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,...

Rick Steves Europe: Westminster Abbey: The soul of England

By Rick Steves

February 2, 2021 at 10:51 a.m.

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

Ed Perkins on Travel: COVID-19 Check: February 2

By Ed Perkins

February 2, 2021 at 10:50 a.m.

Nobody really knows how long it will take to get back to a "normal" travel...

Bring your own mountain bike or rent one at Sand Valley Golf Resort, near Rome, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin is for lovers: Secluded, romantic getaways are only a few hours’ drive away

By Mary Bergin

February 1, 2021 at 11:32 a.m.

A private getaway with a kiss of romance is one way to break cabin fever...

FILE - In this May 18, 2020 file photo TSA officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. Federal safety officials are investigating people who took part in last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol to decide whether they belong on the federal no-fly list. The move is one of several that officials outlined Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

TSA workers now have authority to enforce mask mandates at airport security checkpoints

By Theresa Braine

February 1, 2021 at 11:12 a.m.

Nope. That's the message that Transportation Security Administration workers are now authorized to enforce against...

Travel advisers are cautiously optimistic about the industry's comeback this year. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Travel advisers guardedly optimistic about travel’s comeback in 2021

By Claudette Covey

January 29, 2021 at 4:55 p.m.

With no concrete end in sight to the pandemic, travel advisers are nonetheless optimistic, albeit...

Celebrity Travel: Go away with … Gloria Reuben

By Jae-Ha Kim

January 29, 2021 at 4:53 p.m.

Few actresses have had as eclectic a career as Gloria Reuben. After her breakthrough role...

First lady Jill Biden and President Joe Biden exit the Inauguration Day ceremony held at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The travel industry approves of Biden's pandemic-related executive orders. (Anthony Behar/Sipa USA/TNS)

Travel industry reacts to President Biden’s new executive orders

By Patrick Clark

January 29, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.

The travel industry is responding to the latest pandemic-related executive orders issued by the White...

A selection of wines from American Airlines' new Flagship Cellars program to sell and deliver wine directly to consumers. (Courtesy American Airilnes)

With cellars overflowing, American Airlines plans to sell wine to consumers

By Dallas Morning News

January 29, 2021 at 4:29 p.m.

Can't get enough of that first-class experience? American Airlines is trying to deliver it straight...

Rick Steves’ Europe: Fine living and perfect picnics at Rue Cler

By Rick Steves

January 28, 2021 at 7:21 a.m.

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

Once a favorite destination for the rich and famous, Los Cabos has long been a vacation hot spot.

Spring break plans abroad? Here’s how to get that COVID-19 test you’ll need to come back home.

By Chris Jones

January 28, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

With fears of more virulent COVID-19 variants spreading, governments across the world are tightening travel...