(CNN) - President Obama isn't the only member of his administration planning an island getaway this month.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is slated for a four-day stay in Bermuda this weekend with husband Bill, the Bermuda Sun reports.
According to the paper, it's the first trip back to the island for the famous political couple since a stay in the summer of 1979, before the birth of daughter Chelsea.
The Clintons had even sought to stay in the same cottage they did three decades ago, but the venue was unable to meet their needs.
The Clintons will instead stay at Cambridge Beaches Resort and Spa, a facility where, according to the resort's Web site, room rates can run as high as nearly $2,000 a night.
The famous duo's plans could be hampered by the fast moving Hurricane Bill, a Category 3 storm that is currently on track to pass near the island at the end of the week.
Meanwhile, next week President Obama plans to take his family to Martha's Vineyard, the island off Massachusetts where the Clintons annually vacationed during their years in the White House. Chelsea Clinton is expected to be on the island this weekend
The State Department had no comment on reports of the trip, and a spokeswoman for the resort said there is no reservation for the Clintons this weekend.
"Even if they did [have a reservation], we wouldn't say," she said.
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Guess it's not a secret anymore, is it?
If it is a secret trip, why is CNN posting it??
They're going to a nudie resort. That's really classy.
"Sex seminars to improve couples' relationships"
Of course, Bill gets these in every country he secretly visits.., always has.
Well deserve vacation. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Clinton. we working together for a better America. Thank you President Obama.
"Clothing optional" and "sex seminars"? Ewwwwwww......can't we just for once give the Clintons their privacy????? PLEASE!??!?!
slow news day?
I would make a joke, but this is too darn easy.
No comment!
This story is a plain invasion of the Clinton's privacy.
Please don't tell Hillary that clothing are optional !!!!!!! No one needs to see that!!
is this a joke? first, bill doesn't need any lessons on sex (except how to stay faithful) and hillary looks like sex is the VERY LAST THING she would have any interest in! this has got all the marks of the fake dancing on the beach in bathing suits – they always seem to have to stage something when word gets out about the emptiness of their marriage. why don't they just divorce and give everybody a break!!!!!!!!
OH MY...... hmmmmmm
Isn't Hurricane Bill (you know, the one with the wind and rain) heading close to Bermuda this weekend?
They both deserve it
So they're going on vacation to an adults only resort. So what? I did that several years ago. It was enjoyable.
Bill will see more bikinis in Bermuda LOL
TMI!!!
I hope they have a nice vacation. They have both earned it.
I guess the improbability of Bill and Hillary spending a night together is rather newsworthy. It's just an unpleasant visual.
This is personal, not news. Why is CNN covering it? especially the clothing optional info – - is that just to embarrass President Clinton? or to distract from President Obama's failure with healthcare reform? Let the Clintons alone and moveon (dot org?, lol).
Hope they won't be there when Hurricane Bill (LOL) hits.
How many thousands of dollars will we taxpayers be out so the great apologizer and her slime ball husband can take a few days off. The reality is she should be planning a visit to him in Leavenworth after the way the idiot lied to us.
I guess it isn't a secret anymore, huh?
Clearly not a secret is it?
And, of course, the jerks in the media have to screw it up. You're all paparazzi.
Hurrican Bill ( I can't possibly be the first one)
I think I read in her book that she got pregnant w/ Chelsea while in Bermuda. Awe, I think this is sweet that they are going back!! They're both such hard workers that I'd imagine they don't have a lot of quality time together. Good for them!
Please, please tell me that Hillary is not going to visit the "clothing optional" sky deck.
Why not take vacation. Obama will not allow her to do her job. He mistreated her all the way through the election and now. I guess he hates women.
They deserve it, unlike Dubya who took vacation 1/3 of his entire 2 terms. Not to mention the mess he left our country in.
Well, looks like its not secret anymore.
Sorry, Hillary and Bill, nothing is private not even a few day's away from it all.
Ines, CO
Hum...who's paying for this little trip...the Clinton's or us the taxpayers?
