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title: "Long-Distance Valentine’s Day: 12 Ideas for Couples Apart"
description: "Apart on February 14? 12 long-distance Valentine’s Day ideas: Valentine’s trees you fill for each other, a countdown on both phones, video dates and more."
url: https://decomytree.link/long-distance-valentines-day
language: en
last_updated: 2026-10-27
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Long distance · Valentine’s Day

# Long-distance Valentine’s Day ideas

Apart on February 14? Here are 12 ways to make it feel like a date, starting with two trees you fill for each other.

## Twelve ideas

1. Two trees, one each
   Each of you makes a [Valentine’s tree](https://decomytree.link/valentines-tree) and sends the other the link. Hang gifts with love notes on each other’s; they open on February 14.
2. The same countdown on both phones
   The [couple widget](https://decomytree.link/couple-widget) shows each other’s gifts and the days to Valentine’s Day (Android, with the app’s next update).
3. Open your notes together
   Get on a call when February 14 starts and read your notes out loud.
4. A video dinner date
   Order the same food, dress up and light a candle on both ends.
5. A romantic movie in sync
   Press play at the same moment, or use a watch-together app.
6. Flowers to the door
   Order from a florist near them, with a note in your words.
7. A love letter in the post
   Something they can keep in a drawer.
8. A playlist for two
   Your songs, in the order you met them.
9. Play a game together
   Pick an online game and make it a tradition.
10. Ask each other questions
    A deck of couples’ questions keeps the talk going long after dinner.
11. Look at the same sky
    Step outside at the same time and call each other.
12. Plan the next visit
    Book it, and start the next countdown.

![Ava’s Android home screen: her Valentine’s tree widget says Liam left you a gift, 110 days to Valentine’s Day](https://decomytree.link/assets/widgets/couple-widget-home-1-720.webp)

More ideas: the [best apps for long-distance couples](https://decomytree.link/long-distance-relationship-apps) and [long-distance Christmas ideas](https://decomytree.link/long-distance-christmas).

Make your Valentine’s tree

Send your partner the link; their notes stay sealed until February 14.

- [Create your tree](https://decomytree.link/create-tree)
- [Send a message](https://decomytree.link/send-message)

## Questions

### How do you spend Valentine’s Day long distance?

Plan a video date at the same time, send something they can open on the day, and give each other something to look forward to, like notes on your [Valentine’s trees](https://decomytree.link/valentines-tree) that open on February 14.

### What is a good long-distance Valentine’s gift?

Flowers or a letter by post, or something digital that still feels like unwrapping: a tree of love notes that opens on Valentine’s Day.

### Can we read each other’s notes?

Each of you reads the notes on your own tree. Visitors only see the tree and how many gifts it has.

### Is it free?

It’s freemium: making a tree, sharing it and sending notes are free; removing ads, putting your tree on the world map and other extras are paid.

## More pages

- [Apps for long-distance couples](https://decomytree.link/long-distance-relationship-apps): The apps that make the miles feel shorter
- [Long-distance Christmas](https://decomytree.link/long-distance-christmas): Wake up to their messages on Christmas morning
- [Couple widget](https://decomytree.link/couple-widget): Each other’s gifts and the days to Valentine’s Day
- [Valentine’s tree](https://decomytree.link/valentines-tree): Love notes that open on February 14