How to Make Valentine's Day Special in New Jersey

Stay tuned --- we will be updating this list as the event sponsors confirm this year's events.

2025 Northern NJ  Valentine's Day
Celebrations and Events

Valentine Romantic NYC Harbor Cruises
Cruising February 14, 2025; Boarding Time: 5:30 PM
City Cruises
Lincoln Harbor Marina
1500 Harbor Blvd,
Weehawken, NJ
Cost: $149.90, $209.90, $239.90

Toast to the most romantic day of the year on a New Jersey Signature Dinner Cruise. Treat your Valentine to a special evening on the water with Dinner Buffet, Live DJ entertainment, dancing, Scenic New Jersey & New York's most stunning Skyline views, and more with upgrades.

Valentine's Day Planetarium Shows - Romancing the Stars
Friday, February 14, 2025; 7p.m & 8pm
Raritan Valley Community College Planetarium
East Bldg.
118 Lamington Road
Branchburg, New Jersey
For ages 16 & older (no children, please)
It's date night at the Planetarium! Enjoy a light-hearted look at the Universe. Stars, constellations, songs, and stories all celebrate love. This Valentine's Day evening program is for adult couples only.

Take in a day of cross country skiing or snow shoeing and combine it
with an overnight stay at a nearby romantic Bed & Breakfast.
High Point XC Ski Center
1480, Rt. 23
Sussex, NJ 
High Point with the highest snowfall in New Jersey, offers cross country skiing and snow shoeing. This is a great area for beginners and intermediates, and for experienced cross country skiers who enjoy a scenic setting. High Point is an ideal place for newcomers to the sport who want to learn from experienced instructors and to get to experience the joy of cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, High Point is the most equipped, and best groomed cross-country ski and snowshoe area in NJ, and one of the few with equipment rentals.

Celebrate Valentine's Day: Afternoon Tea Experience

Sunday, February 16, 2025: Seatings: 11:30 am, 12:00pm, 1:00 pm, and 2:30pm
The Wisner House
Reeves-Reed Arboretum
165 Hobart Ave
Summit, NJ
Cost: Member Price: $55.00 Non-Member Price: $65.00
Note: For adults and children ages 13+.
Celebrate Valentine's Day with a menu of fine teas and infusions. Attendees will be served freshly baked scones, jam, homemade clotted cream, scrumptious sandwiches, and a 3-tiered dessert tray. In the last part of the service, you’ll be offered a complimentary glass of Prosecco, a Mimosa, or sparkling lemonade.

Personal Chef - Dine Out in the Comfort of Your Home
Their Private Chef serves Jersey City, Hoboken, Union City, Short Hills, Englewood Cliffs and Teaneck.
Offers high end, gourmet chefs to prepare, cook serve, and clean up. You even have the option of selecting a chef from the list of chefs.

2025 Central NJ  Valentine's Day
Celebrations and Events

Annual Valentine's Day Plunge
Saturday, February 8th, 2025
on Main Beach in Manasquan
Manasquan, NJ
This annual event is an exciting fundraising event where participants, called Plungers, collect donations for ALS patients in exchange for plunging into the icy Atlantic Ocean. Get a team together to register as an individual or be a spectator cheering on your plungers, make a donation, or be part of an amazing fundraising event!

NJ Valentine's Day Services and Gifts

A Romantic Experience in a Japanese Style Outdoor Soaking Tub
Alchemy Mind And Bod
Princeton, NJ
Dress for summer, but enjoy the winter in a Japanese style outdoor soaking tub. Alchemy Mind And Body offers a romantic couples package. The day of relaxation starts with a 60 minute garden pass with access to a private outdoor hot tub and the communal dry/steam sauna. Next a side-by-side 60 minute massage including an aromatherapy blend of benzoin, bergamot, French lavender, petitgrain, neroli, Egyptian geranium, ylang ylang, clary sage, and Spanish marjoram. Lastly, a foot soak in their relaxation space.

Send A Romantic Valentine's singing Telegram
Preppy grams Singing Telegrams
Send a singing telegram for any happy Romantic occasion including Valentine's Day

David Bradley
92 North Main Street
Windsor, NJ
They sell on-line at their three retail stores located in New Jersey, offering seasonal fresh, handmade seasonal (Valentines Day) chocolates chocolates with intense chocolate flavor combined with rich smoothness.
At their production factory in Windsor, you can watch fresh chocolates being made through their observation window. Visitors can taste Free Samples of our chocolate daily.

