Travel and Vacations

August 21, 2020

Frank Sinatra Slept Here, and So Can You

For an evening to a month at a time, at prices ranging from about $70 to $4,200 a night, online rental platforms offer anyone a chance […]
August 20, 2020

Hunting for Glass Orbs on Block Island

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. — In a forest here, Katie Hall and members of her extended family were dangling her mother’s bra into a hollowed-out tree trunk […]
August 19, 2020

Why Work From Home When You Can Work From Barbados, Bermuda or … Estonia?

When Lamin Ngobeh, a high-school teacher at the Freire Charter School in Wilmington, Del., saw a social media post last month about working remotely in Barbados […]
August 4, 2020

Forget Spas and Bars. Hotels Tout Housekeeping to Lure Back Travelers.

When Beau Phillips checked into a hotel near Toledo recently, a table in front of the counter barricaded him from getting too close to the clerk, […]
July 30, 2020

Afraid of Airlines? There’s Always the Private Jet

Lexi Shangraw, a San Francisco resident, flew to Phoenix in early March for what was supposed to be a brief visit. But when lockdowns started, she […]
July 7, 2020

Hostels Try to Adapt for the Covid-19 Era

On any given night at The MadHouse hostel in Prague, as many as 30 guests and staff would sit together for a family meal. Songs from […]
July 6, 2020

Living With Your Desk Mates

This spring, as the months of quarantine dragged on and Taylor Mecham’s three roommates left their Lower East Side apartment to stay with family outside the […]
June 18, 2020

Help! It’s Been Months. I’m Still in a Travel Mess.

I’ve received thousands of emails from Times readers since the coronavirus put the brakes on travel in mid-March. And if there’s one thing that’s obvious, it’s […]
June 3, 2020

The Most Important Word in the Hospitality Industry? ‘Clean’

In February, news from the Wynn Las Vegas included plans for Valentine’s Day (among the offerings: a “Lover’s Menu for Two”) and National Margarita Day (four […]
June 1, 2020

Finding Euphoria in Bangkok’s Food Scene

With travel restrictions in place worldwide, we’ve launched a new series, The World Through a Lens, in which photojournalists help transport you, virtually, to some of […]