How much vacation did Barack Obama take in his first term?

Answer 1

By most accounts, he took between 84 and 90 days of vacation in his first four years in office. This is not an unusual amount; it is far less than several presidents, but slightly more than others. It should be noted that presidents are never truly on vacation-- they must keep in constant contact with their staff in the event that an emergency occurs and they need to take charge.

Answer 2

President Obama has mostly vacationed in Hawaii, where he spent much of his life prior to college, and where he still has relatives. He also vacationed on Martha's Vineyard, which is in Massachusetts. During his first term, President Obama visited 35 countries, according to some reports, but these were not vacations. (On several occasions, his wife and daughters joined him to do some sight-seeing, but the purpose of the president's trips was diplomatic, and not for vacation.)

Michelle Obama has also mainly taken her daughters on trips within the US, such as going skiing in Colorado. She has also taken them on several sight-seeing trips in the countries that President Obama was visiting; in addition, Mrs. Obama has visited several countries to represent the United States (as she did during the Olympics in England), but these cannot be considered vacations. The two foreign vacations Mrs. Obama took without the president were these: one when she visited Spain in 2010 with her daughters and several friends. While this was definitely a foreign vacation, she also met with several major political figures, including the King and Queen. And the other was in 2011, when she and her daughters and Marian Robinson (the "First Grandmother") went to Botswana and South Africa, and they met Nelson Mandela. It should also be noted that all modern first ladies and their children have done some traveling and sight-seeing, and there is no evidence the Obama family has taken more trips than other previous first families.