Call us Cupid-haters, but it can get sick-to-your-stomach saccharine on Valentine's Day. It's a holiday for romance, but it's also one for lust. To celebrate the anti-Valentine's Day, we present the best red-light district tours. These are about learning and looking, not touching. So stay away, pervs.

Check out our top red-light tours, this way:

· Tokyo
If you aren't into the group thing, you can explore Kabukicho, Tokyo's red-light district, on your own with a 65-minute audio tour that you can download to your iPhone along with a pdf map. It will give you the history of the seedy section, the government's attempts to move it out of the city and some recommendations of non-sleazy fun in the area.]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-02-14T13:26:25-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/2/9/103939/2860

Valentine's Day is less than a week away and if you're scrambling to come up with the perfect present, opt instead for a romantic getaway. Even if your budget doesn't allow for a jet-setting Paris or Venice trip, there are still last-minute local jaunts you can take that will impress your honey buns.

Check out our three picks for a local V-Day getaway:]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-02-09T11:50:40-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/2/8/384/06780

It isn't only restaurants and candy manufacturers who are capitalizing on Valentine's Day. Zoos are selling themselves as a romantic place to bring your valentine with special events that revolve around observing animal mating habits. It's like what you see on the Discovery Channel, but live and sometimes accompanied with a meal.

Check after the jump to see which zoos are getting frisky for V-Day. ]]> Jennifer Kester 2010-02-08T16:20:14-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/2/5/32111/81835

If chocolate and a cheap stuffed animal won't cut it for your valentine this year, try whisking your baby away to Puerto Rico for a last-minute Valentine's Day vacation.

Travelzoo is offering a deal where you'll get four nights at a hotel and round-trip airfare for $399. But you have to jump on this, since the sale ends today at midnight, EST.]]> Jennifer Kester 2010-02-05T08:35:40-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/2/2/204942/8075

It’s not too tricky to find a good spot to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Just mix together warmth, sand and sun and typically you’ll be good to go—we’ve even found a few for you. And there’s still plenty of ways to mess things up, a few of which might be taking your sweetheart some of our suggestions below, as these are the worst events and locations to celebrate Valentine’s Day in 2010.

· Roses At The Rodeo In Texas
If you don’t want to celebrate Valentine’s Day with the same person in 2011, then taking him or her to the rodeo for some animal cruelty and men in tight jeans is a great idea. Champion bull rider Tuff Hedeman—apparently he’s a big deal—will be attending the February event at the Bee County Exposition Center. Tickets are just $10 in advance, and the first 100 ladies in attendance will be given a flower. If this was on your radar as a possibility you might as well leave the car running for a quick escape. ]]> kjb 2010-02-03T09:30:11-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/2/1/155647/7047

Have you ever heard of Pegasus Airlines? We can't remember if we have, but apparently they've been flying for 19 years in Turkey, and have some pretty great rates for travel around Europe, especially with their current Valentine's Day promotion.

Let's say you'll be in London for good old Valentine's, but you've got a little extra vacation time. Why not skip Paris but still honor the memory of the romantic Orient Express by hopping a flight to Istanbul? If you book on Pegasus before February 13, and fly between February 11 and 15, then the second passenger travels for 50% off.

Or just forget it and wait until March, when the airline begins service between Paris-Orly and Istanbul, with tickets starting from 49.99 EUR one-way. Yes, Pegasus considers itself a low-cost carrier, so you in-flight meals will cost money, but you can at least pre-order them. Perhaps it's time we finally dipped our toes in the Bosphorus...

Related Stories:
· Pegasus Airlines [Official Site]
· LCC news [Jaunted]

[Photo: Pegasus Airlines]]]> JetSetCD 2010-02-01T16:30:10-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/1/29/112623/100

Guess what is only two weeks away? Yep, Valentine's Day is back again, and with it comes the scramble for half-hearted gifts for your sweetheart, even though the thought is whole-hearted.

The newspapers are full of jewelry store ads and specials on weekend trips to Paris, but we're feeling something a bit warmer, someplace with more dolce vita than savoir faire, if you know what we mean. So then, it's off to Rome!

For the next few months, even including all dates around Valentine's Day, Travelzoo has found a huge deal on a hotel+flights+breakfast deal to Rome for $649. It's listed as $749 on the go-today travel site that is selling the deal, but enter promo code TZ012710 at checkout to knock off that pesky $100 difference. The hotel may be only 3.5 stars, but hey—at least you're in Rome with a bed and you've spent less than if you were to head straight into a jewelry store and just point at something nice.

Related Stories:
· Rome 6-Night Vacation Incl. Air [Travelzoo]
· Get in the Mood for Love at Three Valentine's Day Destinations [Jaunted]
· Romantic Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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