Celebration of Love Couples Retreat
Ready to escape the daily grind and reconnect with your partner in one of the world’s most beautiful destinations? The Celebration of Love Couples Retreat offers busy professionals the opportunity to unplug from everyday life and deeply reconnect with your spouse.
Can you relate?
Ready for Change of Pace?
✓ You’re Hustling Nonstop: You’re constantly grinding at work to provide for your family, but you feel like you’re living parallel lives with your spouse.
✓ You’re Exhausted: By the time you get home, you’re so tired that there’s nothing left to give—no time for yourself, let alone for your marriage.
✓ You’re Drifting Apart: Life’s demands have taken over, and now you and your partner feel more like roommates than soulmates.
✓ You Feel Disconnected: Between your career, family, and the chaos of daily life, your marriage has been deprioritized. Emotional intimacy feels like a distant memory.
✓ There’s No Time for “Us”: Dinner with your spouse and kids? It’s become a rare occasion. Conversations that used to be meaningful now revolve around logistics and schedules.
If any of these resonate with you, it’s time for a change.
Here's how your relationship will transform
✓ Flying to a tropical paradise where you leave ALL your responsibilities behind to relax and reconnect with your partner while learning skills to take your relationship to the next level!
✓ Long after the retreat is over you feel loved and seen by your partner. You feel like you are a priority to your partner! You have regular points of connection built into your day.
✓ What it feels like to no longer feel disconnected and distant, like two ships sailing pass each other. Instead, you have rituals of connection in your relationship that leaves you feeling loved and desired again!
✓ You are able to communicate your wants and needs effectively. Without feeling stressed, frustrated or angry. You feel understood and can easily compromise on most things.
Are you ready to transform your relationship?
This isn’t just any retreat—it’s a transformative experience designed to:
Reignite the spark in your relationship, helping you feel truly loved, understood, and seen by your partner. It will strengthen both your emotional and physical intimacy, allowing you to reconnect on a deeper level and build a stronger, more fulfilling bond.
What to Expect:
Intimate Workshops: Learn communication strategies and rituals to strengthen your marriage long-term.
Deep Connection: Disconnect from distractions to focus solely on each other and nurture your relationship.
Unforgettable Experiences: Enjoy romantic adventures, fun activities, and local cultural outings that bring excitement into your relationship.
Expert Guidance: Benefit from personalized support and tools from experienced relationship experts
Celebration of Love
Cape Town South Africa 2025
An intimate experience designed for busy, professional couples, ready to unplug from day-to-day life and reconnect with their spouse.
Join us for a transformative experience that will help you feel loved, deepen your connection, and strengthen the vision for your marriage!
Itinerary
Throughout the retreat you will be immersed in a thoughtful itinerary that allows space for learning, fun activities, connecting with other couples and ample time for fun, exploration, rest and relaxation.
*The Couple Sessions are designed to provide you with tools to enhance your relationship. Rest assured, you will never be required to share personal or intimate details publicly.
Please note while we have curated each experience for you to enjoy, all activities and retreat sessions are OPTIONAL. You can certainly choose to sleep in and simply enjoy each other’s company! This retreat is for you!
A detailed Itinerary will be provided 14 days prior to the retreat. Here’s a sample itinerary of what you can expect:
DAY 1: VIP ARRIVAL: Welcome dinner and mixer
DAY 2: VIP group coaching sessions
DAY 2: PREMIERE ARRIVAL: Retreat welcome cocktail reception and mixer
DAY 3: Couples connection workshop, connection activity
DAY 4: A day of fun and adventure group outing
DAY 5: A day of fun, men’s only/women’s only break out session
DAY 6: Couples connection workshop, Celebration of Love Finale Dinner
DAY 7: Say farewell or extend your stay!
What’s included
✓ Six nights, luxury accommodations (seven nights for VIP)
✓ Roundtrip airport transportation
✓ Couples workshops and a special Celebration of Love dinner
✓ Select meals, including a welcome dinner and celebration dinner
✓ Experiential activities
✓ Free Time for Exploration and personal activities with your spouse
What they said
J. Holmes
“Authentic Marriages has done it again! They curated a fun and impactful retreat to energize and encourage your marriage. The workshop content sparked introspection and gave us tools to build stronger marriages. The customized "touches" throughout the retreat made you feel the love and care that they put into planning the event.”
J. Davis
“Authentic Marriages has been such a gift to my husband and I, we are so grateful for the couples that attend and offer wisdom, laughter, and a community committed to honoring marriage and faith. We are three retreats in and so impressed by the intention and commitment of the Authentic Marriage team!”
Transform your love.
Reignite your marriage.
Transform your love. Reignite your marriage.
What you will gain…
✓ Fun and Bonding: Couples will reignite fun into their relationship and have the opportunity to enjoy each other in a relaxed environment so they can reconnect emotionally and physically with their spouse.
