beyond chocolate & flowers

give an experience for valentine's day

© Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen

Jan 28, 2008

Try something new this Valentine's Day: give your sweetie an experience, not a box of chocolates or a bouquet of flowers. Or what the heck, give her all three.


Incredible Experiences is an "innovative business offering experience gifts". Instead of the traditional roses and gourmet chocolates (what's wrong with that?? I ask you), Incredible Experiences urges lovers to give each other a "gift experience" for Valentine's Day.

I like it. And I like chocolate too. I think you should give both.

Gift experiences include a French pastry cooking class or a private salsa dance lesson. Incredible Experiences says the gift receiver can "choose to fulfill a dream, live out a fantasy, or simply spend time together having fun."

If you want more romantic Valentine gift ideas, read Romantic Valentine's Day Gifts. Many of my suggestions are experiences you and your sweetie can enjoy together -- because that's really what the day is about. Enjoying your lover, appreciating your relationship, and spending time together.

I've also researched and written Valentine's Day Gifts For Working Moms because working moms may need a different kind of romantic gift than moms who have adult kids or women who don't have kids at all. Working moms may not think a salsa dance lesson is a romantic Valentine's Day gift -- maybe they'd prefer a weekend retreat or spa day.

Anyway, enjoy your search for the perfect Valentine's Day gift! Don't grumble; instead, be thankful you have a lover.


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