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,...

Shoppers outside Trader JoeÕs in Winter Park, Fla., stand in line under shade tents for social distancing as the number of shoppers inside is limited in response to the coronavirus crisis, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Shoppers are stocking up on groceries and supplies on the eve of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' statewide coronavirus stay-at-home order, which takes effect at midnight Thursday. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Coronavirus impact by the numbers: Economy, travel trends and more

By Patrick Connolly

April 10, 2020 at 2:34 p.m.

As many across the United States and world experience widespread disruptions due to COVID-19, social...

My cruise line canceled, but is my travel insurance policy refundable? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.

By King Features Syndicate

April 10, 2020 at 4:00 a.m.

Last October, I purchased a travel insurance policy through Travel Guard for a Regent Seven...

Ships travel along the Mississippi River in New Orleans, one of the ports for the upcoming Viking Mississippi vessel.

Viking plans to launch Mississippi River cruising in 2022

By Theresa Norton

April 10, 2020 at 1:01 a.m.

Viking plans to launch an all-inclusive, 386-passenger river ship on the Mississippi River in August...

All is quiet at the parking plaza entrance to DisneyÕs Animal Kingdom as Walt Disney World enters its second week of being shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, photographed Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Visit the Grand Canyon, Eiffel Tower and Niagara Falls from your couch

By Patrick Connolly

April 10, 2020 at 2:32 p.m.

It's a gray, rainy afternoon at the Eiffel Tower and a sunny, hazy dawn at...

The area for TSA screening of travelers at JFK airport's Terminal 1 is relatively empty on March 13, 2020, in New York. The coronavirus outbreak is hitting the airline industry hard.

US seeing fewest airline passengers since 1950s as coronavirus halts travel

By Associated Press

April 10, 2020 at 2:01 p.m.

The number of Americans getting on airplanes has sunk to a level not seen in...

Evelyn Okorie, sits outside her apartment, in the south east side, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. She had planned to travel to different places this year, but coronavirus has changed that, and she is now trying to cancelled her flights. United recently refund it her money for a a Miami flight. Abel Uribe/baiduhai

‘Airlines are playing games’: The fight to get refunds for coronavirus-canceled flights

By Lori Rackl

April 14, 2020 at 12:53 p.m.

The new coronavirus has brought travel to a near standstill, wreaking havoc on passengers and...

There are many ways to virtually celebrate Zoo Lovers Day on April 8.

Visit the zoo virtually for Zoo Lovers Day

By Kathleen Christiansen

April 10, 2020 at 1:17 p.m.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced many zoos to close their doors to visitors, which means...

WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I RECENTLY TRAVELED AND GOT SICK? | If you're feeling sick, whether you've recently traveled or not, the CDC recommends staying home, staying in touch with your doctor, limiting contact with other people (and pets) in your home and looking out for these emergency warning signs: trouble breathing, persistent pain or pressure in the chest, confusion and bluish lips or face. You can find full guidelines for those who are sick <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html">here</a>.

Struggling Napa wineries offer deep discounts and virtual tastings

By Bloomberg News

April 7, 2020 at 10:39 a.m.

Spring has arrived in California's idyllic Napa Valley. The buds emerging from dormant vines signal...

Travel patterns show sharp split, swayed by stay-at-home orders

By New York Times

April 7, 2020 at 10:37 a.m.

Stay-at-home orders have nearly halted travel for most Americans, but people in Florida, the Southeast...

In this Nov. 25, 2016, photo, fish swim along the edges of a coral reef off Great Keppel Island in Australia. The government agency that manages Australia's Great Barrier Reef on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, downgraded its outlook for the corals' condition from "poor" to "very poor" due to warming oceans. (Dan Peled/AAP Image via AP)

Great Barrier Reef is bleaching again. It’s getting more widespread.

By The New York Times

April 9, 2020 at 2:11 p.m.

SYDNEY — When Terry Hughes surveyed the Great Barrier Reef four years ago from a...