October 12th, 2007
Impress your sweetie with a romantic getaway for Valentine’s
Cards and flowers are nice, but wouldn’t a little getaway be a more romantic gift for Valentine’s Day?
And the Web is always available for inspiration if you need help picking a place.
Where better for two people to get away from it all than a bed & breakfast inn? BnBFinder has put together a list — www.bnbfinder.com/romanticgetaways — of romantic getaway packages in all parts of the country. Some offer to have roses or chocolates ready to welcome you, or a bottle of champagne. The Birds Nest Inn at Waterbury Center, Vt., has carriage or sleigh rides for two. And the 1851 Historic Maple Hill Manor at Springfield, Ky., has a room with whirlpool bath and a fireplace. Click on “home” at the top of the page to reach the site’s full directory and to look up other specials.
If that site doesn’t have the exact location you want, BedandBreakfast — www.bedandbreakfast.com/ — has a list of 25 top destinations, and a search function with access to a database of inns such as the Ambrosia House in Key West, Fla.
Don’t ignore destinations north of the border. A U.S.-Canadian travel Web site called Hotels by City has an eclectic top 10 Valentine’s Day destinations list — www.hotelsbycity.net/top10/ valentines/ — that ranges from Jamaica and Florida’s Key West to Montreal and the Canadian ski center at Banff.