Savannah is nice, though a bit of a long drive.

NYC would be my pick ... maybe driving to spend more of the budget on the hotel and/or cultural stuff. My best romantic weekends ever have been in NYC ...

We went to New Hope for a wedding and it was a lot of fun, country inn and art galleries, antiquing or canoeing during the day and lots of places to go at night, fun people watching, they get a wide range of people from PA, NJ and NY for such a small town.

St. Michaels, Charlottesville area, or a flight to New Orleans? Hot air balloon ride in Orange, Va? They also have sky diving there. If you drive you could have a wonderful hotel weekend in NYC with that budget. If he would like Vegas you could easily find a package for that price. Other adventurous ideas - Key West weekend w/an intro to scuba? Or hit Miami Beach and get a VIP concierge service to set up an evening of dinner and dancing with no-velvet-ropes passes.

You can always rent a little cabin away from everyone else. Grill some steaks or lobsters. Walk in the woods. Lounge away hours in bed.

Great ideas, thanks!

Fly out of B'more and you could have a fun weekend down in Charleston, SC. Great food, gorgeous old town and the beaches.

How about going up to New Hope, PA. Lots of great restaurants and galleries and it is only about a two and a half hour drive.

What about Charlottesville?

I'd like to take DH off for a fun/romantic weekend away for his birthday at the end of March. Budget is about $1000, and so it should be within driving distance or a cheap plane or train ride. We like cities as well as escapes in the country, but I don't think we want to do the "Inn at Little Washington" type thing, although I guess we could! We are not super fancy but love gourmet food.

Any ideas?