Shop around before wining and dining your loved one

MONEY can’t buy you love, but shopping around before pampering a loved one with a romantic weekend break might get you more for your euro — and earn you some brownie points into the bargain.

Shop around before wining and dining your loved one

It would be cheaper for aspiring Romeos or Juliets to whisk their beloved away to London for a St Valentine's weekend treat than Cork, a survey by the Dublin European Consumer Centre (ECC) has revealed.

Taking into account flights, accommodation, all taxes and charges, a meal in a top restaurant, the obligatory bouquet of 12 red roses, and even the sterling difference, it would be €25.50 cheaper to fly to London from Dublin for two nights than fly to Cork.

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