Valentine's Day Spending

Posted by Abby Crawford on

A new survey by CreditDonkey.com reveals that men plan to spend $84.39 on   Valentine's Day while women will spend $48.13. Other findings:

- 59% of people plan to spend the same amount as they did last year on Valentine's   Day. 23% plan to spend more while only 18% plan to spend less.


  What people plan to give for Valentine’s Day, and what they hope to receive:


- 65% plan to give dinner, only 49% want to receive dinner

- 38% plan to give chocolates, only 30% want to receive chocolates

- 37% plan to give flowers, only 20% want to receive flowers

- 8% plan to give gift cards, 15% want to receive gift cards

- 7% plan to give electronics, 20% want to receive electronics

- 5% plan to give travel, 9% want to receive travel


  Differences in gender:

- 15% of males plan to spend less this year, compared to nearly 23% of females   who plan to spend less.

- More males plan to give flowers (57% of males compared to 8% of female respondents).

- More males plan to give jewelry (17% of males compared to 4% of female respondents).

- More females plan to give clothes (13% of females compared to 6% of male   respondents).

- More females plan to give electronics (13% of females compared to 3% of male   respondents).

- More females plan to give gift cards (10% of females compared to 6% of male   respondents).

- Valentine Day’s Gifts for Him: Nearly 1 in 3 males want to receive electronics   for Valentine’s Day

- Valentine Day’s Gifts for Her: Nearly 1 in 3 females want to receive   jewelry for Valentine’s Day

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