✓ Communication Strategies: Couples will learn to communicate their needs effectively and feel seen and heard by their partner.
✓ Rituals of Connection: Couples will develop a plan to build small moments of connection throughout the week. Couples will understand that their relationship cannot function on auto-pilot and they will have to invest time and energy to maintain their relationship.
✓ Practical strategies: Couples will be given relationship tools that will strengthen their bond and improve their relationship long term.
✓ Community: We believe that marriage should not be done alone. Having a community of like-minded couples to support your relationship is essential for the growth and long term success of your marriage.
✓ Reprioritize your Marriage: couples will reprioritize their relationship that will result in making major changes to how they currently do life.
Hey there!
Meet Your Hosts, Jared & Kaara
Hosted by relationship experts, Dr. Jared Kiddoe, MD, and Kaara Kiddoe, LCSW, co-founders of Authentic Marriages, this retreat will help you grow your love while surrounded by a community of like-minded couples.
Investment Per Person
PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE
THE PREMIER Experience
$4000 per person
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THE VIP RETREAT Experience
$5000 per person
What’s included in Premier
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SIX nights of Luxury 5 star accommodations.
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Select meals as noted on the itinerary (Welcome and farewell dinner)
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Roundtrip transfers to the retreat venue
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Enjoy a fun new cultural experience with your partner as we explore local sites
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Throughout the retreat you will be immersed in a thoughtful itinerary that allows space for learning, fun activities, connecting with other couples and ample time for exploration, rest and relaxation. It includes a welcome mixer, couples workshop sessions, experiential couple activities, and intimate discussions designed to foster emotional intimacy, enhance communication, and reignite the spark in your relationship. The retreat culminates with a Celebration of Love dinner where we celebrate our love in style!
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Meet a community of like minded couples who are on the same journey of building and strengthening their marriages!
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Get to know attendees before the retreat! Come as strangers and leave as friends!
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Lookout for elements of fun surprises throughout the retreat to enhance your experience!
What’s included in VIP
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SEVEN Nights of Luxury 5 star accommodations.
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Participate in an intimate small group coaching dinner on Saturday for VIP only. Designed for couples who desire deeper work to further enhance your connection.This small group coaching will provide in-depth content to nurture your marriage, group discussions, reflection exercises, and couples homework. Receive access to exclusive marriage workshop content for VIP only.
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Arrive a day early and enjoy a private dinner and welcome mixer with the retreat hosts
What’s Not Included
Round-trip flights to retreat destination
Meals not mentioned in the itinerary
Gratuity for airport transfers, spa treatments, off site excursions & off site restaurants
Travel insurance: We highly recommend purchasing trip insurance to protect your purchase
Retreat Registration
To help ensure the best dynamic for this event, all NEW retreat couples must be interviewed prior to registration.
Please scan the QR code or click the button below to schedule your interview:
GOT QUESTIONSFAQS
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Round-trip flights Additional services, tours and spa treatments not mentioned Travel Insurance (We highly recommended purchasing travel insurance!) Gratuity for airport transfers drivers, tours take on your own (drivers and tour guides), hotel staff (butler and spa attendants).
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All payments are non-refundable. See Terms and Conditions for more details.
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Yes! You can arrive up to 3 days early and leave up to 3 days post retreat. You can also request to upgrade your room at an additional cost. Please email info@authenticmarriages.com with requests for room upgrades and extensions. Please note Authentic Marriages will not be responsible for hosting or planning any experiences pre or post retreat. Participants are free to enjoy the country at their leisure.
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The retreat prices posted on this website are per couple! Your retreat package includes 5 star, all inclusive hotel accommodations (4 or 5 nights depending on the package you select), airport transportation, a group outing and all retreat activities.
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The VIP experience is an up-level experience specifically designed for couples who desire to more relationship enrichment and time to enhance their marriage. The VIP Experience includes: One additional night of hotel accommodations (5 nights total) VIP Couples will arrive Friday July 5 instead of Saturday Jul 6 A private dinner and mixer the day before the retreat (Friday July 5) Bonus VIP workshops and small group coaching on Saturday July 6 before the retreat officially starts
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A detailed Itinerary will be provided 14 days prior to the retreat.
Friday: VIP Welcome dinner and mixer
Saturday: VIP group coaching sessions, Retreat welcome cocktail reception and mixer
Sunday: Worship, couples connection workshop, connection activity
Monday: A day of fun and adventure group outing, men’s only/women’s only break out session
Tuesday: Couples connection workshop, Celebration of Love Finale Dinner
Wednesday - Depart or extend your stay!
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Item description
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VISAS are NOT required. VALID PASSPORTS ARE REQUIRED: Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months for the duration of your stay. For example: If you arrive July 5, your passport must be valid until January 2025.
Listen to the uncut testimonials of past participants
Don’t wait until it’s too late to reignite the love and connection in your marriage.
Ready to Transform Your Relationship?
Please review our full Terms and Conditions here before reserving your spot with us!