- HASTINGS Hotels is offering some special St Valentine's Day breaks. From February 9 to 17 you can get an overnight stay with dinner for two, a glass of bubbly and a full Irish breakfast the next morning from £85 per person sharing. The hotels starting from £85 are the Stormont in Belfast and the Everglades in Derry. Ballygally Castle in Co Antrim starts at £90. The Europa in Belfast starts at £95. The Slieve Donard in Newcastle starts at £125. The Culloden Estate and Spa in Cultra starts at £150. (All prices are per person sharing.)
- Staying in for dinner this St Valentine's Day? Marks & Spencer is doing a £20 meal deal for two which includes starters, mains, sides, desserts, a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates. Starters include Coquilles St Jacques, gastropub runny Scotch egg and Scottish mussels. Main courses include rump steak with peppercorn sauce, gastropub duck a l'orange or sirloin steak. The deal is available from February 9 to 14. Until January 30 the usual £10 deal applies. See www.marksandspencer.com/c/food-to-order/dine-in. (Image for illustration only.)
- Asda's competing with a £15 meal deal, available from February 8 to 15. You get a starter, main, two sides, dessert and a bottle of wine. Starter options include a continental meat platter, Cornish Camembert and all-butter cherry tomato and mozzarella tartlets. Mains include beef Wellington, rump steaks or sirloins, lamb shanks and butterflied seabass.
- Order St Valentine's Day flowers from www.post-a-rose.com before midnight on February 2 and you can get 15 per cent off. Use the code EARLYBIRD18 at the checkout stage.
- Debenhams Beauty Card holders can get a bonus £10 worth of points when spending £50 or more on beauty and fragrance. Normally you collect £1.50 worth of points on that spend. The website states that terms and conditions apply but does not provide details anywhere obvious. Find out more about Beauty Club at www.debenhams.com/content/beauty-club.
- Maplin has some of its batteries for half price again - and if you buy enough, you can get a free £5 voucher when you reserve them online for collection in store. Pick up 40 extra-long-life alkaline AA or AAA batteries for £7.49; 12 AAs and 8 AAAs for £4.99; or 40 AAs and 20 AAAs for £9.99. Spend £10 or more on goods from www.maplin.co.uk (paying online or in store) and when you collect them you'll get the voucher. No end date has been specified.
j.campbell@irishnews.com
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