Good for them!
Shhhhhhh!!! don't tell anyone!!
This isn't news.
Not much of a secret when you announce it to the world . . . is it?
How can it be a "secret" trip if it's on this webpage? Who writes these idiotic headlines? Have a nice day!
Hey, they are married. Hope he packs plenty of viagra.
Wonder if Bill will take in the view from the sky deck ?
Good for Hillary and hubby!
Poor Hillary has appeared exhausted in recent days....She deserves a real vacation, where she can just "veg", and re-resource herself...
without super critical cameras and commentators juding her every breath.
It is nice to see that despite his cheating they were able to stay together. If you trully are in love with someone you can move beyond the knee jerk reaction to end a marriage over on bad moment in time.
M
How can it be secret with you people blabbing it?? You are like a silent partner. Wow
Must be nice to have a job in the government where all your health insurance is above and beyond the insurance of all the rest of us.
Come down and join the people. Our forefathers never meant for this to be.
IS this really news?
Not exactly "secret" is it? Please God I hope they don't go to the clothing optional section and take their clothes off.
Yuck! I did not need to hear about the sex seminars CNN!
Clintons to Bermuda,.... is it a coincidence that Hurricane Bill is on track for Bermuda region and expected there on tuesday.
So BILL meets BILL
We all need a vacation. Why is this news?
I hope this doesn't mean something is up
How can it be a secret if the cat's out of the bag?
I don't want to burst their bubble but isn't Hurricane Bill (no relation) also going in that direction? Hmmm! They had better hope that it makes a last minute detour. If not, my island will gladly take them.
Enjoy!
What kind of nonsense NEWS is this CNN? Has CNN become Variety or a British tabloid? Ridiculous...Thanks NPR, PRI and Public Television for real NEWS. (You'll post this right CNN?)
Clothing optional sky deck ? Wow I bet Bill is smiling big time.
Hurricane Bill could threaten Hillary and Bill's getaway. Now that's really funny.
I hope the two Bills that are heading for Bermuda do not meet each other!
Hey, at least 1) he's not running off to Argentina; and 2) she's not looking for someone 5,000 miles away to e-mail.
Kudos to the Clintons, and wishing them a great getaway.
Nice for our leaders security too...Brilliant CNN.
man....Hill is grinning...............just where is Bill's right hand??
Maybe you should change the heading as how can it be a secret trip if it's been announced already!! Also Hillary better keep an eye on Bill if they are planning to stay at Cambridge Beaches Resort and Spa which has a clothing optional sky deck!!
I like the Clintons but is this really news?
P.S. Fire Ed Henry. He is embarassing CNN!
I think it is great that the Obamas are getting away. Truth is, they really haven't stopped working since the Inauguration. One or two days at Camp David is not enough. And Hillary and Bill deserve some time together and relaxing. I might not like everything that President Obama and Secretary Clinton have done, but I certainly cannot say that they haven't been working!
But I can hear the GOP right wingers screaming now...regardless of the fact that President Bush vacationed right through Hurricane Katrina and only bothered to barely fly over on his way back to the White House...or the fact that his monthly vacations to Crawford cost the taxpayers a bundle, what with flying in three planefuls of staff, press, and family each time.
Get er dun BUBBA
Yikes! Gag me with a Spoon.
I'd give anything to see those two hogs photographed at the clothing optional resort.
I hope they take a nice and long vacation. They deserve it and need a break from all the insanity they have had to deal with. God bless Hillary. Bill usually blesses himself.
Watch out: Hurricane Bill is about to hit Bermuda. I mean Bill Clinton, not the tropical storm.
Wonder how long it will take him to find his way to the clothing optional sky deck?
As much as they have been through i am kinda glad they stayed together. Good for them to take a trip...
I can just imagine the messages that will be left about this story... my take is that today is Pres. Clinton's birthday... so Happy Birthday Mr. President; the gateaway is probably in part for that... so GOOD FOR THEM to take some time to be with each other... other than that I hope that "Bill" the hurricane stays away fron "Bill" the president. Enjoy!
