{"id":3658,"date":"2011-02-10T09:30:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T08:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2021-03-01T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:29:31","slug":"valentines-day-wa-perfect-excuse-for-a-romantic-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/valentines-day-wa-perfect-excuse-for-a-romantic-escape\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day, a perfect excuse for a romantic escape.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Everyone!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Outi and a new member of WeddingDates team, I came on board in the beginning of January. I&#8217;m from Finland (so please excuse the typos!) and at the moment I&#8217;m studying Tourism and Marketing. I got an opportunity to do my internship with Ciara and Paul and I didn&#8217;t think twice! I&#8217;m not married, so I haven&#8217;t got a chance to plan my own weddings yet, but so far I&#8217;ve had so much fun working with all wedding related projects in WeddingDates.ie.<\/p>\n<p>Since I&#8217;m getting expert with the wedding hotels in Ireland, I&#8217;ve been gathering a little list off the best Valentine&#8217;s Day packages all around the country. The big day is already on next Monday, so it&#8217;s time to start thinking for special ways to celebrate it.. What would be more romantic than a little getaway with champagne and chocolate?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3664  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2011\/02\/pink-rose-valentine-day-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some of the best deals in <strong>Leinster<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Dublin<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/radisson-blu-st-helens-hotel-dublin-4-dublin-5star-97703\/\">Radisson Blu st. Helens<\/a> offers an accommodation package from<strong> <\/strong>\u20ac120 pps. Special Valentine&#8217;s Day treat is to get Superior Suite for only an additional \u20ac 50. Package includes chilled champagne and strawberries on arrival, handmade chocolates and breakfast in bed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>One night in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/stillorgan-park-hotel-dublin-18-dublin-4star-47804\/\">Stillorgan Park Hotel<\/a> with Champagne Breakfast to your room the following morning, dinner in the Purple Sage Restaurant and Chocolate Dipped Strawberries in room on arrival for \u20ac99 pps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Night in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/portmarnock-hotel-golf-links-portmarnock-dublin-4star-15193\/\">Portmarnock Hotel &amp; Golf<\/a> is only \u20ac79 per room. Enjoy St. Valentines Menu including a aperitif for \u20ac39,50 pp and treat yourself with Special Valentine&#8217;s Package in Beauty Salon &amp; Treatment Rooms. It&#8217;s \u20ac100 including massage, manicure and mini-pedicure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Offaly<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgehousehoteltullamore.ie\/weddings.html\">Bridge House Hotel<\/a> treats you with two nights Bed &amp; Breakfast, a four course meal and spa treatments, rates starting from \u20ac319. With this price there will be also rose petals scattered and strawberries &amp; cream waiting for you in the room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Meath<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 night in a deluxe room in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/ashbourne-marriott-hotel-ashbourne-meath-4star-94317\/\">Ashbourne Marriott<\/a> with full Irish breakfast for 2, complimentary champagne and chocolate on arrival for \u20ac125 pps. When you&#8217;re staying for a night and having both breakfast and 5 course dinner it is \u20ac139 pps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/citynorth-hotel-gormanston-meath-4star-73888\/?year=2011&amp;month=2&amp;day=10\">CityNorth Hotel<\/a> Valentine&#8217;s Day B&amp;B plus dinner packages starts from \u20ac72 pps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Louth<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dinner for two, bottle of bubbly, chocolates, overnight bed with breakfast in bed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/crowne-plaza-dundalk-dundalk-louth-0star-18821\/\">Crowne Plaza Dundalk <\/a>only \u20ac79 per person sharing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Kildare<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Night dinner B&amp;B any night over Valentines Weekend in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/keadeen-hotel-ltd-newbridge-kildare-4star-56570\/?year=2011&amp;month=2&amp;day=10\">Keadeen Hotel<\/a> from \u20ac93.00 per person sharing, includes 4 course meal, glass of sparkling wine and chocolates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in <strong>Munster <\/strong>or you would like to spend the Valentine&#8217;s day there, check these out:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Cork<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/radisson-blu-hotel-spa-cork-little-island-cork-4star-27908\/?year=2011&amp;month=2&amp;day=10\">Radisson Blu<\/a> you can enjoy two-night accommodation with breakfast buffet each morning for <strong>\u20ac<\/strong>149 pps<strong>.<\/strong>They&#8217;ll treat you with sparkling wine and chocolates and with one dinner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/silver-springs-moran-hotel-cork-city-cork-4star-13526\/\">Silver Springs Moran Hotel<\/a> offers two packages: <strong>Stargazers Package for \u20ac90<\/strong> pps. It includes overnight stay, full Irish breakfast, dinner for two &amp; aperitif and a rose and homemade chocolate.