At the Swann auction, a 1927 Santa Fe poster (left) is estimated from $8,000 to $12,000, and a 1951 poster advertising the wonders of New York carries an estimate of $2,000 to $3,000.

Vintage travel posters showed idyllic getaways with bold graphics: scenes of sunny California, underwater adventures teeming with marine life, and the crisp Alps covered in snow. But with climate ...

Some of the posters go back as late as the 1890s. Many are valued at over a $1,000 – the most expensive is a travel promotion for Atlantic City valued between $10,000 and $15,000.

This week, the industry group Airlines for America announced that they’re projecting a record-high 234.1 million passengers would travel on a U.S. airline this summer, between June 1 and Aug. 31 ...