President Obama has been accused of having double standards after appealing for Americans to sacrifice their holidays just days before his wife and children went on a costly skiing trip.
First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha are said to be on a ‘private family trip’ to Colorado for Presidents' Day Weekend.
They are staying at the upscale Sebastian Hotel on Vail Mountain, where rooms start at $650 a night and range up to more than $2,400 for multi-bedroom suites.
The trip came just days after the president tried to sell his cost-cutting budget to the American people by asking them to stay at home.
'If you’re a family trying to cut back, you might skip going out to dinner, or you might put off a vacation,’ he said.
While Mr Obama is staying put at the White House, the rest of his family headed to Colorado – rather than visiting slopes closer to Washington in Virginia or Pennsylvania - despite being criticised for taking extravagant vacations, including a trip last summer to Spain.
Cool: critics say President Obama should take less extravagant holidays
Cool: critics say President Obama should take less extravagant holidays
Mrs Obama also raised eyebrows when she left earlier than her husband for their annual Christmas holiday in Hawaii, incurring additional expenses estimated to be more than $97,000.
Although the Obamas will pay for a portion of the skiing trip, taxpayers will still shoulder many of the costs.
A motorcade of about a dozen vehicles, including at least 15 police officers, travelled from Eagle County Regional Airport to Vail on Friday night when the presidential party arrived.
Roads were temporarily closed to make way for the cavalcade.
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