Secret Service hotel bookings around Ivanka Trump's Morocco visit total $93,000
Federal contracts detail spending on accommodation for security detail during a private trip.
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Secret Service hotel bookings around Ivanka Trump's Morocco visit total $93,000
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What this story says
- Federal contracting records show $93,000 spent on Secret Service hotel bookings in Morocco.
- The bookings were made around Ivanka Trump's 45th birthday visit to Marrakech.
- Two contracts, totalling $59,543 and $33,457, were issued for hotels Sofitel and La Mamounia.
- The stated cost excludes agent salaries, flights, meals, and ground transportation.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 11 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 15 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
60/100
Craft
65/100
Hype
45/100
15 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
Only 1 of the 11 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
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Federal contracting records indicate that $93,000 was spent on hotel bookings for Secret Service personnel during Ivanka Trump's visit to Morocco. The trip coincided with her 45th birthday in late October. Two contracts were issued for accommodation: one for $59,543 at the Sofitel hotel and another for $33,457 at La Mamounia.
Neither contract explicitly names Ivanka Trump, but she was reportedly the only Secret Service protectee visiting Morocco during that period. The total hotel cost of $93,000 does not include expenses such as agents' salaries, flights, meals, or ground transportation. The overall cost of the security operation remains unclear.
Disagreement on trip's purpose
IBTimes UK reported that Ivanka Trump was spotted in Marrakech on 29 October, days before her father suffered a political setback in the midterm elections. The outlet also noted her previous visits to Morocco, including an official trip in 2019 and a private holiday in 2022. Internewscast characterised the Morocco visit as a 'private retreat' and noted that Ivanka returned to the United States in time for election day. The Daily Mail stated that Ivanka Trump was spotted strolling through Marrakech days before the Republicans suffered a brutal loss in the midterms.
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated digests mention the specific details about Jared Kushner's business ventures and former White House role that were included in the full report by IBTimes UK. The right-rated digest from the Daily Mail does not include the detail from IBTimes UK that Ivanka Trump returned to the United States for the midterm elections.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 8 Nov 2026, 04:15, and will add the sides that appear.
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Ivanka Trump's Moroccan escape and Secret Service hotel bill revealed
Internewscast — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
9 rated outlets
- Left-rated reports focused on the cost of the trip to taxpayers and the timing of Ivanka Trump's visit relative to the midterm elections. Several outlets, including IBTimes UK, Crooks and Liars, Lodinews.com, The Mercury News, East Bay Times, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, and News.de, highlighted that taxpayers were footing the bill for the Secret Service accommodations. Lodinews.com, The Mercury News, and East Bay Times noted that the trip occurred shortly before the midterm elections, during which Donald Trump's party suffered a defeat. Joe.My.God. and Raw Story also mentioned Ivanka Trump's estimated wealth, contrasting it with the public expense. The New Republic's headline stated that 'American Taxpayers Just Helped Pay for Ivanka Trump’s Birthday Trip'.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The centre-rated report from Internewscast led with the revelation of the Secret Service hotel bill for Ivanka Trump's birthday trip to Morocco. It detailed the two contracts awarded for Secret Service agents' accommodation at the Sofitel and La Mamounia hotels, totalling $93,000. The report also mentioned that Trump family members are routinely classified as 'VVIPs' in the government contracting database and included a family source's defence of the protection provided.
Right
1 rated outlet
- The right-rated report from the Daily Mail focused on Ivanka Trump's 'Moroccan escape' and the revealed Secret Service hotel bill. It noted her estimated net worth and that she was seen in Marrakech days before the Republican Party's loss in the midterm elections. The report also mentioned that a family source defended the Secret Service protection, stating it is available to 'every child and grandchild of the president' and referred to alleged Iranian threats against Ivanka.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Secret Service hotel bookings around Ivanka Trump's Morocco visit total…?
- Of the 11 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 82% are rated left, 9% are rated centre, 9% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 15. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Secret Service hotel bookings around Ivanka Trump's Morocco visit total… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 11 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Secret Service hotel bookings around Ivanka Trump's Morocco visit total… biased?
- Secret Service hotel bookings around Ivanka Trump's Morocco visit total $93,000 is one event reported by 15 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Secret Service hotel bookings around Ivanka Trump's Morocco visit total…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Secret Service hotel bookings around Ivanka Trump's Morocco visit total…?
- 15 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- How much was spent on Secret Service hotel bookings in Morocco?
- Federal contracting records show $93,000 was spent on hotel bookings for Secret Service personnel during Ivanka Trump's visit to Morocco. This figure covers accommodation at two hotels, the Sofitel and La Mamounia.
- What did the $93,000 hotel booking cost exclude?
- The $93,000 figure for hotel bookings excludes expenses such as agents' salaries, flights, meals, and ground transportation. The overall cost of the security operation is therefore higher than the stated hotel expenditure.
- When did Ivanka Trump visit Morocco?
- Ivanka Trump was reportedly in Marrakech around 29 October, coinciding with her 45th birthday. The visit occurred shortly before the US midterm elections.
Read it at the source
15 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
9- Ivanka's Moroccan Birthday Getaway Leaves Taxpayers With A $93K Bill (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Crooks and Liars — is Crooks and Liars biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Ivanka Trump’s luxury trip to Morocco before midterms cost taxpayers nearly $100,000 (opens Lodinews.com in a new tab)
Lodinews.com — is Lodinews.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Ivanka Trump’s luxury trip to Morocco before midterms cost taxpayers nearly $100,000 (opens East Bay Times in a new tab)
East Bay Times — is East Bay Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Ivanka Trump’s luxury trip to Morocco before midterms cost taxpayers nearly $100,000 (opens The Mercury news in a new tab)
The Mercury news — is The Mercury news biased? Our profile of this outlet
- $93K in Secret Service Hotel Bookings Reported Around Ivanka Trump's Birthday Trip to Morocco (opens IBTimes UK in a new tab)
IBTimes UK — is IBTimes UK biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Public On Hook For Ivanka’s “Luxury Birthday Getaway” (opens Joe.My.God. in a new tab)
Joe.My.God. — is Joe.My.God. biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- American Taxpayers Just Helped Pay for Ivanka Trump’s Birthday Trip (opens The New Republic in a new tab)
The New Republic — is The New Republic biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Ivanka Trump’s birthday ‘retreat’ saddles taxpayers with nearly $100K hotel bill: report (opens Raw Story in a new tab)
Centre
1Right
1Not rated
4- Taxpayers 'spend $93,000' on Ivanka Trump's Moroccan birthday vacation - Schwartzreport (opens schwartzreport.net in a new tab)
schwartzreport.net — is schwartzreport.net biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump's Daughter, Ivanka, Billed Taxpayers $100,000 For Her Birthday Party In Morocco | The Ashland Chronicle-Oregon (opens theashlandchronicle.com in a new tab)
theashlandchronicle.com — is theashlandchronicle.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Ivanka's Birthday Costs US Tax Payer 93'000 Dollars (opens Blick in a new tab)
- Ivanka Trump’s Morocco Getaway and Secret Service Hotel Bill Revealed (opens NewsFinale in a new tab)
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