside the World ShowPlace during the Taste of Epcot International Food & Wine Festival features four types of mac and cheese, including the Gourmet Macaroni and Cheese with Boursin garlic and fine herbs cheese topped with herbed panko for $4.50.

Taste of Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2020

By Kathleen Christiansen

September 1, 2020 at 3:40 p.m.

The Taste of Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, a modified event that celebrates the...

Would-be passengers hurl water bottles, shoes and storm the gate at Spirit Airlines in Fort Lauderdale | Video

By Eileen Kelley

July 16, 2020 at 11:01 a.m.

Three women bound for Philadelphia landed in a Broward County jail Tuesday evening after hurling...

A plane taxis outside the NetJets hangar at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio.

The rich are flying again — from the comfort of their private jets

By Hugo Martin

July 15, 2020 at 3:26 p.m.

The pandemic has sent demand for commercial airline flights into a tailspin, but business is...

Six Mile Road in the heart of Gold Country provides a scenic drive through a canopy of trees in the town of Murphys, Calif., in May 2017. Results of a new Hotwire survey revealed that nearly 90% of Americans are adopting new precautions in the course of their travels this summer, including keeping their trips fairly brief, close to home and driving themselves to their destinations.

Could ‘quickie’ trips’ be the key to summertime travel in the US?

By Laurie Baratti

July 15, 2020 at 2:50 p.m.

Results of a new Hotwire survey released this week offers a glimpse inside the collective...