Wedding anniversaries give you and your spouse the perfect excuse to put your busy lives on hold for a little while and spend a day or more together. Considering how important wedding anniversaries are, some couples rack their brains trying to find the right way to celebrate. Here are a few of the best anniversary celebration options to keep in mind as the day approaches.
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Go Out for a Meal
This is undoubtedly the most traditional option, but there’s nothing wrong with that. A meal at a restaurant gives you and your spouse the opportunity to relax, have a nice conversation and enjoy yourselves.
A romantic restaurant is obviously a good way to go here. If you’re aiming for a frugal celebration, you can opt for an anniversary breakfast or lunch instead of a dinner.
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Cook a Meal Together
If you and your spouse are the hands-on types, then you may want to choose a recipe, pick up the necessary ingredients and stay home to make a delicious meal yourselves. Cooking together is a great bonding experience, and you’ll get to enjoy the fruits of your labor afterwards.
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Take a Vacation
For a longer anniversary celebration, consider booking a trip for two to a vacation destination that you and your spouse like. That could be a tropical island paradise, a city in Western Europe or a small town that’s you can reach by driving just a few hours.
You can base the vacation you take on your budget and how much time the two of you can afford to take off from work. Remember also that you don’t even need to leave town to have a vacation. You could book a room at a nice hotel and go the staycation route, which has become much more popular in recent years.
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Go to a Spa
When it comes to relaxation, spas are hard to beat. You and your spouse can spend the day getting pampered with couple’s massages, aromatherapy or body wraps, to name just a few common spa treatments. When you check out spas in your area, make sure you see if any of them have anniversary specials you can try.
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Try a New Activity
If there’s an activity that you and your spouse have been dying to try, your wedding anniversary gives you the perfect opportunity to do so. Maybe you two are the daring types and want to go skydiving together. A hot air balloon ride is another popular couple’s activity. If you two would prefer to stay on solid ground the entire time, you could go bike riding or wine tasting.
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Go Camping
To truly get away from it all, camping is the best option. Even if you’re only “roughing it” for one night, it’s still a fantastic way to bond, as you two can spend time out in nature and cook your food over the campfire.
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Spend the Day in Bed
What you do on your wedding anniversary doesn’t need to be complicated or extravagant. If you haven’t had much time to plan or you and your spouse are the homebody type, you could spend the whole day in bed. Have some snacks ready, line up some movies if you’d like to have some entertainment and order takeout so that you don’t need to cook anything, and you’ll be well on your way to a fun day.
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Write a Love Letter
A gift on your wedding anniversary is a nice touch, but a thoughtful love letter is often the best gift you can give. There are very few things more touching than having someone write you a letter about how much you mean to them.
The examples above are just a few of the near-countless ways that you and your spouse can enjoy your wedding anniversary. In truth, it’s not really about what you do. What’s important is that you two do it together.
