"Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted luxury trips around the globe for more than two decades... funded by Harlan Crow, a Dallas businessman."

"The publication [ProPublica] said Thomas typically spends about a week every summer at Crow’s private resort in the Adirondacks. It said the justice also has vacationed at Crow’s ranch in East Texas and has joined Crow at the Bohemian Grove, an exclusive all-male retreat in California. ProPublica cited a nine-day trip that Thomas and his wife, Virginia 'Ginni' Thomas, took to Indonesia in 2019... which included flights on Crow’s jet and island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago on a superyacht, would have cost the couple more than $500,000 if they had paid for it themselves...."

 
From "Justice Thomas has accepted luxury travel for years from GOP donor, report says" (WaPo).

Federal law mandates that top officials from the three branches of government, including the Supreme Court, file annual forms detailing their finances, outside income and spouses’ sources of income, with each branch determining its own reporting standards. Judges are prohibited from accepting gifts from anyone with business before the court. Until recently, however, the judicial branch had not clearly defined an exemption for gifts considered “personal hospitality.” 

Revised rules adopted by a committee of the Judicial Conference, the courts’ policymaking body, seek to provide a fuller accounting. The rules took effect March 14. Gifts such as an overnight stay at a personal vacation home owned by a friend remain exempt from reporting requirements. But the revised rules require disclosure when judges are treated to stays at commercial properties, such as hotels, ski resorts or corporate hunting lodges. The changes also clarify that judges must report travel by private jet.

If I read that correctly, Thomas did nothing wrong. In the future, he'll need to disclose.

Reminds me of the Trump prosecution — going after someone you already hate because they hid things you wanted to be able to use against them.  

It does affect my image of Thomas, who I'd pictured traveling around America in an RV, mingling with ordinary people.

I am laughing at "$500,000 if they had paid for it themselves." Obviously, island-hopping in Indonesia via superyacht is nothing you'd ever buy for yourself. Let's suppose you had $500,000 you had to spend on travel. What are the chances you'd go blow it all on one superyacht cruise around Indonesia?