\u00a0 <strong>Sweetheart Package is for \u20ac139<\/strong>per person, 2 nights including strawberries in your room on arrival, an evening meal and aperitif, a single red rose, homemade chocolates and full Irish breakfast both mornings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/maryborough-hotel-spa-cork-city-cork-4star-40731\/?year=2011&amp;month=2&amp;day=10\">The Maryborough<\/a> offers a romantic dinner and a over night stay for \u20ac99 pps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/springfort-hall-hotel-mallow-cork-3star-26510\/\">Springfort Hall Hotel<\/a> 1 night with breakfast is just \u20ac50 pps, one night B&amp;B with dinner for \u20ac75 pps, and 2 nights B&amp;B with dinner and a bottle of bubbly for \u20ac115 pps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If you would like to experience a romantic escape in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/trident-hotel-kinsale-cork-4star-60360\/\">Trident Hotel<\/a>, they are offering a seaview room with full Irish breakfast each morning plus a gourmet dinner on one evening in The Pier One Restaurant. Complimentary bottle of chilled Champagne and Chocolates on arrival!\u00a0 From \u20ac139.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Romantic night in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/cork-international-airport-hotel-cork-city-cork-4star-30128\/\">Cork Airport Hotel<\/a> with a bottle of sparkling wine and strawberries, Italian themed dinner, late check out and Full Irish Breakfast for \u20ac75 pps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Valentine&#8217;s day package in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/celtic-ross-hotel-rosscarbery-cork-3star-99005\/\">Celtic Ross Hotel<\/a> includes overnight accommodation, breakfast in bed and dinner with a bottle of house wine for \u20ac79 pps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the county of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Kerry<\/span>,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/dromhall-hotel-killarney-kerry-4star-11202\/\">Dromhall Hotel<\/a> offers candlelight dinner and overnight stay with Full Breakfast \u20ac69 pps &#8211; two nights B&amp;B from \u20ac99 and you&#8217;ll receive a free dinner for one night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: small\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/ballygarry-house-hotel-and-spa-tralee-kerry-4star-79745\/\">Ballygarry House Hotel<\/a> you can enjoy a romantic two night break from \u20ac129 pps. This romantic country house hotel package includes complimentary bubbly and chocolate dipped strawberries on arrival.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Re-discover romance in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/sneem-hotel-sneem-kerry-4star-28540\/\"> Sneem Hotel<\/a>, where you can stay 2-night for \u20ac169. That&#8217;ll include eg. sparkling wine, strawberries, candlelight dinner and late check out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Valentine&#8217;s Weekend Special at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/kenmare-bay-hotel-resort-kenmare-kerry-4star-69350\/?year=2011&amp;month=2&amp;day=11\">Kenmare Bay Hotel<\/a> includes two nights with breakfasts &amp; one dinner, and glass of wine and chocolates for \u20ac109 pps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Few best deals in<strong> Ulster<\/strong>:<br \/>\nIn <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Donegal<\/span>,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/mill-park-hotel-donegal-town-donegal-4star-92656\/\">Mill Park Hotel<\/a> offers 2 Nights with breakfasts and one dinner for \u20ac129 pps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/silver-tassie-hotel-spa-letterkenny-donegal-4star-31234\/\">Silver Tassie Hotel &amp; Spa<\/a> has two night backages with breakfasts and dinner and wine &amp; chocolate treats for \u20ac99<strong> <\/strong>pps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In <strong>Connaught<\/strong>, see for the deals in Mayo and Galway:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mayo<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venue\/mulranny-park-hotel-mayo-594\/\">Mulranny Park Hotel<\/a> offers 5 course dinner, glass of champagne, chocolates &amp; rose for \u20ac39 pps. If you&#8217;ll both stay overnight and dine, its for \u20ac99 pps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Night in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/pontoon-bridge-hotel-foxford-mayo-3star-69943\/?year=2011&amp;month=2&amp;day=10\">Pontoon Bridge Hotel<\/a> with breakfast, dinner and a bottle of wine for \u20ac150 per couple. Enjoy two nights Bed &amp; Breakfast and Dinner on one evening with a bottle of wine for \u20ac210 per couple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Valentines offer in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/mcwilliam-park-hotel-claremorris-mayo-4star-88481\/?year=2011&amp;month=2&amp;day=11\">The McWilliam Park Hotel<\/a> includes 4 course meal, overnight accommodation and Full Irish Breakfast, and that&#8217;s only \u20ac99 per couple!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Galway<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/claregalway-hotel-claregalway-galway-3star-88068\/?year=2011&amp;month=2&amp;day=10\">Claregalway Hotel<\/a> treats you with Super Buffet Breakfasts, a four course dinner on one evening of your choice, a snipe of champagne awaits you both on your arrival with a red rose and chocolates all for only \u20ac139 pps, when you&#8217;re staying for two nights.<\/p>\n<p>All of these offers are subject to availability.\u00a0 Please contact the hotel directly to make a booking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hi Everyone! I&#8217;m Outi and a new member of WeddingDates team, I came on board in the beginning of January. I&#8217;m from Finland (so please excuse the typos!) and at the moment I&#8217;m studying Tourism and Marketing. I got an opportunity to do my internship with Ciara and Paul and I didn&#8217;t think twice! I&#8217;m not married, so I haven&#8217;t got a chance to plan my own weddings yet, but so far I&#8217;ve had so much fun working with all [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wedding-venues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81708,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions\/81708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}