25+ Fall date ideas when you’re on a budget

Looking for all the Fall “feels” when it comes to date ideas that spice up your relationship, while also staying on budget? I got you.

Now I’m not exactly “all into” the whole Fall season thing (ah, don’t kill me yet!). I’m a Florida girl, so we don’t get much of a real Fall around here. Our palm trees don’t change with the seasons – they just go dormant, I guess, like most of our foliage. And I just can’t put a finger on why the fad of hot Pumpkin Spiced Lattes, scarves, jeans, jackets, and boots, or huddling in fleece blankets around a fireplace just isn’t a die-hard Disney moment for me.

It just doesn’t get COLD here in the Fall, guys! We barely hit the 60’s in December.

So unless it’s an iced coffee, ankle booties, and maybe a beach towel draped around me – I can’t deal, I’m a #bornandraisedFloridagirl. But I know I’m just one of those tiny margins who don’t swoon over Fall so easily – Fall/Winter fever will usually hit me like a ton of bricks between Thanksgiving and Christmas (as temperatures FINALLY drop down into the 60s some days so I can take advantage of a light sweater). And in that time I try to cram every known Holiday-craze date idea there is known to romance.

Though, in a not-so-seemingly way – I get you. For the Fall lovers out there – this ones for you. These budget-friendly fall date ideas are sure to spice up your relationship around the Holiday season (no pun intended).

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25+ Fall date ideas when you’re on a budget

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Watch a Halloween movie at a local drive in or “movie on the lawn“

Check out ghost tours in your area

(then visit a graveyard – if you dare)

Visit your local winery/brewery/distillery

Pick apples at the orchard

(then bake your favorite dessert/dish together)

Check out local fall festivals or Oktoberfest events in your area

Create your own outdoor movie theater and binge watch Halloween favorites

(all you really need is a movie projector!)

Explore local coffee shops for the best Pumpkin Spiced Latte

Have an intimate grillout

Be kids at heart – dress up for Halloween and go trick-or-treating

Take a dip in the hot tub

Go to your town’s high school football game

Bake your favorite Fall related pie or dessert

(share a slice with a glass of wine watching the sunset)

Go through a haunted house together

(research your area for haunted house tours using Funtober)

Pitch a tent and camp out

(whether in the woods, backyard or in your living room)

If you live up north, take a drive to some of the best scenic spots

Have a Fall couples photo shoot

Cue the fireplace, light candles, open a bottle of wine and snuggle up

Create a fun, spooky, signature cocktail

(name it, and enjoy it)

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Go on a hayride and through a corn maze

Get the ingredients to make chili, or soup together and enjoy a cup by a fire

If you have pets, find a local pet costume contest

(go all out – make pet costumes together

Have a picnic in the outdoors

(preferably with a view!)

Enjoy a Sunday watching football with your favorite snacks

Read a book together by the fire

(make it interesting – a scary novel!)

Take a bike ride through the fall foliage

Attend a local carnival

(even if you don’t ride the rides – play the games, people watch and enjoy some junk food!)

Put together Holiday decorations

(ie. make a DIY scarecrow)

Take a hike

(see who can collect the most colorful fall leaves)

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Go to your local pumpkin patch, then decorate and carve pumpkins

Build a campfire, make s’mores and enjoy apple cider

Visit the Farmer’s Market for seasonal goods

Go shopping for winter clothes

(set a strict budget for each)

Enjoy the Fall scenery on horseback

Host a Friendsgiving together

(or have your own, separate Thanksgiving for the two of you).

Make caramel apples

Stay in a bed and breakfast, or cabin in the mountains for a night

Go canoeing

Pass out candy together on Halloween

(make it a game: choose a costume you think will come to the door more than once)

Walk around an old town in your area

Sit on the porch and watch the sunrise or sunset