Without the funds, a date can get boring.

In this article, you will get some new ideas for dates. So, going to see a movie will not be the only option when money is low.

1. Have a mid-afternoon or early evening picnic. Pack a few sandwiches or wraps with water, juice, and soda.

2. If it is snowing outside, go ice-skating or sledding. This is a great way to have romantic fun with spending a minimal amount of cash.

3. If the weather is warm, go for a stroll along the coastline of the beach. Not too many people are around, so you will have privacy.

4. Go hiking.

5. Go see a matinee Broadway show or movie. Then, after the show, take him back to your place and make him dinner. Spice dinner up with a bottle of wine.

6. Go to a museum. Many offer discount admissions on certain days.

7. Go for a ride in the car on a sunny spring day.

8. Make lunch together.

9. Go to the arcade and play video games. Challenge your date to the car racing game. Who ever wins, owes the other dessert.

10. Go to the playground. Play on the swings.

11. Go for a walk in the park when the weather is warm and sunny.

12. Go to the planetarium.

13. Visit an apple orchard or strawberry patch. These visits are free most of the time. You only have to pay for the fruit that you picked.

14. Go to a coffee house. The ambiance of a coffeehouse is romantic and quiet.

15. In the winter, have a date by the fire. Put on a romantic CD, light some candles, get the fire churning, and make some hot chocolate.

16. Have lunch at an outside café.

17. If you live in a major city, invite your date over to your apartment and have a date on the rooftop. Open a bottle of wine while looking at the city.

18. Go to a local bookstore.

19. Go bowling.

20. Go to the diner and have dinner. Most diners have food that cost less than restaurants.