Who cares? I mean really, why do we need to know this?
hahaha! Good thing its a secret! Imagine all the jokes about the Clintons at a clothing-optional resort that hosts sex seminars if this information were to get out!
Good for them. Leave them alone.
Darn it! You all beat me to it! First, this trip no longer is a secret. Second, there is a hurricane that is supposed to strike Bermuda within the next few days (ironically named Bill). Might want to delay the trip and go elsewhere. Like Kabul for instance?
"occasionally hosts sex seminars to improve couples' relationships"
Can you imagine poor Bill, trying to get it up looking at her massive kankles. Ugh... i just vomited in my mouth.
I ain't mad at them, they do deserve and nice vacation. Good for them.
Well why don't you tell everyone about their "secret" trip. You big Sillies!!!
A different news channel is reporting that Chelsea is planning to be married at Martha's Vinyard while the Obamas are there......HMMMMM.
may God continue to bring you both even closer,,,,love you both..
hmmm why is this news? This is a personal vacation and should not be covered by the media. I love the Clinton's and I'm glad they are getting some down time but this should not be on CNN! I hope they get to enjoy their mini vacation without the media hounding them at every corner.
Bill can buy Cuban cigars there!
"Clintons plan secret trip to Bermuda, says paper" - if it was in the newspaper and is on CNN, it's not really a secret now, is it?
Oh well the cat is out of the bag now!!!! Why does the media think we need to hear about people in public office what they do on vacations??? Last time I looked they are still people who do get away now and then............. Just like this morning on msnbc, it was said the first lady had her shorts too short....... DUH!!! VACATION!!! MEANS no meetings ,business etc..... LET THEM RELAX AND HAVE FUN..........
Shhh don't tell anyone – it's a secret. Very fitting for a Secret-ary. of State.
Hopefully, they are looking for a retirement villa.
Please don't publish photos of the fly-overs on the sky deck. I don't want to even think of these old Clintons naked.
Let's drop the mean comments folks. They've worked very hard and deserve some tranquility together.
hillary sure needs a break. and i'm happy she is getting it at last, it would be nice for the former first family to have a private get away. and pls.......they are not using tax payers money. people shoud stop being cynical
Not anymore, 'cause I'm gonna tell everyone!
Great Journalism. Secret trip for a serving Sec. of State and an President. Thanks for making it non secret now. Can they just have some R&R like any couple. This is non story.
Pssst, CNN. You can't keep a secret!
They deserve a four week vacation, not four days. Both of them have work schedules that most human beings could not endure. We should realize how selflessly their time is spent on behalf of our country and its people - and we should hope for their health and well-being to be revitalized.
Bermuda is beautiful. The former President and the Secretary of State will have a nice time.
This is breach of confidentiality by the hotel. Can't people do private things privately anymore? I would cancel my stay at that hotel immediately.
While I agree that this isn't something that everyone needs to know about . . .especially since it's supposed to be a "secret", I must say I find all the comments about the Clinton's "looks" to be pretty darned rude! Don't any of you rude people understand that's what real middle-aged people look like? Jeeesh! Give them just a tiny break, will ya????
So much for a secret trip. I hope that wherever they go for a well-deserved vacation, they have a wonderful, relaxing time.
Bill and Hillary Clinton have made this world a better place through their many years of public service.
Hope they have a great trip!
Good for the Clinton's. I hope they enjoy their vacation. They have given so much to our country it's time for them to enjoy their lives!!!!
Good for them!
please no bathing suite pictures........ugh....
She deserves it, and if you want to be honest, so does he. They've served the country well over the last two decades. Let them enjoy themselves.
"clothing optional sky deck and occasionally hosts sex seminars to improve couples' relationships."
I wonder who picked this place. It certainly doesn't sound like Hillary. Are we certain she's even going along on this trip? Has anyone checked on the schedules of the two released journalists?
They deserve it. And why does CNN love to publish "Secret" information? Just yesterday Wolf talked about the buzzing in a top secret facility. Secret is just that.
