COUPLES CRUISE
Getting the Love You Want Retreat
When you want to get away and you also need to improve your marriage. 7 night cruise to Bermuda from New Jersey.
Want a Deeper Bond with Your Spouse?
Feel like your spouse is ignoring you?
Go from constant arguing with your husband or wife to OMG NOW I remember why I fell in love with you!
From constant fighting and arguments to…now I understand why we had communication issues!
From feeling like your partner is taking you for granted …to the confidence that you are the luckiest person in the world for marrying your spouse!
Voted by Brides Magazine as one of the best couples retreats in the world!
A Marriage Retreat Cruise to Improve Communication in Your Relationship
Sometimes we get wrapped up in the stress of raising the kids, or being empty nesters, pressures of work and living…and unintentionally neglect the relationship that should always be a priority. We can’t forget to nurture our sacred relationships and work to improve it whenever we can. This is your chance to reconnect with your partner while getting away to the island of Bermuda to enjoy some much needed time together.
…sometimes it’s difficult to remember what it was like when we first fell in love…and maybe even why we fell in love and the special moments we’ve shared together for years.
We might event start feeling like roommates instead of soulmates like we used to. When we let ourselves surrender to our daily routines instead of each other we can start to grow apart, causing intimacy problems and maybe even resentment toward one another.
Renew your commitments to one another at Our Getting the Love You Want Couples Cruise featuring relationship counseling by experienced Imago Relationship Therapists.
Make time to work on the state of your “union”. Marriage maintenance is needed in nearly all relationships at some time. Come work on your relationship with us on a 7 day roundtrip cruise to Bermuda from New Jersey!
If you feel the same way, (especially after covid!) and you’d like to renew your commitment to each other, fall back in love, reawaken old feelings and truly experience joy together again, ask us about the Getting the Love You Want Caribbean couples cruise.
Coronavirus notwithstanding, you can’t wait to work on your relationship until it’s dry and depleted…
That’s why we’ve planned a safe couples therapy getaway for you, so that you don’t need to wait and can getaway now to do much needed work together.
Join us in 2025 for a Marriage Retreat Getaway Cruise!
We won’t have counseling the whole time, you’ll have plenty of time to recharge and renew both your physical body, mind, and spirit while strengthening your bond. Therapy will be work, but by the last few days you’re both going to experience a romantic couples getaway that wasn’t possible before imago therapy. You’ll be completely reconnected, communicate effectively and productively, and both of you will enjoy the cruise so much more!
Sign up for this journey together to become better partners for each other and improve your communication and understanding of one another.
Spend a weekend recommitting to your #couplegoals and actually achieve and create a beautiful future for your relationship together! An imago marriage counseling cruise from New Jersey to the Caribbean might be just what you need to put the spark back in your marriage.
Text, Call or Register now to book a room for you and your spouse on our summer Caribbean couples cruise!
The Getting the Love You Want™ Marriage Retreat Cruise is for you if you want to:
- Finally become deeply heard by your spouse through a process that feels truly safe
- Renew a relationship that is getting stale
- Gain clarity on whether you should stay or go
- Resolve old childhood “stuff” that is getting in your way of being a great partner and parent
- Discovering and shedding those aggravating triggers that your spouse seems to provoke in you
- Comfortably talk safely about any issue in your relationship and remain connected
- Finally feel loved (maybe even for the first time ever!) by discovering your personal love language and living it out to the fullest
- Achieve your relationship goals through a completed done-for-you plan
- Satisfy your needs for physical and emotional connection
- Learn how to ask for what you want and get the love you want instead of being a victim
- Remove negativity, retaliation, reactivity, anger, and blame through our formula for detoxing your marriage
- Heal the crushing effects of infidelity and make amends
- Establish new rituals for re-romanticizing your relationship
- Shift the negative energy in 5 minutes or less!
June 15- June 22, 2025 7 night NJ to Bermuda Celebrity Cruise- Reserve your Stateroom Now!
Attend Imago Therapy Workshops on a Roundtrip Cruise from NJ to Bermuda
Attend a marriage workshop while cruising with your spouse from New Jersey to Bermuda and back.
To view detailed information about each type of stateroom aboard Celebrity Cruises ships visit the page on their website with stateroom details here.
What’s Included
7 night cruise from New Jersey to Bermuda
All meals and beverages (excludes alcohol and snacks)
All taxes and gratuities
4 Days of Couples Educational Workshop, Workbook and all materials and 3 rest days in Bermuda
June 15- June 22, 2025 7 night NJ to Bermuda Celebrity Cruise- Reserve your Stateroom Here!
From feeling like your partner is taking you for granted …to the confidence that you are the luckiest person in the world for marrying your spouse!
Sunday: Welcome
5:00 PM – Welcome Gathering and Introductions
Workshop Information
Introductions
Housekeeping Items
6:30 PM – Introduction to Imago and Discussion- “Identification of the 5 Relationship Stages” – Explore the secret agenda of relationships and “diagnose” which stage of relationship you are in and how that is currently affecting your marriage and what to do about it. “It’s not just us…we are all on the Journey.”
Break
Exploring Your Own Story
8:45 PM – Closing Exercise
9:00 PM End of Evening
9:00 AM – Check in
Understand the Power of Appreciations
Explore the Impulses That Keep Us Alive and Growing
Discover the Principles of a Fully Alive Relationship
Journey Back to Childhood
How do I share my Story?
