Is Valentine's Day Recession-Proof?

by Emily Matchar, Posted Feb 10th 2009 @ 4:00PM

Thought the restaurant business is suffering - the industry has seen a decline in growth every month for about a year and a half - a survey from OpenTable.com suggests that Valentine's Day might just be recession-proof. This year, 64 percent of survey respondents plan to dine out, versus 47 percent of respondents who actually dined out last year. And 78 percent of respondents would rather have a nice meal out with their partner than receive a gift on Valentine's Day. I agree (unless that gift were, oh, say, an Iberian ham or something...).

Do you plan to eat out on Valentine's Day? Would you rather eat out than exchange presents? Or both?

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Tags: valentines day

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2-10-2009 @4:36PM MildlyAmusing said... i think more people eating out on Valentine's Day is a function of them eating in more often...so they see this as a special occasion for a restaurant meal when in previous years they may have eaten out more regularly...at least that's what i'm doing
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