Bermuda is wonderful. Is Hillary's arm well enough to drive a moped?
I think it's a secret follow-up meeting with the North Koreans. Bill must have made a secret deal with Kim to get a meeting with Hillary. Bill is the middle man with the US and NK.
I'm guessing they will cancel now!!!
Well, it's not a secret anymore!
Dear Bill and Hillary –
Enjoy your time together! You both so deseve a nice getaway!!! Our country is better, partially because you both have been doing a great job trying to restore the positive image all over the world!!!
Does she mean Bill her husband or Bill the hurricane?
Go Bill and Hillary! Have a wonderful trip. You both deserve it! America LOVES you both!
Take your mate on vacation and it doesn't have to be in Bermuda, you can treat your mate right in your own home. So stop complaining and do the right thing.
Good for them. They deserve it! Happy vacation Bill and Hill.
What do you mean a month long vacation.
What have they done to be tired from aside from flying across the Pacific Ocean to Korea !
Give me a break, month long vacation.
One romantic night with Hillary, and Bubba will be on
that skywalk overlooking the beach where anything goes
before anyone can say "there he is......!"
Hopefully, Bill Clinton's mother-in-law (Rodham) books a
room nearby in order to keep an eagle eye on him like she
did towards the end of his term in the White House.
Unfortunately, Hillary is going to need all the help she can get. Perhaps, she should consult with Mike Douglass' therapist
who helped him with his sexual addition.
Not much of a secret now.
Is Bill taking a date..?
well there goes their "secret" trip! well-deserved!
Not very secret now, is it.
Silly as this headline is, it's equally silly for people to demand that CNN "give the Clintons their privacy." They are two of the most recognizable people in the world, who are followed around by God knows how many secret service agents! For better or worse, unless they wear disguises and never leave their hotel room, the Clintons will never have a "secret vacation."
wedding bells for chelsea?
I take it Hillary and Bill did not get that Obama memo that was telling all Americans we should not go on vacations in Vegas or Disney Land. I guess Bermuda did not make the short list!
I thought this administration goals were to set an example to every one how to stay within your own means and stop the extravagant behavior that got the economy into this mess?
Now are they flying on the tax payer’s dime? Is so how much more money do they need to spend of ours that we must borrow from China?
I wish Bill and Hillary would go on vacation for the rest of their lives so we don’t have to see or hear any more crap from these two politico hacks ever again. And could they please take Obama with them? I’ll buy the ticket!!
And way to keep this Hush/Hush CNN! Doing a great job of telling people things they could care less about as if it were real news!
Does anybody care??????????
What phony smiles....what disingenuous people !!
Plotting their next moves against Obama ?
You are "America's No. I couple" enjoy, enjoy and enjoy" May God bless & keep you" and we are bless as Americans to have two wonderful couples (smart, intelligent, poise, distinguished and accomplished) working for us.The Obama and Clinton families>
Hey Kate Got news flash for you NOT ALL America loves these two hacks!
Maybe your in love with them, but don't count the rest of us with your crazy fantasy of the Clintons!
The Clintons deserve a good vacation, in my opinion they are two sleeze bags.
Good for both of them ......they deserve it....for all they gave and continue to give to benefit their country! CB
Good for you. Have areally great time.
She has to do something to get her name in the news too.
Oooh, how I'd like to be a fly on the wall in that cottage.
Poor Bill, guess he's finally having to pay the piper.............
Can someone please explain to me why this is news?
why isn't hillary meeting with the north koreans???
FANTASTIC!!
Have a great time...you both deserve the break!
Fall in love again and come back refreshed and ready to
continue your amazing work for this country...this world!!
I wish you safe travels!
Where ever they end up this weekend, I'll bet the Clintons are just happy that, unlike Barry and Michelle, they are no longer required to spend vacation time worshipping at the feet of the Kennedys.
That's Barry's job for the next few years.
