Also I seem to recall the Democratic Leadership Council meeting on islands such as Hilton Head in SC in the early 1990s. The tradition probably goes back to the Jekyll Island meeting to form the Federal Reserve if not earlier.
Right.
Renaissance Weekend.
Of course, since the Clintons never owned their own home, they LOVED going to really nice places at OUR expense.
And needless to say, the press loved Martha's Vineyard and the Hamptons.