You and your partner need a couple’s getaway to relax, rekindle, and rejuvenate, like yesterday, right? Couples retreats are designed for you and your partner to spend time together away from the stressors of everyday life, and provide an opportunity to spend time with others in a splendid environment.
The point is, we sometimes neglect to spend quality time together in relationships as daily life happenings take over our focus. From our early morning commute and childcare to our already hectic schedules filled with Google Meets, Zooms, and webinars. That’s why a couples retreat is ideal for your next trip, allowing you and your partner to enjoy each other’s company on a retreat designed specifically for you to heighten your relationship and explore ways in which you can even improve or reignite the spark.
Couples Experience offers a wide range of luxury couples retreats, so we know all about the goods you need. From indoor/outdoor activities to superb meals, and even relationship coaching along with free time, the Couples Experience retreats are known to transform relationships. And if you and yours are trying to set goals to focus on during a couples retreat, here are our top 6 goals to help you plan the best way to enjoy your adventure. Ready?
Personal Growth On Both Sides
To love and understand others, you must first love yourself. If you and your partner are arguing, bickering, or not seeing each other’s point of view, a couple’s retreat is the ideal place to work on these issues while also working on yourself.
While you have this time to yourself, it is essential to focus on your relationship, what you expect, want, and require from your partner, and take steps to improve yourself the same way you wish your partner would.
Set goals for yourself to meet by the end of your couple’s getaway, and make sure your partner does the same. You can then work on rekindling your relationship and resolving any issues.
Partake in Beneficial Activities
Couples retreats provide programs tailored to what couples want to accomplish on their luxury getaway. Relax and restore activities that prioritize you spending quality time together may include spa treatments tailored to your preferences, connection-focused games, and conversations, or fireside chats are all popular. Pool time with a beverage is always great too – cheers!
Couples retreats also allow you and your partner to participate in some of my favorite activity-led past times that encourage you to work as a team and create new memories while embarking on an adventure.
Do a Digital Detox to Eliminate Distractions
Imagine going two full days with no phones, no laptops, just you and yours trying to work.things.out. It might sound scary, and day one might be awkward being in each other’s faces with nothing to distract you or take up your downtime, but you will be surprised just how impactful this will be.
Eliminating digital distractions is an important goal to focus on during a couples retreat. A getaway is all about exploring and sharing new experiences. As tempting as it may be to photograph every adventure you go on, consider how monumental just sharing at the moment will be – irreplaceable magic.
Remember, your vacation is for you and your partner to enjoy, and it should not be disrupted by technology or the need to check social media. Take your phone with you, but keep it locked in the safe in your room or leave it in your bag for the time being. You don’t have to go cold turkey, but focusing on the experiences in front of you is essential for couple bonding and relaxing away from your hectic lifestyle at home.
Plan Ahead of Time and Communicate Effectively
Any getaway requires you to listen to whoever you’re traveling with, so you must create a mutual plan for what you want to accomplish from your couples getaway.
So, research the retreat you’ve pre-booked and determine what each of you wants from your time there. Then, listen to one another’s ideas and be open to new programs, activities and even meals, that you might not have thought of yourself.
Allow the couples retreat host to take the lead as well. Remember, they are the experts creating a special time for you to be at your best and create something special!
Relax, Unwind – Rinse, Repeat!
You’re bound to argue about trivial matters at home, such as cleaning, gardening, how you’re both spending your weekend, who is listening to who, why didn’t you do what I asked, who’s picking up the kids, and so on and so forth. All of these concerns, however, are rendered obsolete while on vacation, and it is critical to remember this. You need to relax and enjoy each other’s company because it’s so easy to get caught up in the stresses of everyday life. But we ain’t got time for that…uummkay?! Life is short, and we do not want to ever say, “I wish I had more time.”
In addition to relaxing and enjoying the retreat, explore every activity and program available to you. Chat with the other couples. And if you want to get crafty and creative with gifts, you should surprise your love with a couples subscription box from Couples Experience!
Be Willing to Try New Things
Do you remember everything you and yours have always wanted to try? New food? A new special wine? Hiking? Taking a boat ride? A couples retreat is the best time to get that old thing back, and invest new energy in exploring fresh interests to ignite new love flames.
This is not the time to be reserved or shy. Embark on thinking beyond your normal limits. Allow yourself to embrace anew. Got it?
Make time in your schedule for new fun and relaxing activities or make sure your couples retreat host has set aside ample time for you to be with yourself and your love! No need to be on the go all day, every day. This is critical to avoiding burnout and keeping the spark in your relationship alive.
And that’s a wrap! We hope these amazing goals to focus on during your next couples retreat align with yours and set you up for a fantastic time full of connection, and evolution with your partner.
Have a splendid time, and oh! Feel free to reference this list anytime.
With pleasure, Cheers!
Sign up for the Couples Experience Membership Community to access relationship experts, date night ideas and exclusive invites to upcoming couples retreats and couples events. Experience more today! Also, be sure to follow us on Instagram.
