Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Datevitation: The Perfect, Personalized Gift for ANY Significant Other

I was recently contacted by Datevitation to review and giveaway one of their gift books.  Even if they weren't sponsoring this post, I would be sharing this gift idea with you because it's an absolute winner for ANY significant other. (Men, are you listening?  Your lovely lady will like this too!)  It solves the issue of the picky significant other and the significant other that has everything.  

You've heard of love coupons right? I've seen them in stores and I've even made my own. Well, Datevitation.com is the web's first online platform to create a custom love coupon book. It's so much easier than making your own, looks much more polished, and unlike those in stores, is completely customizable. The "date library" has over 200 date ideas to choose from with adorable stick figure pictures to accompany them. They come with prewritten text to get your creative juices flowing (the little quotes are SO cute!) but you can personalize them as you'd like. The dates are well organized into categories - from adrenaline to sports to dining in - so there is definitely something for everyone. There are even "adult only" sections, but you have to verify that you are at least 18 to see those, so don't worry about stumbling upon them accidentally if you don't want to see them.  In addition to choosing the dates to put in your book, you can also choose the cover from over 60 different designs for every holiday and occasion.

I was given the opportunity to review book with five custom pages, but I ended up paying for an additional five because there were just so many romantic date ideas that fit our relationship perfectly. I initially chose around 20 and it was agonizing trying to whittle it down from there. One of my favorite things about the whole process was how easy and quick it was. I customized my whole book in about 10 minutes and received it in the mail less than a week later. I know that David is going to think it took much more time and energy than it did. I can't give too many details of exactly what's in our book in case David stumbles upon this post (I banned him from my blog until after Christmas, but I will say that it looks fantastic!

Books start at only $20 making it both a thoughtful and economical gift. You can get $5 off your purchase this month with the code 'NEWLYWED'. THE LAST DAY TO ORDER AND GET IT IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS IS DECEMBER 15th! Although it makes a great significant other gift, you could also make one for a good friend, sibling, parent, or someone else special in your life who you think might enjoy some special time with you next year. 


A little side note about the founders (don't you love to hear the stories behind companies, especially when they're love stories?): Alex Karpman founded Datevitation in 2011, after he bought his then-girlfriend Olga an iPhone.  Olga was way more excited about the thoughtful note he included than the iPhone itself, so Alex set out to create the most thoughtful gift ever and Datevitation was born. Alex proposed to Olga in December 2011.  A video of the proposal was posted on Youtube as a Save The Date, and now has over 750,000 views (you can view it here)!  In September 2012, Olga and Alex married and are now run Datevitation together.  You can check out their blog for Datevitation here and their podcast here.

Now, giveaway time! Enter on the Rafflecopter below to win a Datevitation gift book with 5 custom pages. (Note: Winner must pay $3.50 for shipping and handling.  Tax will be applied to books shipped to California.  Books ship to U.S. only.) In order for the winner to be able to order the prize in time for Christmas, the giveaway is going to be a short one. It ends this Thursday, Dec. 13th at midnight! Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

I received Datevitation gift book to facilitate this review.  I was not required to write a positive review. Opinions are 100% my own.  See Disclosure Policy.


14 comments:

  1. I like the call in sick one because I always suggest it and Steven will never do it... but I don't know if he could resist the coupon :).

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  2. I like the carnival one!

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  3. I like the idea of a new tradition.

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  4. The Beach Walk is my favorite.

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  5. I like the dancing, the bowling the movie

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  6. I like the orchard.

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  7. I like the road trip one too. We never do anything like that

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  8. I like the Sushi illustration.

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  9. i love the road trip one, we love going on impromptu road trips!

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  10. I like the indoor picnic!

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  11. How fun! Our only "roadtrips" have been very planned moving trips! Not as much fun :(

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