Inexpensive First Date Ideas:

1. The beach
Take a picnic, a bottle of wine and a rug and spend the day catching the sun together. Or you could take a dip together. All that splashing is bound to be great fun.

2. Picnic by a river
Prepare a basket of goodies, a chilled bottle of wine, and enjoy the day relaxing in each other's company.

3. The movies
Let your date choose the film. It will show a good gesture if you don't have the same taste in films. Select a unique theater (i.e. leather seating) to enhance the experience and arrive early to provide plenty of time to get to know each other.

4. Theme park
Big or small, everybody loves theme parks. Triple loop roller coasters, dodgems, etc. is the ideal date for the big kid in us.

5. Eat in
Show off your culinary skills and ask them round for dinner. Don’t over do the candles and music or you may frighten them away.

6. Indoor ice skating - or roller blade in the park
You can lean against each other for balance and warmth.

7. A sporting activity that you both like
If you are both big basketball fans, then take a trip to see a professional basketball game together.

8. Kite flying
It's a lot more fun than you may think!

9. A trip to the zoo
Everyone likes animals so a trip to the zoo makes for a perfect date.

10. Local museum or art gallery
This is only a good idea if you are both interested in museums.

Expensive First Date Ideas:

1. Go to a concert
Take them to see their favorite band in concert and dance the night away.

2. Go for an expensive meal
Have her serenaded by one of the waiters with a bottle of champagne and a dozen red roses.

3. Horseback riding
Take a trip to the nearest horse farm. Spend the afternoon horseback riding and stopping to take in the scenery and afternoon lunch in a local inn.

4. Candle lit dinner for two aboard a yacht
Take her out to sea. Put on the full works, captain sailing, champagne on ice and lobsters for dinner.

5. Take in a show
Get dressed up for the evening and go along to watch one of your favorite shows at a theatre house. Or go to a premier of a big blockbuster movie.

6. Horse drawn carriage at night
Take a trip around the city and through the park on a horse drawn carriage. Have it take you to a swanky restaurant and wait while you dine.

7. Under the sea - Go scuba diving
There's three worlds to explore on Earth. What's under the surface, what's on the surface, and what's above the surface. Take your date on an adventure to discover what wonders the ocean holds.

8. Take to the sky - Go for a trip in a hot air balloon
The thrill and beauty of a hot air balloon ride is a very romantic and exciting date. And that's no hot air.

9. A trip to New York for the afternoon
Fly her to New York and back in an afternoon. This is the ultimate first date destination (especially if it is her first time there).

10. On top of the world
Prepare a basket of caviar, prawn cocktail, strawberries and cream and champagne on ice and take to the skies.

Extravagant First Date Ideas:

1. Fly her to Paris and back
Take in all the sights that Paris has to offer. Finish the date with an expensive meal in one of the swanky restaurants in Paris.

2. Helicopter ride
Go for a flight over the city in a helicopter.

3. Become a Vegas Whale
Dress up to the nines and go blow a fortune in a top casino.

4. Parachute jump
Take to the sky for the high of a lifetime. This is cannot be a surprise date unless you are sure this is what they want.

5. Climb to the top of the world
Go mounting climbing on a clear summer’s day. Don’t forget the flag for when you reach the top.

6. Go swimming with dolphins
This has to be the ultimate experience of a lifetime and if you aim to impress, this is the way to do it.

7. Parasailing
Take to the sea, have lunch, then the sky's the limit.

8. Eat in
Hire a top chef and waiting staff to prepare a meal and evening that your date won't soon forget.