Romantic Ideas for Very Special Occasions

It is your wedding anniversary, or maybe the anniversary of your first date, an after prom date, New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day!

The pressure is on!

What can you do to make the occasion VERY SPECIAL?

Here are some ideas. Again, some of these are expensive, some are very reasonable and some are free.

Enjoy!

Planning that Special TRIP.

If you have the time and the money to plan a very special trip, your partner will LOVE YOU FOR it. It isn't really the investment or how fancy the place is, it is all in the planning and in the fact that YOU DID THIS YOURSELF!

If you can keep the trip a surprise, so much the better.
If this is really a special occasion, the trip will take some planning, so be sure you start far enough in advance.

Remember the list of questions you answered about your partner’s preferences?

Use these answers to come up with some ideas about where you want to take your partner and what you'd like to do while you are on that special trip.

There are lots of places to consider for that special trip. Of course, where you go and how long you stay will depend on how much money you have to spend, but there are lots of travel deals out there for resorts and other lodging and some included airfare, etc.

Spend some time looking online.
Romantic locations of course include:

Paris (France)
Hawaii
Turks and Caicos
St. Martin
Venice (Italy)
Florence (Italy)
Fiji
Jamaica
Bermuda
San Francisco, CA
Cancun (Mexico)

But, if you go back to what interests your partner, you may have something more special and personal in mind.

For example, if your partner really loves old architecture maybe he might like to go Austria to see the castles.

If your partner loves old artwork or old churches, Rome may be the place to go!

London has the pomp and circumstance of the Royal Family, the changing of the guard and the old art museums.

But Cleveland Ohio has the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Cooperstown New York has the Baseball Hall of Fame, so you'll have to decide what your partner will like the best. And then there is Vail and Aspen Colorado or Utah for the skiers!

The closer to home you stay, the better control you have over transportation and you will be able to keep the destination a secret until you are THERE.

That has its advantages!

Here are some things to consider as you plan the trip:

If you are making travel arrangements, try to have confirmations come to your office and phone calls coming to your cell phone or to your office phone, so you don’t spoil the surprise.

If you need them, be sure you have passports because if you don't, then you will have to spoil at least that much of the surprise to get your partner to renew or get their passport for your trip out of the country.

Check the weather and the ‘high season’ for other countries and tourist resorts to be sure that your low priced vacation is not low priced because you are going during the rainy or snowy season!

Be sure your partner is free to go during the time you are booking the trip. Make certain they don't have a big project coming up or that the trip doesn't fall during school when they cannot leave.

You can call a co-worker or their boss and get them in on the secret so that you may not even have to tell your partner they are taking vacation time. You will just whisk them away!

If you are planning to tell your partner about the trip, you can still keep much of the trip secret and not reveal all of your special plans. Tell them as little as possible and they will really appreciate the trip.

They will be telling friends and family about just how it happened for weeks and months after the trip is finished.

Be sure you plan to accommodate travelers cheques, clothes (if you are packing for your partner) and other things you'll need on the trip.

Take along your ‘tools of the trade’, or know where you can buy them. Things like candles, lingerie, massage oil, a CD of love songs and a portable CD player, fancy clothes for that dinner dancing you plan to do in Paris, etc.