The Marriage Cruise for Christian Couples
Ignite the spark in your marriage on an 8-night Caribbean Cruise while relaxing, exploring God’s creation, and having fun together.
What if eight nights away with your spouse could change your entire life?
Whether you’ve been married for 5 years or 50, it’s easy to get wrapped up in day-to-day life, putting your spouse and your marriage on the back burner.
Even IF you make date nights a priority, it can be hard to find time to truly connect with each other amid all the other demands of daily life.
Eventually, you begin to lose touch. To feel distant. To forget what it was that brought you two together in the first place.
That’s why we created the Marriage Cruise for Christian Couples, a chance for couples to escape from the daily grind and focus on what really matters to you.
Departs February 1, 2025 for 8 nights
9 Days / 8 Nights aboard the Celebrity Reflection
Fort Lauderdale | Grand Cayman | Aruba | Curacao
Stateroom Prices for 2025
Inside
Inside Stateroom + Retreat Sessions
$
SOLD OUT
/and up*
Veranda
Concierge Class + Veranda Stateroom + Retreat Sessions
$
SOLD OUT**
/and up*
Oceanview
Veranda Stateroom + Retreat Sessions
$
SOLD OUT
/and up*
* Fare sales arise quite frequently -- please contact us ASAP if you would like to book with current pricing and availability. Prices are in US dollars.
** Occasionally, rooms become available due to other cancellations. Serious inquiries only -- rooms are $3500 USD and up. Immediate deposit required to secure.
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A Luxury Cruise Ship
Topped with a half-acre of soft grass, the Celebrity Reflection is a beautiful cruise ship with a plethora of amenities and plenty of room to socialize in the warm sea air. Savour fine dining that rivals anything you'd find on land. And discover even more ways to relax and renew.
Check out our previous cruise in this video:
Meet Your Hosts
Hello! We’re Caleb & Verlynda Simonyi-Gindele, co-hosts of The Marriage Podcast for Smart People (with over 2 million downloads!). We share research-based and actionable steps every couple can take to strengthen their marriage. We live in Saskatchewan, Canada, about 10 miles from the U.S. border and the state of North Dakota.
Together, we run a large counselling agency that serves hundreds of marriages each year. Caleb is a registered Clinical Counsellor (#4323) and Approved Clinical Supervisor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, a seasoned public speaker, and professional marriage therapist who serves as the Clinical Director of OnlyYouForever’s virtual counseling agency.
Verlynda is currently nearing the completion of her Master of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy and supports the operations of our agency while building her clinical hours as an Intern. She is the Group Coordinator for the cruise and will work directly with you to ensure your reservation is successful.
We are excited to be hosting our fifth Marriage Cruise For Christian Couples, where we will be sharing Bible- and research-based lessons learned from a decade of helping couples create thriving, passionate marriages.
You are sure to see your marriage grow, renew and flourish as you discover new, deeper ways to connect and strengthen your love for one another.
How it works
The Marriage Cruise for Christian Couples is a small group retreat for couples looking for relaxation, renewal, romance, and life-long memories.
Aboard the Celebrity Reflection, your hosts Caleb & Verlynda Simonyi-Gindele will guide you through inspiring, entertaining, and educational messages that will transform your marriage. Enjoy great laughs with like-minded couples and quality time with your spouse while sailing on the amazing Caribbean Sea.
Enjoy a dip in the pool, relax with a couples' massage in the Spa, hit the gym, grab some soft serve ice cream or order room service. Whatever you'd like to do as a couple, there is a very good chance you'll be able to do it!
On the Marriage Cruise, couples will:
Retreat Session Details*
Welcome Reception
Session 1: Shortwave Radio Lessons
Session 2: Your Own Love Boat
Session 3: Sex Ed for Experienced Couples
Session 4: Your Safe Harbour
Session 5: Who’s The Captain, Anyways?
Session 6: Navigating Out of the Storm
Session 7: Sailing Off Into the Sunset
Session 8: Wrap-up -- Land Ahoy!
