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PRIVATE DATE IDEAS

If you're looking for some quality private time, this list of private date ideas is perfect for you and your date. This list includes romantic dates at home, secluded beaches, parks, and more. It's not hard to find romance in a date when you're sitting alone under the stars gazing into each other's eyes.

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Head out for a romantic day trip or weekend getaway to view the beautiful fall foliage this season. Check out our romantic fall foliage viewing tips.

Rent a limo for the night and spend the evening around town in style. Bring along some champagne and enjoy the romance. Make a stop at a romantic restaurant for dinner, then continue the romance in the limo. If you're feeling adventurous, spend the after-dinner ride getting a little frisky.

Set up a canopy outside and fill it flickering candles, twinkling white lights, and a radio playing your favorite love songs softly in the background. Have his/her favorite drink chilling and a romantic meal prepared. After dinner, dance together under the lights or take a planned walk lit up with luminaries that leads to a blanket full of rose petals where you can lay together and look up at the stars.

Spend the evening piecing together a puzzle. It's something completely different that allows you work together with a challenging puzzle, but also have an incredibly fun time.

Go to an old cemetery to watch the sun set/rise or for a picnic and try to contact the dead for fun (if you're into spooky stuff).

Pull over and dance off to the side of the road under moonlight.

Take a hike and have a bonfire on a little known trail complete with a sunset and s'mores.

Make a date of it either in your backyard or at a local park. Bring along a blanket, a bottle of wine and a few decadent treats to enjoy while you lay on the blanket and watch the show together.

Take a hot air balloon ride together, especially at sunrise or sunset for an incredibly romantic and inspiring experience.

Whether you have your own boat or make reservations for a dinner cruise, take her out on a sunset ride. Standing close together watching the sun setting over the water is incredibly romantic.

Get pizza from your local favorite and have a picnic in the park.

You don't have to be in New York City to enjoy a romantic carriage ride. Many smaller towns offer smaller carriage tours that are just as romantic.

Many cities from Charleston, SC to New York City, NY offer carriage rides through their downtown areas under the moon and stars. Grab a blanket and go for a romantic nighttime carriage ride.

Lunch in a secluded pasture near a train track and watch the trains go whizzing by as you lay looking at the clouds and talking.

Choose a recipe that neither of you has tried. Shop together for the ingredients and then slave away together in the kitchen. Be sure to sit down to a romantically set table including candles.

Get a few games such as Scrabble or Monopoly, a bowl of popcorn, and a few treats and settle in for a fun night at home together.

Grab a deck of cards and settle in for an evening of Gin Rummy and Hearts. Up the ante with a few little friendly bets. If you're really adventurous, you could even try strip poker.

Whether it's in your backyard, at a local pool, or at the beach, grab a couple of towels and spend the afternoon sunbathing together and talking.

Grab a Ball jar and waste away the night time hours catching fire flies like you did when you were children. Bring along a blanket and when you're done, just lay together looking up at the night sky.

Bring along a few snacks and spend a Sunday afternoon just driving through the country roads.

Whether in your backyard, a secluded pasture, or the beach, lay down a blanket and stargaze together. Get a star chart ahead of time and you can identify the various stars and constellations together.

Head to your local video store and pick out a movie (and yummy treats to go along with it) to watch that night while cuddled together on the couch.

Put down a blanket in your living room and have a romantic picnic at home together.

Watch your favorite tv programs together just to spend more time together. Spend the commercials making out.

Bring a picnic lunch and some day old bread for the ducks. Spend the afternoon eating, feeding the ducks, and lounging on your picnic blanket together.

Though often found in October during fall/harvest time, you could find hayrides at other times if you look hard.

Get some massage oils and spend the evening giving each other back rubs and body massages. This often leads to more bedroom fun. ;)

Take a walk, hand in hand, as the sun goes down. Need we say more?

This is actually a two part date idea. On Friday night, cook dinner for your partner and then have them cook for you the next night.

Plan a gourmet dinner and cook it together in the kitchen.

Get all of the ingredients and make banana splits or ice cream sundaes together while watching a flick.

Pick up a couple of coloring books and crayons and snuggle up down on the floor to color the pictures like you did when you were kids.

Want to really play like a kid again? Get out the play dough and create romantic figures that describe your partner's feelings for you.

This works best if you have a convertible or a sun roof. If not, bring along a blanket and spend the evening identifying stars together.

It doesn't matterr if you're heading out for a 5-course gourmet meal or to fast feel.

Take a walk on the beach, with the romantic sound of the waves gently crashing on the shore.

If you went camping together, roasting marhmallow are a given. For everyone else, build a mall fire in your back yard and roast marshamllows together or even make s'mores!

Get back to your childhood roots with finger paints! Create a print that describes your love for your partner.

Snuggling in front of the fireplace. Need we say more?

Go out to a local coffee shop for some great java, conversation, and people watching. This makes a great first date because it's in a non-committal setting -- meaning you're not stuck if it's not going well. Plus, it's a great date for really talking and getting to know another person.

Rent a convertible for a day and take your date out for a drive.

Visit a local pub for some live music, go to a concert, or even listen to music at home while you talk and just enjoy being together.

For those that have been dating for awhile... or possibly for the end of the date? Set the mood with bubbles and candles.

If you've ever watched ABC's 'The Bachelor' you know that the hot tub is an excellent end to any date.

Pick a romantic movie together at your local video store, then watch it together on a laptop under the stars while laying on a blanket.

Set up the video camera and make your own fun videos. We don't mean sex ones. Unless that's what you both want to do. ;)

Pick apples together at a local orchard, then bake an apple pie (or other apple dessert) together when you get home.



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