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Someone just suggested Bermuda/Bahamas on my post looking for a warm, Zika-free location.....I'm going to research - it seems like based on the latitude (similar to NC, I believe), it might be fine...but I'm not sure if when you get that far off the coast if that changes the climate quite a bit. I'll share anything I find with you here.

ETA: I think Europe could be a REALLY romantic trip, if you're into a bit of historic sightseeing and are up for taking a train to another country (like Belgium) for a night or two! But you're right, you'd probably be on the go rather than relaxing.

@winniebee: This Conde Nast article from March lists a bunch of tropical places that aren't on the CDC list - BVI, Bermuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Cayman Islands, and (surprisingly) Turks & Caicos, several of which I wrongly assumed were out. There may be hope for our tropical getaways after all!

http://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2016-04-12/7-zika-free-destinations-to-travel-to-right-now

@winniebee: Germany can be extrememly romantic, particularly the area around Neuschwanstein Castle.

If Europe overall is an option, I'd rather do Spain and Portugal than Germany if you are looking for warm weather.

@Trailmix: Right, but those are all travel related, meaning people traveled to Zika-affected areas; they were not bitten by an aedes mosquito in NY.

I think as long as there are no locally born cases (just travel related), I'd feel ok with going. I'd just make sure I'm covered and sprayed at all times!

@winniebee: I missed that it was only for a long weekend - Germany does seem stressful for a very short trip. I think Bermuda is about as far north as North Carolina and doesn't seem to have any warnings right now so you should be fine.

Another vote for Southern Europe in the fall, though I am biased! I live in Georgia and I'm totally paranoid about Zika so that's also part of my reason. You could drop by to see family in Germany and then head to the Mediterranean... so many choices but I'm partial to the Italian coast or South of France. A wonderful idea to plan a romantic getaway for you two!

Wow...I'm actually in Bermuda now (randomly looking at the internet). I researched this a lot before coming, and I personally felt comfortable given much of the information I read. Also I have seen almost no mosquitoes here, which is pretty surprising for me, and they love to eat me for lunch and dinner.

Also geographically, Bermuda is north of Florida and very far from the Caribbean.

I think we all have to decide individually what is safe for us.

@winniebee: if you're risk-averse (understandably!), i'd probably pick somewhere SW US that is less tropical & buggy. Maybe San Diego? Or Sedona?

Fall in the German or Swiss alps? Yes please. You can take the train wherever you want, amazing food, easy to do. Def not warm, but those Germans and Swiss know how their way around spas and massages.

Oh, I just noticed "long weekend" was in your first sentence, so I change my answer to somewhere a world apart but not too far... As a southern state Zika worrier, I'd just be concerned about the Bermuda situation changing by Fall, but have no basis for that. I would say any of the east coast coastal destinations would probably be equally prone. I'd do travel insurance just because it would be also hurricane season.

We rarely do long weekends so I get the concept, but I don't ever think of doing them! Our most successful one, if you can call it a long weekend still, was departing Thursday, returning Tuesday... That way we got far enough away (6 hours with layovers) and yet had quite a few non-travel days...no jet lag.

My next southern (but not oceanside) romantic getaway dream is here: http://www.blackberryfarm.com