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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,...

A United Airlines plane taxis by parked jets April 14, 2020, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The airline said May 19 that it is seeing a "moderate" pickup in travel demand.

United, Southwest report signs of hope for air travel rebound

By Associated Press

May 19, 2020 at 2:35 p.m.

Air travel has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, with the number of daily airline...

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Florida Keys residents David Sloan, second from right, and Heather May Potter, right, approach a life-size sculpture of Marilyn Monroe adorned with a protective mask Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Key West, Fla. "Forever Marilyn," inspired by a famous photograph of the actress in a white dress with a blowing skirt, was crafted by the late American sculptor J. Seward Johnson and stands outside the island's Tropic Cinema. Johnson, best known for his life-size cast bronzes placed in public settings, was a part-time Key West resident. The Florida Keys are temporarily closed to visitors because of COVID-19. People in the Keys and in many other parts of the world are being advised to wear masks in public to reduce potential virus transmission. (Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)

Isolated Key West will reopen. For some people, it will be too late.

By The New York Times

May 19, 2020 at 1:17 p.m.

KEY WEST, Fla. — Heather Schrater can be found each day at the front door...

Why won’t Airbnb refund our rental? It promised it would. Travel Troubleshooter investigates.

By King Features Syndicate

May 20, 2020 at 11:09 a.m.

My husband, son and I were scheduled to stay in an Airbnb in New York...

Chocolate with caviar? With blue cheese? Here are some intriguing pairings from Lonely Planet

By Darcel Rockett

May 21, 2020 at 11:19 a.m.

Traveling isn't what it used to be. And we get that food has become more...

When will national parks reopen? Grand Canyon and others have phased plans

By Christopher Reynolds

May 19, 2020 at 4:19 p.m.

National parks in the West are starting to open their gates, and more are likely...

The Internal Revenue Service even now has listed a group of reasons for why the dollar amount of your Economic Impact Payment could be, as the IRS delicately puts it, "different than anticipated."

Superrich stranded by lockdowns face higher tax bills

By Ben Stupples

May 18, 2020 at 12:03 p.m.

Mark Davies is used to flying around the world, typically visiting Geneva and Monaco every...

Wandering a grand hotel emptied by coronavirus, and checking 1,400 taps

By The New York Times

May 18, 2020 at 11:14 a.m.

BARCELONA, Spain — Every five days, Daniel Ordoñez opens 1,400 pipe taps in a waterfront...

Wandering a grand hotel emptied by coronavirus, and checking 1,400 taps

By The New York Times

May 18, 2020 at 10:55 a.m.

When the hotel closed in mid-March as part of a nationwide lockdown to contain the...

American Airlines canceled my flight after the pandemic — where’s my refund?

By King Features Syndicate

May 18, 2020 at 3:31 a.m.

In February, I made plans for my husband and me to visit our daughter in...

Un Airbus A380 de la areolínea Emirates espera en el aeropuerto internacional de Dubái el 8 de mayo del 2020. El coronavirus hace peligrar la visión que tiene Dubái de su papel como centro neurálgico del comercio en un mundo globalizado. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Built for a global economy, Dubai now threatened by virus

By Associated Press

May 15, 2020 at 2:54 p.m.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai built a city of skyscrapers and artificial archipelagos...