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,...

Guests blur by on the at the Mad Tea Party spinning cups at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World, Tuesday, February 11, 2020.

What’s the Magic Kingdom’s worth? Disney World is suing over its property taxes — again

By Gabrielle Russon

June 17, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

In what's become an annual event, Disney is suing Property Appraiser Rick Singh over its...

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.

Is it safe to stay in a hotel, cabin or rental home yet?

By Associated Press

June 12, 2020 at 2:28 p.m.

(THE CONVERSATION) After nearly three months of quarantine, millions of Americans are ready to travel...

Egypt to reopen tourist destinations less hard-hit by virus

By Associated Press

June 12, 2020 at 2:28 p.m.

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will reopen select tourist destinations to international charter flights starting July...

Virus slows Dubai airport, world’s busiest for global travel

By Associated Press

June 12, 2020 at 2:27 p.m.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Perhaps nowhere is the world's lack of flights due...

As of June 6, Alabama has more than 19,700 laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus. In Montgomery County, the number of coronavirus cases has increased more than 400% from 324 in April to more than 1,700 in May, according to numbers from the city of Montgomery.

Can you social distance in a boat? Idaho rafting guides work to keep businesses afloat

By Idaho Statesman

June 12, 2020 at 2:27 p.m.

During the coronavirus pandemic, the outdoors have become a safe haven for many Idahoans. Trails...

Virus slows Dubai airport, world’s busiest for global travel

By Associated Press

June 12, 2020 at 2:01 p.m.

It is tough times for Dubai, which through long-haul carrier Emirates succeeded in building a...

Disney plans to reopen California theme parks in July

By Associated Press

June 11, 2020 at 10:37 a.m.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Disney is proposing to reopen its Southern California theme parks in...

FILE --Tourists visit the Ponte di Rialto in Venice, Italy, on June 1, 2020. Many of the 3.5 million workers in Italy whose livelihoods depend on tourism have suffered financially during the pandemic.

As Italy reopens, tour guides plead for more aid, and tourists

By The New York Times

June 11, 2020 at 10:15 a.m.

ROME — A few dozen black-clothed tour guides and tour organizers recently twirled white umbrellas...

Sea World Orlando guests don masks to ride the Mako roller coaster, in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, June 11, 2020. The park reopened on Thursday requiring guests to wear masks after having been closed since March 16 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Mako is the tallest roller coaster in Central Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Pictures: SeaWorld Orlando reopens

By Joe Burbank

July 1, 2020 at 8:53 a.m.

SeaWorld Orlando reopens on Thursday, June 11, after shutting down for months because of coronavirus.

Flying was once routine. During the pandemic, it’s a feat.

By The New York Times

March 11, 2024 at 2:05 p.m.

FRANKFURT, Germany — Last week I stepped aboard the subway in Frankfurt for the first...