Demonstration and Practice
12:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM – Check In
“It’s not just about my Story.” – Additional ways to understand your relationship experiences
Cosmic Journey
Expression of Energy for Connection
Evolutionary Journey
4:45 PM The Intentional Dialogue Demonstration
Understanding the Dialogue
Practicing the Dialogue Break
6:15 The Socialization Journey
6 Hours to turn your hope for your new relationship into reality
9:00 AM – Check
Exits- When the going gets tough
BREAK
10:15
Understanding Frustrations
Reflecting on Your Frustrations
Break
Transforming Frustrations
Behavior Change Request Demonstration
Practicing Behavior Change Request
12:30 Lunch
4:30 Check In
Flooding – Transform negative energy in just 5 minutes
High Energy Fun
6:30 End of Evening
Wednesday: Arrive at King’s Wharf Bermuda
Free day
8:00 AM – Discuss the day over coffee, Going home…what happens now?
8:30 AM – Make A Plan-
Sharing Awarenesses and Intentions
9:00 AM Departure
4:30 PM Check In
Going Home- Now what happens? Home Creating a Plan
Providing Feedback
Closing Ceremony
6:30 Departure
Free day at sea – Enjoy the sites and the relax with your partner.
Sunday: Arrival Home
Testimonials from Couples Who Attended one of our GTLYW Marriage Workshops
Planning to spend the day exploring on Saturday, it is absolutely wonderful here. The hotel is the best and everyone here treats us with such kindness! The food is amazing, my room is perfect and beautiful. Thank you so much for creating this experience for us! -B.N.
Planning to spend the day exploring on Saturday, it is absolutely wonderful here. The hotel is the best and everyone here treats us with such kindness! The food is amazing, my room is perfect and beautiful. Thank you so much for creating this experience for us! -B.N.
The therapist at the retreat was wonderful for us. The whole program is exactly what we needed!– S.A + J.T
Imago Workshop Presenters
David and Donna Bowman
Through their personal relationship journey, their years of working with couples, and their experience presenting 250+ workshops for a wide variety of couples, David and Donna share the information and vision of IMAGO with confidence, compassion, encouragement and passion. Their mission is to help all couples create a safe connection between them that is joyful, passionate and relaxed; bringing the healing power of conscious loving into the world. Donna and David have been married for 41 years and have lived the IMAGO journey for the past 29 years in their own relationship as partners and as parents.
Donna is a clinical social worker and has worked with relationships for 40+ years, first as a teacher and then as a social worker. Her gentle, warm spirit creates a place of welcome and safety where people feel inspired and empowered to discover their own path to wholeness and connection.
David is an ordained minister and a former pastoral psychotherapist. His move into IMAGO relationship coaching arose out of his passion for helping couples achieve greater fulfillment and the success he experiences with IMAGO. His fun loving style and disarming humor add an ease and safety to his presentations and his connection with couples.
What other Retreat Leaders have to Say About the Workshop
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April 30- May 4, 2025
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This Caribbean destination is a land of volcanic peaks, scenic waterfalls, hot springs, and rich flora and fauna. The national parks, wildlife refuges, quaint villages, historic sites and a countless sum of golden beaches in the area provide a variety of activities for guests that seek an authentic Costa Rican experience. Located on the prestigious Pacific Coastline of Guanacaste Province on Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica. Hotel Bosque del Mar is a luxurious couples resort surrounded by natural wonders and a lush landscape, offers couples an all inclusive experience to unforgettable memories for years to come!
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$5,650 - $5,900
All Inclusive per couple depending on your stateroom choice
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Frequently Asked Questions
Any flights needed to arrive at the disembarkation port in New Jersey require separate booking by guests and are not included with the price of the couples cruise retreat. it is best for you to book refundable tickets. Usually, if an airline cancels a flight, you will be reimbursed.
We strongly recommend that you purchase flight cancellation insurance to protect yourself from unexpected circumstances that may cause you to cancel your retreat. Cancellation of any travel plans, airlines, etc. will be completely your responsibility.
If you are not able to attend, due to COVID, your monies will be applied towards a future retreat.
If the retreat has not been cancelled by us, and you cancel within 30 days of the retreat, you will be able to apply the funds towards a future retreat. If you need to cancel over 31 days, you will receive your money back minus the nonrefundable deposit.
If we need to cancel the retreat for safety or lack of attendance reasons, you will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for any non refundable or non-transferable air tickets or other unrecoverable travel costs that you may have incurred.
If you cancel your booking 31 days before the retreat, you will be refunded, minus the non refundable deposit. If you cancel your booking less than 30 days before the retreat your funds will be applied towards a future retreat date and you are welcome to attend at a later date.
View Celebrity Cruises health & safety guidelines here.
No. However, if you are displaying any flu-like symptoms or lose your sense of taste or smell we strongly encourage you to wear a mask at all times during workshop hours. If you have a fever, please be respectful of others’ safety and request virtual access during workshop hours so you can still participate.
The airports closest to the Celebrity Cruises terminal in Bayonne, New Jersey in order of closest proximity are Newark Airport (EWR) 3.7 miles away, La Guardia Airport (LGA) in New York City 14.7 miles away, and JFK Airport (JFK) 17.6 miles away