WalletHub: Top 20 Places to Celebrate Valentine’s Day

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. San Francisco tops the list of Top 20 Places to Celebrate Valentine’s Day © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner and America’s sweethearts planning to spend an average of $143.56 each on the occasion, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best Places for Valentine’s Day along with interesting stats about the holiday in its Valentine’s Day Facts infographic.

To determine the most romantic yet affordable cities for celebrating the Day of Hearts, WalletHub compared 100 of the largest U.S. cities across 23 key metrics, ranging from florists per capita to forecasted precipitation to cost of a three-course meal for two.

Top 20 Places for Celebrating Valentine’s Day
1	San Francisco, CA		11	Austin, TX
2	San Diego, CA		12	Scottsdale, AZ
3	Las Vegas, NV		13	Denver, CO
4	Orlando, FL		14	Washington, DC
5	Chicago, IL		15	San Antonio, TX
6	New York, NY		16	San Jose, CA
7	Portland, OR		17	Minneapolis, MN
8	Seattle, WA		18	Atlanta, GA
9	Honolulu, HI		19	Phoenix, AZ
10	Los Angeles, CA		20	Houston, TX

To view the full report and your city’s rank, visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-cities-for-valentines-day/10056/

Valentine’s Day Facts

• $19.6B: Total Valentine’s Day spending projected for 2018 ($143.56 per person celebrating).
• $191 vs. $99: Men plan to spend nearly twice as much as women, on average, for Valentine’s Day 2018.
• $8.5 Billion: Amount Americans will spend on jewelry ($4.7B), flowers ($2B) and candy ($1.8B).
• 9 Million: Number of marriage proposals made each Valentine’s Day.

For the full infographic, visit: https://wallethub.com/blog/valentines-day-facts/10258

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