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).
25+ Fall date ideas for couples on a budget
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)
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)
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
