Photographs: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Christmas holiday in Hawaii
Image: US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama make a Christmas Day visit to soldiers and their families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in KaneohePhotographs: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
$1 million is President's air fare
Image: US President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia enjoy 'shave ice' with family friends in Kailua, HawaiiPhotographs: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
The hotel bill is estimated at 1,34,400 dollars for 24 White House staffers staying in the Moana Hotel at a rate of 400 dollars per day.
According to the Hawaii Reporter, the cost also includes 250,000 dollars for local police overtime, a million dollars for President Obama's own round trip flight to Hawaii on Air Force One, and 10,000 dollars for a local ambulance to accompany the presidential motorcade.
The total bill remains undisclosed
Image: US President Barack Obama looks toward the ninth green as he plays golf at the Mid-Pacific Country Club in Kailua, HawaiiPhotographs: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
The costs could have been kept down
Image: A Coast Guard patrol dingy rides up the canal near the house where US President Barack Obama is staying while he is on Christmas vacation in Kailua, HawaiiPhotographs: Hugh Gentry/Reuters
The paper suggested that the costs could have been kept down. It said the president could have stayed at a military base instead of the luxury 7,000 square foot villa he has rented for 3,500 dollars a day. Obama is paying the rent himself.
The White House is insisting that the cost of the Obama holidays is in line with those of previous presidents.
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