Travel and Vacations

May 23, 2020

Going Outside This Weekend? Don’t Freak Out

After being holed up indoors for an extended period of time, perhaps you’re feeling the itch to peer outside: to explore the world beyond the radius […]
May 21, 2020

Yes, Jersey Shore Beaches Are Reopening. Here’s How They’re Doing It.

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. — One lifeguard will sit perched on a tall wooden chair. Two others, maintaining distance, will stand sentinel on the beach below. […]
May 11, 2020

They Fled the Coronavirus. Now They’re in Scenic Limbo.

The day before Megan LeCrone, a soloist dancer with the New York City Ballet, turned 36, she got an urgent call from her longtime friend and […]
May 4, 2020

Dogs in Chernobyl and Sheep in Scotland: Sampling Airbnb’s Online Experiences

In the Great Lockdown, two-way video has become our primary social channel. Meetings, parties, concerts, music lessons, exercise classes: Any interactions that can be adapted to […]
April 29, 2020

Drawing Places, Capturing Memories

Mountains, clouds, shadows receding; a few minutes of pencil on paper and John had caught the moment’s essence while the rest of us scrabbled to take […]
April 26, 2020

How to Make an Illustrated Map in 8 Steps

Travel and travel planning are being disrupted by the worldwide spread of the coronavirus. For the latest updates, read The New York Times’s Covid-19 coverage here. […]
April 18, 2020

The Seas as the Ultimate Coronavirus Isolation? Not. So. Fast.

Simon and Carla Fowler are anchored in their catamaran about 650 feet off a deserted beach in the Bahamas, and they have a message for anyone […]
April 14, 2020

52 Places, Virtually

When we published our list of 52 places to visit in 2020 three months ago, no one could have guessed how much our world would change. […]
April 8, 2020

Hotels Open as ‘Comforting Refuge’ for Health Care Workers

Days after closing for the first time in its 200-year-history, Claridge’s, the storied luxury hotel in London’s Mayfair district reopened on April 3 to 40 doctors, […]
April 6, 2020

What the Caribou Taught Me About Being Together, and Apart

Over the past week, as each thread of our ordinary existence unravels and travel feels like something we used to do, I’ve been holding tight to […]