More and more Americans are following the first family’s lead when it comes to taking a summer vacation.
Rasmussen Reports has found that 55 percent of the country plans a summer break, finally showing some proof that the recession-weary public has pocketed enough cash to rent a beach house or go camping.
Obama has informed officials in Martha’s Vineyard that he is also planning his usual Massachusetts vacation. He is expected to spend three weeks of August in his last summer vacay of his presidency. It will be their seventh vacation on the Vineyard. The first family also plans to spend Christmas in Hawaii, and the first lady and her two daughters just returned from a trip to Spain and Morocco.
Two years ago, just 42 percent said they had taken a summer vacation, said Rasmussen. But last year that number increased to 55 percent, the same as this year.
The polling outfit said that men more than women, those under 40-years-old and married parents with children are most likely to hit the beach this summer.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
