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,...

South Florida man arrested for spitting at Disney World security guard over mask rules

By Gabrielle Russon

March 15, 2021 at 3:29 p.m.

A 51-year-old Palm Beach man was charged with a felony after he was accused of...

SAINT HELENA | Saint Helena, known as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte's exile and death, is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 miles off the coast of Africa. Saint Helena has a population of about 6,077 and as of Nov. 11, the World Health Organization is reporting that the nation has zero cases of coronavirus.

Cardholders who ditched travel can still use their rewards points for other purchases

By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

March 15, 2021 at 10:06 a.m.

With fewer people using their rewards points for travel perks like upgrading to first class,...

Appreciating Italy’s most underrated city, Milan

By Rick Steves

March 15, 2021 at 9:57 a.m.

As we've had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly...

AARP in 2021: Good not great

By Ed Perkins

March 15, 2021 at 10:24 a.m.

AARP has featured travel discounts as a member benefit for many years, and those travel...

An entry to a nearly mile-long railroad tunnel that must be navigated to ride the Elroy-Sparta State Trail bike path.

Beer, bikes and brats on a weekend of moseying through Wisconsin’s hilly Driftless Area

By Steve Johnson

March 11, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

The first thing to know about Wisconsin's Driftless Area is it has an absolutely evocative...

Wisconsin’s Driftless Area

By Contributed Content

March 10, 2021 at 4:38 p.m.

The ice masses that scraped the land and deposited silt, clay and gravel to flatten...

The Stonewall Pride Parade in Wilton Manors, Florida, in June 2019. (Dreamstime/TNS)

The 5 most LGBTQ-friendly cities in America

By Jamie Valentino

March 9, 2021 at 2:43 p.m.

Let's be honest: Despite the unbelievable amount of progress LGBTQ Americans have fought for and...

Go away with … 3 Pairs of Boots

By Jae-Ha Kim

March 9, 2021 at 9:06 a.m.

Andrew Stern and Laura Arias said that not being able to tour to support their...

GREAT WALL OF CHINA | The Great Wall of China stretches thousands of miles across northern China and dates back as early as the third century B.C. With a virtual tour through travel agency The China Guide, you can zoom in and out, move from section to section and never wear out your shoes. An added bonus: Part of the wall is rumored to be haunted, so you don't have to worry about potential spooky sightings.

Interest in RV travel surges in US

By Janeen Christoff

March 8, 2021 at 11:14 a.m.

A lot of Americans will be traveling around in their brand-new RVs this spring and...

SHIFT TOWARDS TOUCHLESS TRAVEL | While many states are easing their social distancing guidelines, the travel industry is increasingly limiting contact between passengers and travel workers. Airlines are encouraging more widespread use of their apps for check-in and boarding, as are railroad companies such as Amtrak, which is also encouraging passengers to use "automatic door open" buttons with their foot in order to move from car to car.

EU announces plans for digital COVID-19 vaccine ‘passport’

By Lauri Baratti

March 8, 2021 at 10:38 a.m.

The European Union's rumored plans to develop a transnational "vaccine passport" are now a definite...