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,...

The Horizon Pool is among the amenities at Keswick Hall golf resort in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Keswick Hall)

You don’t have to play golf to enjoy staying at a golf resort and here’s why

By Sharon Nolan

April 30, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Some golf resorts offer beach access, spas or kids' activities, and many are worth their...

Yara Alfaqeeh, 20, stands along the Windsor, Ontario, Canada side of the Detroit River on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Corey R. Williams)

Canadians put off by Trump’s bluster and border arrests are booking far fewer US visits

By Rob Gillies

April 25, 2025 at 9:45 a.m.

There were more than 910,000 fewer land border crossings from Canada into the U.S. last...

The National Geographic Explorer looks small against the scenery of the Lemaire Channel. (Lindblad)

Retracing the snowy footsteps of my ancestors, who traveled to Antarctica before it became commonplace

By Caroline Eubanks

April 23, 2025 at 10:17 a.m.

My grandparents are responsible for my love of travel. This visit to Antarctica felt the...

Southwest Airlines jets parked at Midway International Airport, July 25, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Customer satisfaction with airlines drops, study finds

By Atlanta Journal-Constitution

April 22, 2025 at 1:08 p.m.

Other travel segments also saw a decline in customer satisfaction in the study, including hotels,...

A worker tests one of the cars' distinctive scissor doors at the Lamborghini factory in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, in February 2025. The cars vary in color from matte black to mac-and-cheese orange to highlighter yellow and look like spaceships. (Federico Borella/The New York Times)

Vroom! Touring Italy’s supercar factories allows you to admire, and even drive, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Ferraris

By Joseph Palmer

April 16, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Italy’s “Motor Valley” is within an hour’s drive of Bologna, making it possible to construct...

Kids play in interactive water spouts at Broadway Square in Fargo, N.D. (Fargo Park District)

You don’t know Fargo. Explore the vibrant North Dakota city that’s brimming with creativity

By Jeanine Barone

April 9, 2025 at 11:49 a.m.

Public art is the pulse of downtown Fargo, blanketing walls of alleyways and building facades....

Lobby of the Wind Creek Chicago Southland hotel in East Hazel Crest. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Wind Creek to open hotel Friday at Chicago area’s fastest-growing casino

By Robert Channick

April 10, 2025 at 12:21 p.m.

Wind Creek Chicago Southland is upping the ante Friday with the soft opening of its...

Businesses line a street in the Old City of Montevideo, near the Port Market, in Uruguay in Jan. 2025. You can't go far in Montevideo without smelling smoke from the city's many steakhouses, or parrillas, grilling meat over wood fires. (Tali Kimelman/The New York Times)

Montevideo, Uruguay: 50,000 steps in a city where the sidewalk never ends

By Mya Guarnieri

April 2, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The nearly 14-mile waterside promenade La Rambla serves as an outdoor living room for locals...

New York Vintage is a swanky vintage couture shop in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. (Mario Morgado)

Curated secondhand shopping tours in New York City help move vintage fashion forward

By Tracey Teo

March 26, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Visitors can book an appointment to try on vintage items worn by celebrities or enjoy...

A Southwest Airlines jet arrives at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix on Dec. 28, 2022.

Southwest flight almost takes off from taxiway — rather than runway — at Florida airport

By Associated Press

March 21, 2025 at 11:13 a.m.

A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway — rather than a runway...