The only thing worse than being single on Valentine’s Day is being in a committed relationship and not coming through with a romantic surprise. You can’t argue that V-Day isn’t a product of the commercial world in which we live, but that argument will only get you so far when you try to explain to your significant other why you failed to even buy a Mars bar for her. There are two ways to approach it. You can either reject the holiday completely and do so at your peril, or fully embrace it and use it as an opportunity to enhance your relationship.

It you opt for the embrace the holiday choice, then you might want to think big, really big. Like big as in a city break in Paris. As cliché as it might sound, Paris is the city for romance. You can dress like a slob, offend people left and right, and you will still come off as a winner in your partner’s eyes. Paris is that special.

Opodo is onto this greetings card holiday game and they are making it pretty easy and pretty affordable to book a last minute [1] city break in Paris for Valentine’s Day or a later weekend.

[2] Valentine’s city break in Paris from £128 – book now!