Say, do you think Barry and Michelle have built up enough self-confidence yet to be able to travel without a plane full of their Chicago buddies – you know, the ones with the murky past that go everywhere the Obamas go... Can't help wondering who picks up the tab for that.
They deserve it. Have fun!!!!
Wonder what vacation will cost the most?.......The Obama's or the Clinton's.......now that's an easy one, the Obama's. Guess the better question would be of all the vacations that Obama has taken in his short time in office......which cost the taxpayers the most.
Looks like Hurricane Bill is approaching Bermuda from two directions now.
Enjoy yourselves, Hillary and Bill. You both have worked hard for the American people all your lives. Have a wonderful time! And thank you.
How ironic that Hurricane Bill may be headed toward the island. LOL.
This is news? Folks go on vacation all the time. Even famous ones.
It's a good thing this is on a web stie and not in a traditional newspaper where one would have to question the needless taking of a tree's life to report this non-event....
I can understand why many people don't like the Clintons. No doubt about it, there's an undercurrent of sleeze there, huge egos and always an eye out to see what's in it for them. But, there's a bit of that in every politician. What matters is that despite that, they also are driven to do good by the country and the American people. You might disagree with their positions on issues, etc., but my take is that there's a sincere desire to do good. Look at Bill Clinton's activities since he left office for clear evidence of that. Contrast that with our most recent President Bush. While he was in office, there was rarely a sense that he truly wanted to do the right thing by the vast majority of Americans. He was driven by other misdirected motives. Furthermore, I'd be very surprised if now that he's out of office and politics, he lifts a finger to provide any meaningful contribution to the country or the world and its people. It's just not who he is.
Have you ever notice that whenever the Clinton's obvious hatred of each other comes into the spotlight (such as Hillary's recent bristling when she was in Africa and thought she was being asked about her husband), their PR people have to come up with some stupid publicity stunt to make them look like they actually like each other? (Remember the obviously staged dancing-on-the-beach scene at the cresendo of the Lewinsky scandal?) What a sham of a marriage? What a couple of phony, shallow buffoons? WHO CARES!!
So much for it being a secret! I'm sure the Clintons are thanking CNN for keeping it a secret. What a dumb article...!!???
Who is really paying for the Clinton's and the Obama's trips? Obama wants Americans to cut back while he enjoys the cream. I love the way our leaders lead by example.
They're already in Bermuda. My parents are at Cambridge Beaches right now and saw them at brunch.
Did Bill tell Hillary that he got to meet President Obama?
That's funny. isn't there a hurricane heading that way ?
Bill will be swept away, but again not my Hilliary, but hurricane Bill, I seriously doubt this trip is still a in tact fact.
So thanks to the media it is no longer a "secret" trip. What a joke the media has become invading into everyone's private space.
Same as the health care debate; basing broadcasts on speculation, anonymous sources and parsing statements and then accusing the White House of giving mixed messages when in fact it is the controversy desiring, specualtive "journalism" and partisan statement of the pundits and the for profit media America is now stuch with.
Remember CNN, you got a D on the report card!!
Please give us a break! These two phonies have made millions if not billions of dollars off their political connections at the cost to the American people. They are a couple of radicals straight out of the Vietnam era that would have thrown fire bombs except for the fear of damaging their future plans. I had hoped once Bill got done we would be rid of them but here they come again. It is like a bad bad dream! I would love to see how much Bill and Hillary have in their bank accounts, even the ones in Switzerland!
Ernie they are paying for themselves.
You seem to forget that the Clintons as well as the Obamas have worked all of their lives -either in public service or private industry.
They are not like the Bob Sanfords of the world – broke and doing their leisure flying around on taxpayer money.
Rush plays with his dittohead children there
Secret trip ? Doesn't sound like it's a "secret" anyway I don't have a problem with the Clinton's going to Bermuda. why should anyone.
Best wishes to two very intelligent, caring people who have contributed to our nation. Like the rest of all of US, including inane bloggers, Clintons have their strengths and their weaknesses. No stones from here (and my weaknesses do not outweigh my strengths.....maybe. )