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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,...

FILE -- The seaside town of Colares, Portugal, Sept. 27 2019. As countries consider reviving tourism, the calculus is complicated, involving "travel bubbles," ever-shifting timelines, virus testing and, in some cases, self-quarantines.

The new escapism: Isolationist travel

By The New York Times

June 25, 2020 at 9:50 a.m.

From taking cooking classes in the home of a local to learning traditional crafts from...

New York and two others states said on Wednesday they will ask visitors from states with high COVID-19 infections to quarantine for 14 days.

New York, Connecticut and New Jersey to tell visitors from states with high COVID-19 infections to quarantine for 14 days

By Associated Press

June 24, 2020 at 12:28 p.m.

New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will require visitors from states with high coronavirus infection...

Delta Airlines aircraft are lined up at Terminal 5 in Los Angeles International Airport on Dec. 21, 2016. Delta has overhauled how it cleans airplanes and operates at airports to attract people back to flying.

Does the 24-hour rule apply to this Sun Country Airlines ticket? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.

By King Features Syndicate

June 23, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.

Michael Kennedy books his Sun Country Airlines ticket seven days before his departure but then...

IMMUNITY PASSPORTS MAY BE ISSUED | While you <a href="https://www.theactivetimes.com/travel/us-island-vacations-no-passport">may not need a passport for every island destination</a>, you may end up being required to show a different kind of "passport" ahead of your next trip. Some governments around the world have floated the idea of issuing "risk-free certificates," often dubbed "immunity passports," to certify that a traveler has recovered from COVID-19 and tested positive for antibodies. Whether or not this will come to fruition, however, remains to be seen as the World Health Organization has advised against it based on the fact that antibody tests are still largely inaccurate.

Flip-flopping over vacation

By Lori Borgman

June 23, 2020 at 3:40 p.m.

To vacation or not to vacation, that is the question. Some say "go" and some...

7 outdoor ideas for a luxurious staycation

By Tribune Content Agency

June 23, 2020 at 3:11 p.m.

Here are some tips to help transform your home into an environment that is worthy...

Jerry Borja, left, walks out of Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport in March 2020.

LAX will try thermal cameras to spot travelers with COVID-19

By Dakota Smith

June 23, 2020 at 3:09 p.m.

Hoping to make flying safer, Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday will begin testing thermal...

Ed Perkins on travel: Honest hotel price comparisons — at last

By Ed Perkins

June 23, 2020 at 9:46 a.m.

Log onto Expedia, check the price for a room for one night at the Luxor...

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Planning for summer beach days? Docs share virus safety tips

By Kelli Kennedy

June 22, 2020 at 2:47 p.m.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Americans have never been more ready to get out of...

From inside the visitor center, a couple looks out onto a small mound, center right, at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Behind and above it, the 10-story-tall Monks Mound soars.

Discover an ancient civilization without leaving Illinois: Cahokia site has reopened with its mysterious ‘mounds’ and a view of St. Louis

By Jay Jones

June 21, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.

The towering earthen mound oddly soars amid the flat-as-a-pancake river bottoms that surround it. Standing...

Cahokia Mounds

By Stephanie Reynolds

June 19, 2020 at 4:28 p.m.

The prehistoric Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville, Illinois, reopened at the end of last month. The...