Spend Valentine’s Day at the chic Hotel Jules

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Skip the typical Paris hotels this Valentine’s Day, and enjoy the “casual chic” environment at the Hotel Jules. Valid only between February 12 and 15, the recently renovated hotel is offering a comfortable price of EUR223 a night for one of the 100 rooms on its six floors. The package includes breakfast daily for two people (this isn’t the weekend to go to Paris alone, right?!), red roses and two glasses of champagne waiting for you in your room. Toast the love you’ll experience in the year to come from your spot in the 9th Arrondissement.

Make this year’s Valentine’s Day one to remember. A surprise trip to Paris can top even jewelry, so take some pictures to make sure the weekend stays with you for the rest of your life.

Celebrate romance in the UK with Red Carnation

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The Red Carnation hotel group is rolling out the red carpet for Valentine’s Day. At all its UK properties, romance will be shaped by luxury, leaving you to focus on the person with you. You’ll be greeted with a bottle of pink champagne, and every evening will be punctuated with a unique romantic turndown service. Enjoy chocolate covered strawberries at any time in your room, and dine on culinary creations tailored to your taste. You can even arrange for a midnight lover’s feast and sleep it off with a late checkout on Sunday. Oh, and you don’t need to use that time sleeping off a food coma … I’m sure you can find other ways to put that bed to good use!

Whether you prefer the quiet intimacy of The Egerton House Hotel in Knightsbridge or the Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa or any of the other properties in the Red Carnation portfolio, you’ll be sure to have a luxurious stay that will make your significant other the envy of all who hear the appropriately edited stories from your getaway.

A full list of properties at which the Valentine’s Day package is available can be found here.

Take a stroll down Lover’s Lane at the Strand

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Warning: if you surprise your lover with a trip to the Strand this Valentine’s Day, you’ll have a hell of a time coming up with a gift next year.

Manhattan‘s newest midtown hotel, the Strand is offering a fantastic deal for the romantically inclined. Stay any weekend in February, and you can take advantage of the “Lover’s Lane at the Strand” package. For $498, you’ll get two nights in a deluxe room with overlooking the Empire State Building, a daily European continental breakfast, a dinner at the Black Duck Bistro (by candlelight, of course) and limo travel to and from the airport. As if it couldn’t get any better, you’ll also enjoy champagne and truffles at the hotel’s rooftop bar, Top of the Strand. The retractable room will protect you from the elements.

The Strand has only 177 guestrooms and junior suites, so you won’t need to worry about running into too many other guests, and two-storey waterfall is sure to grab your attention.

Do Paris right for Valentine’s Day at the Concorde Hotel

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If you’re looking to make a splash this Valentine’s Day, there’s simply no alternative to Paris. So, from February 5 through the end of the month, Concorde Hotels & Resorts is looking to make your Valentine’s Day as romantic as possible. Head out to Paris, and you’ll be able to pick up a room for as little as $276 a night — nothing short of a bargain at a Concorde Hotel, and you’ll pick up a few perks along the way. The package includes a daily buffet breakfast for two and a special surprise gift. Gift examples include champagne receptions, exclusive access to the Baccarat Museum, spa treatments and gourmet chocolate, so you know you’ll be greeted perfectly.

If Paris doesn’t turn you on, Concorde is offering similar Valentine’s Day packages in Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and elsewhere in France.

Spend Valentine’s Day in Nevis, save 25 percent

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If you want to do something truly spectacular for Valentine’s Day, you need to get started immediately. The best spots will disappear quickly. Among the hot deals that are out there is a getaway to the Montpelier Plantation Resort in Nevis. For a mere $574 a night at this upscale destination, you can enjoy the warmth and seclusion of a small Caribbean island accessible only by boat … but a mere six minutes from St. Kitts. To take advantage of this rate, which is $183 a night off the normal rate for the season, you’ll have to stay for at least five days. That won’t be hard to handle at this 19-room resort (each with a private entrance), which sits along a secluded beach, boasts a 60-foot swimming pool and has a fantastic wine bar.

In addition to saving a ton of cash on your room rate, you’ll also get a full breakfast and afternoon every day, an aromatherapy massage for two, a private guided hike for two in the rain forest and unlimited use of tennis and snorkeling equipment. The culinary perks include a lunch specially prepared by the resort’s chef, served poolside with champagne, two four-course dinners at the Terrace restaurant and a romantic dinner at the Mill Restaurant.