![]() They also vacationed in places as diverse as French Polynesia, the Caribbean and Bali. The Obamas didn’t just hit Hawaii, though. By the time he left office, he and his family had spent eight Christmases in the Aloha State for an average two-week stay.Īs former First Lady Michelle Obama explained in a Christian Science Monitor article, visiting Hawaii over Christmas is “such an important tradition, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world.” ![]() In fact, Christmas in Hawaii was something of a tradition for the Obama family, since it’s where Barack Obama grew up. While there they ate at Buzz’s Original Steak House in Lanikai, visited the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, traipsed around Bellows Beach and teed off at the Marine Corp Base Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course. On his 2015 Christmas vacation, Obama and his family visited Hawaii, reported ABC News. About $3 million was spent on a two-day trip to Scotland in 2018.įor a president who wasn’t going to take much vacation time, he sure is racking up some pretty steep travel costs. This was on top of $17 million in costs he accrued in 2019 for 15 trips to his New Jersey golf course, and another $1 million to fly to a Los Angeles resort of his. While the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed Trump’s travel in 2020, it hasn’t stopped him from flying to Florida or his New Jersey golf course.Ī February 2020 HuffPost analysis estimated that Trump’s vacations to Mar-a-Lago - which at the time totaled 29 since he’d been in office - added up to just less than $134 million in Air Force One and Secret Service costs. ![]() The Intelligencer also reports that during Trump’s first four visits to Mar-a-Lago in 2017, the Secret Service alone spent $1.3 million per visit. As of January 2020 - three years into his term - he’d already spent 114 days at his resort in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, and 75 days at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, according to the New York Intelligencer. President Donald Trump claimed during the 2016 campaign that he wouldn’t take very many days off when he was in office, but a review of this record shows that hasn’t been the case. Estimated vacation costs (so far): $154.8 million. ![]()
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