Where’s the Perfect Presidential Vacation Spot?

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  07.28.10 | 4:35 PM ET

Over at McSweeney’s, Chris White looks back at the presidential vacations of yore, and wonders where—in a much-changed America—today’s presidents should go. Here’s White:

We need something isolated, like an island. But not just any island. Martha’s Vineyard is easier on the Secret Service, but it comes at a terrible price: you are known as the kind of person who vacations in Martha’s Vineyard. Public opinion takes no vacations, and you cannot be a man of the people while throwing champagne in the face of the insolent butler who smudged your boat shoes. Harry Truman had the right idea, chilling out in earthier Key West—but there was much less vomiting and public nudity in Key West those days, even when Hemingway was in town.

Last summer, our own Tom Swick had a few presidential vacation suggestions of his own. (Via @travelerlauren)

Tags: Barack Obama, Humor, Politics, Vacation, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


2 Comments for Where’s the Perfect Presidential Vacation Spot?

Hotel Santa Monica 08.01.10 | 10:26 PM ET

Great look at this issue.  Love the bit about the current state of the Keys.

ian 08.07.10 | 1:33 AM ET

not an isolated island, but maybe an exclusive resort.. with a good security for a presidential vacation.

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