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,...

A hot spring pool Conundrum Hot Springs near Aspen, Colorado.

7 steamy hot springs in Colorado

By Katie Coakley

April 2, 2021 at 3:57 p.m.

There's nothing more relaxing than sinking into a natural hot spring after a long day...

Beware of post-pandemic travel ‘gotchas’ as the world reopens

By Ed Perkins

April 2, 2021 at 3:44 p.m.

Right now, travel seems to be on a roll: Almost everyone in the industry is...

Rick Steves’ Europe: Laz-pitality in Northeastern Turkey

By Rick Steves

April 2, 2021 at 3:41 p.m.

I'm in northeastern Turkey, the world's top hazelnut-producing region and home of the Laz people....

Reduce or eliminate plastics from your travels by packing these items

By Lauren David

April 2, 2021 at 3:39 p.m.

Traveling more sustainably sounds great, right? But it's often easier in theory than in practice....

Fully vaccinated Americans can travel within the US without testing or quarantine, according to new CDC guidelines

By Associated Press

April 2, 2021 at 3:23 p.m.

Add travel to the activities vaccinated Americans can safely enjoy again, according to new U.S....

Husband and wife Matt Pudnos and Susan Field, who drove to Quincy on March 27, 2021, to get their COVID-19 vaccines, stand together on March 30 in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago.

Destination: Vaccination. Amid confusion, Chicagoans traveling to downstate Quincy, elsewhere to get early inoculation access

By Steve Johnson

April 2, 2021 at 11:52 a.m.

The last time this riverfront city saw a major surprise influx of visitors, it was...

Supplies and record cards are prepared for employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 17, 2020 at Roseland Community Hospital on Chicago's Far South Side.

What to know about your vaccine card: Why it’s important, how to keep it safe, what happens if it’s lost and more

By The New York Times

April 2, 2021 at 11:41 a.m.

As vaccinations become more widely available for people in the United States and travel starts...

The 10 best honeymoon destinations in the US

By Lauren Dana

April 1, 2021 at 7:54 p.m.

While you may not be able to travel to a traditional honeymoon spot like Bali...

Treehouses you can stay in are popping up around the Midwest for travelers with fairy-tale fantasies or childhood nostalgia

By Joanne Cleaver

April 1, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Sunrise comes early through the windows of a treehouse seeming to levitate 20 feet above...

Help! Lufthansa canceled our tickets but kept our money

By King Features Syndicate

March 30, 2021 at 3:08 p.m.

Q: Before the pandemic, my husband, my two friends and I were supposed to join...