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,...

Southwest Airlines planes are parked March 17, 2020, at gates at Midway Airport in Chicago. The airline reported financial results April 28, posting its first quarterly loss in nearly 10 years.

Southwest posts quarterly loss, warns ‘no material improvement’ in air travel ahead

By Associated Press

April 28, 2020 at 2:58 p.m.

Southwest Airlines posted its first quarterly loss in nearly a decade and said Tuesday that...

Gino, the patriarch of the western lowland gorilla troop, might be enjoying the solitude while Animal Kingdom is closed, Penning says.

Disney: The care and feeding of (closed) Animal Kingdom

By Dewayne Bevil

April 28, 2020 at 3:54 p.m.

It can be fun to daydream about animals taking over Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park...

Column: Why I’ll keep booking vacations even though it doesn’t make sense to fly for fun now

By Charlotte Observer

April 24, 2020 at 1:20 p.m.

Though I fully recognize there are much more pressing issues in the world right now,...

Guests cheer as Mickey Mouse and friends make a surprise appearance on Main Street USA, in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, in the final minutes before the park closed, Sunday night, March 15, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Walt Disney World announced that all their Florida parks will be closed for the rest of March as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Disney World, Disneyland may not be the same post-coronavirus. Here’s what could change

By Devoun Cetoute

April 24, 2020 at 1:20 p.m.

As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leads a Re-Open Florida Task Force and says the state...

Is travel insurance refundable after coronavirus cancellation? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.

By King Features Syndicate

April 28, 2020 at 2:44 p.m.

I had a tour of Moscow and St. Petersburg booked for April with Road Scholar....

Go Away With … Adam Rodriguez

By Jae-Ha Kim

April 21, 2020 at 3:01 p.m.

Adam Rodriguez is known for his long-time roles on shows such as "Criminal Minds" and...

In this Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 photo, a statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse is seen in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Florida tourism officials say cases of the new coronavirus are having little visible impact on the theme park industry so far. Disney officials said in a statement that extra hand sanitizers were being placed throughout its four parks and more than two dozen hotels. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Florida tourism industry plans to ease into reopening

By Associated Press

April 21, 2020 at 3:01 p.m.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's tourism and hospitality industry should reopen from the coronavirus...

Late night commuters ride a bus in Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday, April 19, 2020. Starting April 18, wearing a face mask is mandatory for bus travelers, to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Global tourism industry may shrink by more than 50% due to the pandemic

By Associated Press

April 21, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and...

Business travel has stopped. No one knows when it will come back.

By The New York Times

April 21, 2020 at 10:52 a.m.

Business travel worldwide has basically come to a standstill in the coronavirus pandemic. When it...

Business travel has stopped. No one knows when it will come back.

By The New York Times

April 21, 2020 at 10:07 a.m.

In a survey taken earlier this month by the Global Business Travel Association, a trade...