On-board Venue
* Rooms and times will be confirmed closer to the date of sailing. We plan the sessions to work around port visits and ship activities so you don't miss out on any of the fun and adventure!
In every session, you will:
The Marriage Cruise is for Couples who:
What past cruisers have to say
One of the best outcomes we experienced from The Marriage Cruise for Christian Couples was the deeper conversation that resulted from what we learned and practiced during the seminar sessions. We learned the tools to communicate more deeply about our needs, dreams and feelings! It just helped us to feel more in touch with each other, and it felt safer to open up about things that I had been ignoring for a long time. Also, while we didn't anticipate this, we found the conversations and relationships we built with other couples to be amazing! And we really appreciated how accessible Caleb & Verlynda were during the cruise.
Nick & Kim Lezza
We’re always looking to grow as a couple and improve our communication, and saw this cruise and seminar as an opportunity to enrich our relationship. Caleb showed solid knowledge and understanding of behaviors and patterns in marriages, as well as scriptural examples and guidelines. We worked on communication strategies, mapped out goals and took home tools to help us deal with specific challenges. We were especially reminded to keep our energy focused where it needs to be; it is too easy to get caught up in a hectic life and get lazy in some areas of our relationship. The cruise was great, but the time spent with friends, both old and new, was even better! We would highly recommend the Marriage Cruise to couples at any stage of marriage.
Bob & Becky Macleod
One of our class assignments brought up an unresolved issue in our relationship. We had not been able to come to a place of peace about it, but this assignment brought clarity and resolution. We are enjoying the fruit of it still! We are so grateful for the time we spent with Caleb and Verlynda. Their teaching helped us to go deeper into a healthy marital relationship. We did this cruise for our 38th wedding anniversary. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect addition to the cruise than to work on our marriage in Caleb and Verlynda’s seminars. They were truly one of the greatest highlights of the cruise. We would do it again in a heartbeat. An added joy was meeting other Christian couples and also meeting with our group for dinner a couple of evenings.
Many thanks to Caleb and Verlynda!
Howard & Katie S.
I am a fan of Caleb & Verlynda's Marriage Podcast for Smart People: my husband Ron is the typical man who resisted marriage counseling. We were empty nesters travelling a divergent path. The cruise gave us hours for conversation, and the classes were succinct and provided us with many ideas that have brought us back to an appreciation for this life we had together. We look at each other more and at our phones less. We smile and touch and talk more. Caleb and Verlynda are truly gifted. The cruise was the perfect venue for this workshop.
Ron & Nancy Vinsant
We decided in the late fall of 2022 to sign up for the OnlyYouForever marriage cruise set to sail in February 2023. We had received an email about the event and since we had never gone on a cruise, we felt strongly that this was an opportunity to go and be with other Christian-minded couples, and at the same time, experience a cruise in the sunny south.
The cruise ship was the Celebrity Beyond: a beautiful, amazing ship that had pretty much anything you could want in a cruise ship. It was wonderful. The ports visited were great and the weather cooperated throughout!
That was a blessing, but we would definitely say that the experience was only further enhanced by being part of the OnlyYouForever marriage seminars. Caleb and Verlynda Simonyi-Gindele were excellent in the group marriage sessions, and we learned many valuable marriage enrichment tools that were God honouring and practical. Meeting with other Christian couples from all over Canada and the US was also a great experience! We were able to form some close friendships as a result.
We would highly recommend enjoying a cruise with The Marriage Cruise for Christian Couples hosted by Caleb & Verlynda from OnlyYouForever.com
Bill & Jennifer Bergsma
The cruise was a very special week bringing the relationship between my wife and me to a deeper understanding and appreciation for each other. Our lives were devoted to raising our children, and now that they are launched, it seemed like our purpose for all these 20-plus years had ended. This week has helped us to set goals and look forward to the next phase of our relationship together, just the two of us. We came to understand and appreciate in a meaningful way what each of us desires in the years to come. It really taught us how to work through our differences and communicate with each other: to be able to talk and to listen with respect. I highly recommend this cruise for understanding and respecting your spouse and growing deeper in your relationship.
DJ & Dawn Defreece
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