![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gettyimages-1302164092.jpg\")
article <\/p>\n article <\/p>\n
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 14: Valentine’s Day balloons and flowers are sold outside a convenience store on February 14, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n
NEW YORK CITY – Valentine’s Day spending is expected to reach record highs this year, and New Yorkers typically shell out the biggest bucks!<\/p>\n
By the numbers:<\/p>\n
New York City consistently ranks as the No. 1 city for Valentine’s Day spending in the U.S. thanks to its high cost of living, high retail density and romantic image.<\/p>\n
In 2023, New Yorkers spent an average of $250 or more per person on dining, jewelry, flowers and travel.<\/p>\n
Prix-fixe Valentine\u2019s menus in Manhattan often range from $175 to $350 per person \u2014 excluding drinks! Other cities top out closer to $100.<\/p>\n
Want to bring flowers on your dinner date? Expect to add more than $100 for a dozen roses. Traveling to NYC for a romantic getaway? A hotel room can cost upwards of $450 during Valentine’s Weekend \u2014 a 30% price surge!<\/p>\n
Even a typically cheap movie date gets expensive in the city: $60 for two tickets, popcorn and drinks.<\/p>\n
Big picture view:<\/p>\n
Valentine’s Day in New York City is well above the national average, which experts say will break records this year at $29.1 billion, surpassing last year’s record of $27.5 billion.<\/p>\n
Americans are budgeting a record $199.78 on average for gifts, an increase from $188.81 last year and surpassing the previous record of $196.31 set in 2020.<\/p>\n
“Much of that growth is driven by middle- and high-income shoppers who are expanding their gift lists to include friends, co-workers and even pets in addition to loved ones,” said NRF Vice President of Industry and Consumer Insights Katherine Cullen.<\/p>\n
The Source: Information from his article was provided by the National Retail Federation and local pricing analysis.<\/p>\n
New York City<\/a>Food and Drink<\/a>Entertainment<\/a>Holidays<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 14: Valentine’s Day balloons and flowers are sold outside a convenience…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[157,289,969,232,9,11,10,12,56,63,618],"class_list":{"0":"post-131352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-food-drink","10":"tag-holidays","11":"tag-lifestyle","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}