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,...

Sand Valley is a 10,000-acre golf resort in central Wisconsin that is open for its first winter with overnight guests.

Romantic getaways in Wisconsin

By Contributed Content

January 28, 2021 at 1:44 p.m.

Secluded, romantic getaways in Wisconsin are only a few hours' drive from Chicago, and a...

8 over-the-top hotel experiences for the cheesiest Valentine’s Day getaway ever

By Alex Temblador

January 27, 2021 at 4:02 p.m.

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, you may be scrambling for a fun and...

The Carnival Liberty leaves Port Canaveral, Florida, on March 9, 2020. Carnival Cruise Line said Jan. 25, 2021, it is cancelling and delaying more U.S. sailings as it continues to suffer from the pandemic's fallout.

Carnival Cruise Line cancels some voyages through April 2023 as COVID-19 continues

By Associated Press

January 26, 2021 at 9:18 a.m.

Carnival Cruise Line is canceling and delaying more U.S. trips at a time when new...

Traveling with a purpose: For some, it’s a 2021 resolution

By The New York Times

January 22, 2021 at 11:56 a.m.

Every year, John Shackelford, 26, a bicycle messenger in New York City, takes what he...

Celebrity Travel: Go away with … GG Townson

By Jae-Ha Kim

January 25, 2021 at 2:21 p.m.

GG Townson said that before she signed on to portray Salt in the Lifetime biopic,...

Rick Steves’ Europe: Fine living at a Paris market

By Rick Steves

January 25, 2021 at 2:17 p.m.

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

The travel troubleshooter: How to unlock an Airbnb account locked because of COVID-19

By King Features Syndicate

January 25, 2021 at 2:24 p.m.

Q: I had a reservation through Airbnb for a three-day stay at a property in...

CONNECTICUT | Total WalletHub score: 55.3
| Dependency on travel and tourism industry rank: #12
| Aggressiveness against coronavirus rank: #21

Tourism brings in as much as $15.5 billion in Connecticut. But with the COVID-19 crisis, it's struggling. In Downtown Mystic, for example, the Whaler's Inn closed for the first time in six decades. Around 9 in 10 people who stay at the inn are tourists.

Disneyland as a vaccination site? Airports as test centers? The travel industry pitches in

By The New York Times

January 20, 2021 at 12:42 p.m.

Five months ago, San Francisco International Airport opened the first airport rapid coronavirus testing site...

Before its creation, the Under Secretary of Commerce was responsible for handling larger federal policies for which the Federal Aviation Administration is now responsible. By 1966, the formation of the Department of Transportation was announced as a means of ensuring "a fast, safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people."

Ed Perkins on Travel: The DoT giveth — and maybe taketh away

By Ed Perkins

January 19, 2021 at 1:44 p.m.

In a flurry of lame duck activity, the outgoing Department of Transportation (DoT) has announced...

Thailand has seen a $37.504 billion loss in tourism revenue due to the ongoing pandemic.

Thailand sold itself as a paradise COVID retreat. No one came

By Bloomberg

January 19, 2021 at 12:40 p.m.

It's hard to imagine a more luxurious place to spend two weeks of quarantine than...