Stress Less. Travel More.
Stories, guides, and tools for couples who want to connect through travel, without overthinking it.
Your source for easy date ideas, couples travel inspiration, and real-life relationship tools grounded in psychology.
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Couples Travel
Tips, real stories, and destination guides for couples who travel with purpose, not perfection. Learn how to navigate different personalities, plan less, and stay in love while exploring the world together.
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Relationship Goals
Therapist-approved rituals, tools, and reflections to help you grow as a couple. Build trust, manage conflict, and create a relationship that feels intentional through the Gottman Method and psychology.
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MI Dating Guides
Easy Michigan date ideas that help you slow down and deepen your connection. From cozy lakeside towns to creative day trips, these local adventures help you experience each other, not just the itinerary.
Latest from the Blog
Real stories, travel tips, and connection tools for couples who want more meaning in their adventures—whether you’re exploring Michigan’s shoreline or heading abroad together.
About Us
I’m Carly, the therapist, and he’s Liam, the engineer. Together, we’ve lived in more than 35 places from Michigan to California to Colorado and explored more states and countries than we can count. We’re opposites in plenty of ways, but we’ve learned how to travel together with intention, humor, and a lot of heart.
Lake Michigan Dates is a couples travel blog built to help partners make travel (and life together) a little smoother and a lot more connected. You’ll find real stories, travel guides, and relationship tools grounded in psychology, plus destination ideas that help you plan less, love more, and show up for each other wherever you are in the world.
Come with us as we explore date ideas, couples trips, and romantic getaways across Michigan and the world—because every adventure is better together.
Free Download: Travel Talk
Because traveling together should be easier.
Travel Talk: A Guide to Radically Aligned Couples’ Travel is a free, therapist-created workbook to help couples plan smoother, more connected trips—without the stress.
Inside, you’ll find 125+ questions, prompts, and tools to help you understand each other’s travel styles, needs, and rhythms—so every trip feels easier, lighter, and more aligned.
Instant download!