Mayor Michelle Wu burned through more than $5,000 in taxpayer funds on travel accommodations for her four-day family trip to Canada, where she chopped down the Boston Common Christmas tree gifted to the city by the Nova Scotia province.

Wu brought along her family and two staff members for last week’s trip, at a total cost of $5,062, when factoring in flight and hotel accommodations, from Nov. 9-12, according to receipts provided to the Herald last Friday after a public records request.

While the city covered hotel accommodations for the mayor, her husband and three children, taxpayers didn’t pay for flight tickets for Wu’s family.

Wu flew economy both ways, from Boston to Halifax and back. She spent $573.79 on her flight, and $735.24 for a three-night stay for her and her family at the

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