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,...

Planes from Brussels Airlines sit idle on the tarmac at Brussels Airport in Brussels, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Hard-hit by the coronavirus crisis, Brussels Airlines unveiled Tuesday a cost-cutting plan that will result in the reduction of 25 percent of its workforce. The Lufthansa subsidiary, which employs 4,000 people, has suspended its flights as a result of the pandemic, which has put much air travel to a halt. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

If airlines are suffering, why are some planes so full?

By The New York Times

May 12, 2020 at 11:21 a.m.

Just a few weeks ago, people were posting photos and stories on social media of...

The first signs of travel’s return? Top tourist destinations share plans for reopening

By New York Times

May 12, 2020 at 9:50 a.m.

Here is a look at 10 top tourist destinations and the beginnings of their plans...

Column: The coronavirus will create a new kind of tourist

By Bloomberg News

May 11, 2020 at 12:23 p.m.

Eventually more lockdowns will ease and public life will become somewhat safer, even though a...

FILE -- Aboard a nearly empty United Airlines flight from Chicago to New York, April 18, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. With much of the world closed for business, and no widely available vaccine in sight, it may be months, if not years, before airlines operate as many flights as they did before the crisis.

The airline business is terrible. It will probably get even worse.

By The New York Times

May 11, 2020 at 10:26 a.m.

Delta Air Lines started 2020 celebrating what it said was the most successful year in...

A young visitor, wearing face masks, waves as she enters the Disneyland theme park in Shanghai as it reopened, Monday, May 11, 2020. Visits will be limited initially and must be booked in advance, and the company said it will increase cleaning and require social distancing in lines for the various attractions.(AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

Shanghai Disneyland reopens with anti-virus controls

By Associated Press

May 11, 2020 at 9:07 a.m.

SHANGHAI (AP) — Visitors in face masks streamed into Shanghai Disneyland as the theme park...

Visitors walk at the Disneyland theme park in Shanghai, China, as it reopened after the coronavirus closure, Monday, May 11, 2020. Visits will be limited initially and must be booked in advance, and the company said it will increase cleaning and require social distancing in lines for the various attractions.(AP Photo/Si Chen)

Pictures: Shanghai Disneyland reopens after coronavirus shutdown

By Contributed Content

May 19, 2020 at 1:44 p.m.

Shanqhai Disneyland is the first of Disney's parks to reopen around the world after the...

SOUTH DAKOTA | Total WalletHub score: 35.7
| Dependency on travel and tourism industry rank: #26
| Aggressiveness against coronavirus rank: #51

South Dakota is seeing a 70% drop in visitor spending during the pandemic, according to comments made by Yankton Convention & Visitor's Bureau director Kasi Haberman. However, its state parks are still open, which is helping insulate some tourism markets from the financial impact of the coronavirus.

States hit hardest by COVID-19’s impact on tourism

By Joni Sweet

January 19, 2021 at 12:35 p.m.

Travelers in 2019 spent $1.1 trillion in the U.S., generating some $2.6 trillion in economic...

The topic of travel refunds is a big deal and there's lots of confusion and contradictory information out there.

Help! My flight was canceled and I still can’t get a refund

By The New York Times

May 9, 2020 at 7:54 a.m.

Dear Tripped Up, In September 2019 B.C. — "before coronavirus" — my family and I...

An Amtrak officer wears a protective mask while checking passengers boarding the train at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center amid coronavirus physical distancing restrictions in Santa Ana, Calif., on April 9, 2020.

Travel during the pandemic: 7 things you need to know

By Catharine Hamm

May 8, 2020 at 3:37 p.m.

Travel has changed since the global pandemic began its trip around the world. Don't despair;...

After the coronavirus: Your next road trip may look like this

By Catharine Hamm

May 8, 2020 at 3:25 p.m.

Few things having to do with travel will be unchanged in the post-coronavirus world, but...