--- title: Hillary Clinton Like High-Class Travel and Lodging for Speeches description: Amid recent scrutiny of high speaking fees canonical: https://time.com/3136257/hillary-clinton-speeches-travel/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-18T14:56:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:37.168Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Like High-Class Travel and Lodging for Speeches og:description: Amid recent scrutiny of high speaking fees og:url: https://time.com/3136257/hillary-clinton-speeches-travel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt367e82d9f012e60c/69869fe6cd804dcefaccc633/hillary-clinton4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings In New York City - July 30, 2014 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Like High-Class Travel and Lodging for Speeches twitter:description: Amid recent scrutiny of high speaking fees twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt367e82d9f012e60c/69869fe6cd804dcefaccc633/hillary-clinton4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Likes to Stay in the 'Presidential Suite' When She Travels > Sponsored content. 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Hillary Clinton is on tour to promote her new book “Hard Choices.” On The Daily Show Tuesday night, however, Jon Stewart pointed out everyone just wants to know if she’s running for President in 2016, and Clinton offered her strongest hints yet._ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Aug 18, 2014 2:56 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton is seen arriving at The Carlyle Hotel on July 30, 2014 in New York City. Hillary Clinton is seen arriving at The Carlyle Hotel on July 30, 2014 in New York City. Alessio Botticelli—GC Images/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Aug 18, 2014 2:56 PM UTC Hillary Clinton isn’t President yet, but she like staying in the presidential suite of the luxury hotels she frequents, [according to a new report](http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/high-fashion-expense-hillary-travel). The former Secretary of State’s team lays out her travel preferences in documents obtained by the Las Vegas _Review Journal_ ahead of a scheduled October fundraiser for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation. The documents also reveal that Clinton, who is mulling a potential 2016 presidential bid, has been guaranteed a $225,000 speaker’s fee for the event. Clinton has been under scrutiny in recent months for her lucrative speaking fees. When she travels, the _Review Journal_ reports, Clinton also requests that travel costs be included and that she have access to a round-trip chartered jet for her and much of her staff. She typically wants a Gulfstream 450 jet or something larger, a stay in the presidential suite of a hotel of her choice, and nearby accommodations and meals for her staff. \[[_Las Vegas Review Journal_](http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/high-fashion-expense-hillary-travel)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3136257/hillary-clinton-speeches-travel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3136257/hillary-clinton-speeches-travel/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Likes to Stay in the 'Presidential Suite' When She Travels","datePublished":"2014-08-18T14:56:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:41:37.168Z","description":"Amid recent scrutiny of high speaking fees","url":"https://time.com/3136257/hillary-clinton-speeches-travel/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Wealth","Clinton"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt367e82d9f012e60c/69869fe6cd804dcefaccc633/hillary-clinton4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt367e82d9f012e60c/69869fe6cd804dcefaccc633/hillary-clinton4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings In New York City - July 30, 2014","caption":"Celebrity Sightings In New York City - July 30, 2014","creditText":"Alessio Botticelli—GC Images/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3136257/hillary-clinton-speeches-travel/","name":"Hillary Clinton Likes to Stay in the 'Presidential Suite' When She Travels"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hillary Clinton On The Daily Show: ‘I’d Kind Of Like A Home Office’","description":"Hillary Clinton is on tour to promote her new book “Hard Choices.” On The Daily Show Tuesday night, however, Jon Stewart pointed out everyone just wants to know if she’s running for President in 2016, and Clinton offered her strongest hints yet.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LKoAIKYK/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-16T12:08:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/LKoAIKYK.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3136257/hillary-clinton-speeches-travel/","duration":"PT1M25S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3136257/hillary-clinton-speeches-travel/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```