Suzi’s Sweet Shoppe
1100 Highway 35
Middletown, NJ 07748
Offers premium homemade seasonal chocolates using fresh, high-quality ingredients. Noted for their chocolate-dipped strawberries.

Vesta Chocolate Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Boutique & Lab
598 Valley Road
Upper Montclair, NJ
Vesta is an artisan bean-to-bar chocolate lab and boutique, featuring seasonal chocolate bars, confections, baked goods, off-menu items, or custom-made gifts... all hand-crafted on premises in small batches every day by Chef Roger. He uses only organic cacao beans sourced from the Dominican Republic and other Latin American regions.
Vesta can fulfill custom chocolate orders for any special occasion, including Valentine's Day.

NJ Romantic Overnight Hotels & BnB's

Romantic Northern NJ Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts

The Ambersand Inn
Newton, NJ
This charming mini-estate is an ideal place for a quiet romantic getaway. Reserve one of the four deluxe rooms with a two-person soaking tub, a fireplace, and a private balcony.

The Appalachian & Black Creek Sanctuary
Vernon, NJ
A luxury hotel and vacation condo at the base of Mountain Creek. They feature units complete with kitchens, working fireplaces and mountainside views.

 Grand Cascades Lodge
Hamburg, NJ
Located in the luxurious Crystal Springs Resort with full year round resort amenities that include indoor & outdoor heated pools, mineral spa, and a fitness center. Reserve a room with a gas fireplace.

The Castle at Skylands Manor
Ringwood, NJ
A boutique romantic castle hotel on the grounds of the New Jersey Botanical Gardens. A good choice for couples looking for a romantic getaway without the amenities of a modern lodge.

W Hoboken
Hoboken, NJ
Located on the waterfront of Hoboken with scenic panoramas of the New York City skyline just minutes from Manhattan by PATH transportation and i the center of Hoboken of nightlife, great dining and chic shopping.

 Whistling Swan Inn
Stanhope, NJ
A romantic B&B, tucked into the beautiful Skylands Region of northern New Jersey, was built in 1905 and converted to a bed and breakfast in 1985, with suites having a fireplace and whirlpool tubs for two.

Romantic Central NJ Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts

 Chestnut Hill on the Delaware
Milford, NJ
This charming luxury Victorian B & B is perched high on the banks of the scenic Delaware River features rooms fun this grand Victorian home is furnished with antiques, and many amenities including electric fireplaces.

Chimney Hill Estate Inn
Lambertville, NJ
This luxury B&B and Alpaca Farm, located above the Delaware River quaint town of Lambertville, has rooms with canopied beds, fireplaces, and Jacuzzis.

Woolverton Inn
Stockton, NJ
A romantic inn located high above the scenic Delaware River in a 1792 stone manor, offers guest rooms with bucolic views, fireplaces, whirlpool tubs for two, and private outdoor sitting areas.

Romantic Southern NJ Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts

Coastal Chateau
Ocean City, NJ
A luxury, romantic B & B with 12 Suites and 2 multi-room Villa Apartments with full kitchens. Suites are decorated after French, Italian and Spanish destinations. They feature rooms with body spa showers for two, fireplaces, and your own rooftop deck with ocean views.

Beauclaire's Bed and Breakfast Inn
Cape May, NJ
This Victorian style B & B is located just a half block from the beautiful beaches. All of their romantic guest rooms have ocean views, fireplaces, and are decorated with period antiques in the Victorian style and tradition of historic Cape May.

Colonial Inn
Smithville. NJ
Located just 20 minutes north of Atlantic City, this adult only, romantic B&B has rooms with fireplaces in both the bedroom, and the living area.

Congress Hotel
Cape May, NJ
Across the street from the beach, this 106 room historic hotel a restaurant, has a lounge, a nightclub, includes a full-service health spa and a fitness center.

The Gables
Beach Haven (LBI)
This charming circa 1900 Victorian home features an upscale romantic restaurant and guest rooms with period furnishings and a working fireplace or iron stove.

The Reeds At Shelter Haven
Stone Harbor, NJ
This romantic boutique hotel on the waterfront offers on-site restaurants, a luxury Salt Spa, fitness center, pool, and many other resort style amenities, including rooms with cozy, fireplaces.