Travel
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A Cheapskate in Chicago
Recommendations from a city-dweller on where to find excellence in music, art, theater and food without spending a fortune.
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Airlines and Passengers Still Struggling, a Day After Global Outage
The widespread tech failure left carriers trying to recover and passengers waiting for relief, with many flights still delayed or…
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Flying Today? What You Need to Know About the Global Tech Outage.
While service is slowly recovering, flights have been delayed and canceled worldwide. Here’s information on the most affected airlines and…
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Oh, the Ordinary Places You’ll Go!
For some travelers, the big draw in a destination is not a hot new restaurant or high-end hotel. It’s the…
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Help! We Had to Sleep in the Hotel’s Breakfast Room. We Would Like a $215 Refund.
A couple arrived in New York after midnight, and a failed “contactless check-in” process and M.I.A. customer service made their…
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How to Charter a Boat
This time of year, it’s an inevitable thought: Life would be that much better out on the water. Specifically, on…
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Thinking About a Mississippi River Cruise? There’s One Big ‘If.’
Though operators are building ships, and towns are investing in landings and other infrastructure, fluctuations in the river’s flow, exacerbated…
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Wind, Hills and Range Anxiety: A 50-Mile Handcycling Adventure
The nervous energy was palpable as hundreds of bike riders, shrink-wrapped in colorful Lycra outfits, waited for the start of…
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Yale’s New President Pushed Policing as Head of Stony Brook University
In her four years at the state university, Maurie McInnis drew criticism from faculty members who said some of her…
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Bloomberg’s $1 Billion Gift for Free Medical School Applies but Not to All
A donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies will provide free tuition for Johns Hopkins medical students, if their families make less than…