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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,...

No hot water in my vacation rental — and no refund. Travel Troubleshooter Investigates

By King Features Syndicate

July 15, 2020 at 2:24 p.m.

There's no hot water in Wayne Morse's London vacation rental. Who should cover the cost...

Guests arrive to attend the official re-opening day of Epcot at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Wednesday, July 15, 2020. All four of DisneyÕs Florida parks are now open, including Hollywood Studios, the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom, with limited capacity and safety protocols in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Pictures: Disney’s Epcot reopens after coronavirus hiatus

By Joe Burbank

July 16, 2020 at 9:29 a.m.

Scenes from the official re-opening day of Epcot at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena...

In this Monday, April 27, 2020, photo provided by Vince Warburton, passengers get off an American Airlines flight airplane after they landed at Los Angeles International Airport. JetBlue requires passengers to wear face makes during flights, and Frontier Airlines says it will too, but face coverings are strictly optional on most airlines. American Airlines said it will start providing masks for passengers who want them. (Vince Warburton via AP)

On some planes, empty rows while passengers crowd together

By The New York Times

July 15, 2020 at 11:17 a.m.

On a June 30 flight on American Airlines from Dallas to Newark, New Jersey, Joy...

People explore the Nature Boardwalk in Lincoln Park on May 13, 2018.

Take a dog-friendly staycation in Chicago — with good-boy outings and room service included

By Louisa Kung Liu Chu

July 15, 2020 at 4:00 a.m.

You and your work-from-home canine companion have earned a vacation. So take a dog-friendly staycation...

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.

Best guess on when business travel will recover? It could be years

By The New York Times

July 15, 2020 at 8:19 a.m.

While business travel evaporated in a flash when the coronavirus hit, it may take two...

As people have had to cancel trips and hotel bookings, the demand for hotels has naturally declined.

Help! I’m owed a refund, but the hotel owner refuses to budge

By The New York Times

July 14, 2020 at 11:15 a.m.

Dear Tripped Up, My wife and I were supposed to attend a wedding in Sonoma...

I’m a U.S. citizen. Where in the world can I go?

By The New York Times

July 14, 2020 at 11:13 a.m.

Even as many countries remain off-limits to American visitors because of the high rate of...

The Deer Path Inn in Lake Forest came in at No. 1 on Travel + Leisure's list of best resort hotels in the Midwest.

Lake Forest’s Deer Path Inn is No. 1 among Travel + Leisure’s top 10 Midwest resorts

By Darcel Rockett

July 13, 2020 at 6:05 p.m.

Remember how life was pre-COVID-19? So does Travel + Leisure Magazine. The publication known for...

Across southern Europe, in places where tourism drives much of the economy, officials are weighing how to entice travelers to come back, even while the pandemic remains a threat. Juggling the sometimes-competing needs of health and business, authorities are introducing measures to reassure visitors that taking a holiday is safe again.

The post-pandemic hotel looks a lot like a cruise ship

By Bloomberg

July 13, 2020 at 10:51 a.m.

If you've ever sailed aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise, a song lurks deep within your...

Ed Perkins on travel: Air travel: Where do we go from here?

By Ed Perkins

July 13, 2020 at 10:31 a.m.

Anybody who says, in mid-2020, they have a firm fix on the future of air...