Head to California and Hawaii for Some of the US's Most Creative Valentine's Day Packages
CALIFORNIA
San Diego (La Jolla)One of my favorite hotels, the iconic pink La Valencia (affectionately known as “La V”), has been recently redone top to bottom. This year’s Valentine’s Day celebration turns the hotel a different shade of pink, actually, red, in support of the American Heart Association’s “Go Red” campaign. The tower will be lit red all February promoting love of the heart and heart healthfulness. Book the appropriately named “Saving My Heart for You at La V” two-night package and you’ll prove your devotion by taking care of your heart. You get a “MY Life check assessment” from the AHA, a bottle of red wine (red wine promotes heart health), a pedometer, a book of love quotations, tickets to the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art to nurture your soul, and a kayak adventure in La Jolla’s 6000 acre nature preserve to further your cardiac exercise and your Zen with nature. Packages start at $1300 per couple. 858-454-0771, www.lavalencia.com
San Francisco
Want to pretend it’s your honeymoon all over again? The InterContinental Mark Hopkins is offering the “Never-Ending Honeymoon Package,”
which takes full advantage of the hotel’s dramatic Nob Hill location. At the
Top of the Mark, the 19th-floor sky lounge with some of the most
gorgeous panoramas of San Francisco, you’ll enjoy a table with a view,
sparkling wine, chocolate rum fondue, a framed photo of you and your sweetie,
and, an announcement by the evening’s’ band welcoming you and affirming your
continued devotion. 888-424-6835 www.intercontinentalmarkhopins.com
Super-exclusive and perfect for adventurous lovers, the
“Extraordinary Day” package from InterContinental San Francisco starts your day
in a Classic Rolls Royce to drive to the Golden Gate Bridge. After that, you pick your fantasy: a romantic hot air balloon ride or a daring
flight in a WW2 classic double-decker airplane over Napa Valley. You’ll also enjoy the hotel’s proximity to
wine country with a winery tour and three-course wine luncheon as well as a
five-course Michelin star dinner with champagne. 888-811-4273 www.intercontinentalsanfrancisco.com
Palo Alto
Maybe it’s something about working near all those computer
startups or staring at your computer too long without having a human
relationship (think Her, for example), but you have to love the Crowne Plaza Palo Alto’s “Anti-Valentine’s Day Party.”
Take your little ‘ole self to this February 14 gig, drown our your sorry
on “Anti-Valentine’s” cocktails and “bitter” bites, and dance to classic
break-up music. I love this: play party
games, too, like hit the “Conversation Heart Piñata” or “Shred Your Ex” (where you
shred a photo of your ex), and enter the “Best/Worst ‘I got Dumped’” Story
Contest. 877-270-1393
HAWAII
In my mind, Hawaii is synonymous with romance (I almost
eloped there). Maui‘s Kaanapali Beach is beauty and drama combined, where Black
Rock meets the ocean. The Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa has created an über-romantic getaway experience for
Valentine’s Day for one special couple. “The Barefoot Bliss Romantic Dinner” puts you and your sweetie facing the
gorgeous beach, with a private table in the swimming pool and a private
butler. Dessert and champagne are served
in your oceanfront room with scattered rose petals scenting the room. This exclusive event is priced at $3,000 per
couple inclusive of tax and gratuity. 808-662-8059. www.sheraton-maui.com
So simple but so romantic, the special lovers’ package from The Fairmont Kea Lani in Maui promises to teach you how to “make whoopie.” With your gift of a gourmet Whoopie pie-making
kit, you and your partner will concoct a cake of your own with your choice of
sinful fillings. The room and sweets package starts at $159. 808-875-4100. www.fairmont.com/kea-lani-maui
Renew your vows with a group of new friends at the Westin Maui Resorts & Spa’s Hawaiian Vow Renewal ceremony on Valentine’s Day. Take
advantage of the gorgeous Ka’anapali Beach setting as your officiant decks you
out with celebratory leis, a champagne toast, and a vow renewal
certificate. The price is $214 per
couple. Call 808-662-2771 to book this very popular celebration. www.westinmaui.com
SF is on top of my city trip bucket list! :) So I might check out the Prescott if I ever get there. Sounds like a really nice hotel. A friend recommended this site for affordable SF hotels: http://san-francisco.hotelscheap.org/. Hope to get to travel there in the near future!
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