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,...

New Disney Fairy Tale Weddings dresses now on sale

By Contributed Content

June 19, 2020 at 12:51 p.m.

Disney teamed up with Allure Bridals on a new collection of wedding dresses inspired by...

Masked passengers fill a Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank, Calif., to Las Vegas on June 3, with middle seats left open.

Major airlines, including United, say face mask scofflaws can’t fly. But enforcement may be tricky.

By Lauren Zumbach

June 17, 2020 at 1:50 p.m.

Airlines say they're cracking down on passengers who flout rules requiring face coverings on flights,...

From Paris to Bangkok, restaurants welcome diners again

By Associated Press

June 16, 2020 at 3:35 p.m.

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented...

Tiffany Chu poses for a portrait to promote the film "Ms. Purple" at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Go away with … Tiffany Chu

By Jae-Ha Kim

June 16, 2020 at 12:05 p.m.

Tiffany Chu plays an artificial intelligence robot named Sophie in the Twitch series "Artificial" -...

Once the private domain of royalty, Retiro Park is a festive outdoor escape with rental rowboats and great people-watching.

Rick Steves’ Europe: Feeling the pulse of Madrid

By Rick Steves

June 16, 2020 at 11:59 a.m.

Although we've had to postpone trips to Europe because of the pandemic, I believe a...

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.

In Europe, travel returns, but not confidence about what comes next

By The New York Times

June 16, 2020 at 10:47 a.m.

LONDON — Europe's internal borders, closed three months ago in a frenzy of panicked uncertainty,...

EMPTIER FLIGHTS | Not only will fewer people be flying in the immediate future, but some airlines have also begun blocking off select seats or preventing the booking of certain seats. Although this gives passengers fewer choices when selecting a seat, it ensures more distance between travelers.

How travel might look totally different after coronavirus

By Active Times

April 6, 2021 at 10:50 a.m.

If you're planning a vacation this summer, you should know that a lot has changed...

Ed Perkins on travel: Enough with the fees, already

By Ed Perkins

June 16, 2020 at 9:52 a.m.

You've already encountered the dismal "resort" fees, but how about additional "venue," "gratuity," "service," "urban,"...

At Sea World Orlando, an invited guest gets her temperature taken before attending a media preview Wednesday June10, 2020, ahead of the announced reopening to guests on Thursday. The park has been closed since March 16 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Amusement parks — including Wisconsin Dells, Cedar Point, Holiday World — cautiously reopen with face masks, social distancing

By Associated Press

June 15, 2020 at 3:46 p.m.

Hugs from Mickey Mouse are out at Walt Disney World. So is bunching up at...

Don’t plan on summer holidays in US, Fauci tells the British

By Bloomberg News

June 15, 2020 at 12:24 p.m.

A lifting of the ban on travel to the United States from Great Britain could...