Want to make a couples bucket list? Looking for unique bucket list ideas for couples? Meaningful relationship bucket list ideas to mark milestones? Or special experiences, you just have to do together?! Then you’re in the right place! Here’s 125+ inspiring bucket list ideas for couples who don’t just want to LIVE, but really experience all of LIFE together!
How To Create a Couples Bucket List
See, creating a couples bucket list is fun and easy.
Simply write a list of all the different things you want to do together as a couple, then day-by-day, year-by-year, work your way through!
This isn’t just a random list of places or activities, but instead –
- Things you want to do or experience together.
- Things that make you learn and grow – both individually and together.
- Places you want to go, see and experience with one another.
- Things that will push or challenge you.
- Things that will bring a sense of accomplishment.
- Goals you want to achieve together.
- Things you never thought you’d be able to do!
- Key milestones you envision in your lives together.
- Fundamental things that are important to you.
We recommend typing it up, printing it out and sticking it on your fridge so it’s somewhere you can see it every day. This then acts as a helpful reminder, keeping you on track.
The magic key to creating a couples bucket list you’ll actually do however – is filling it with meaningful bucket list ideas for couples that are actually important to you…
Because when you have strong enough reasons “why”, you’ll always find the “how” to make it happen.
125+ (Inspiring!) Bucket List Ideas For Couples
So hey, have a read of our top 125 bucket list ideas for couples and see which ones stand out to you. In no particular order, we’ve got…
Relationship Bucket List Ideas
Relationship bucket list ideas are based around where you want your relationship to go and – in some ways – the key relationship milestones you want to have.
It’s super fun to map this out then have fun ticking them off, one by one, as your relationship works it’s way through the key dating and relationship stages.
Some of the most popular relationship bucket list ideas as are followed:
1) Move in together (when you’re ready to move in, of course!)
2) Host a party for your closest friends and family.
3) Host a dinner party.
4) Go on a staycation.
5) Go on your first holiday abroad.
6) Go on your first couples family holiday together!
7) Go on a road-trip.
8) Buy a house together.
9) Complete a renovation project together.
10) Work on a DIY project at home.
11) Host Christmas or Thanksgiving!
12) Create a cute Christmas Eve tradition.
13) Create couples traditions you can continue into family life.
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14) Get a pet together. (Always consider adopting!)
15) Get engaged. (I mean, how soon is too soon to propose?!)
16) Have your dream wedding!
17) Attend a wedding as guests.
18) Go on a honeymoon of a lifetime.
19) Have a baby / start a family.
20) Start a side hustle together. (There’s plenty of fun side hustles for couples to try.)
21) Reach a saving goal together.
22) Start investing together.
23) Become financially stable or financially free.
24) Work through a bucket list of evening date ideas.
25) Have a bucket list of day dates / experiences – and see how many you can complete! Speaking of which…
Bucket List Date Ideas For Couples
We can’t have a list of bucket list ideas for couples, without throwing in some of the most popular bucket list date ideas, now can we?!
When it comes to contemplating the best date ideas to add to your couples bucket list, you should definitely consider the following –
26) Feel the adrenaline rush with a date at a theme park.
27) Escape an escape room together.
28) Battle it out at axe throwing!
29) Get dressed up for a murder mystery night.
30) Go to a couples fancy dress party (and go ALL out with your matching costumes!)
31) See a music concert.
32) Head to the opera!
33) Watch the ballet.
34) Go to a music festival.
35) Indulge at a food festival.
36) Watch a theatre show / musical.
37) Go to an open air / drive-in movie night.
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38) Attend a sports game.
39) Take an art class… Or paint / draw each other – titanic style!
40) Make your own wine or beer!
41) Put your balance to the test with roller blading or ice skating.
42) Go zip lining or complete a high ropes course.
43) Go on a ferris wheel. (This is a must!)
44) Go to a fairground.
45) Have a go at pumpkin carving, going back to your youth!
46) Go to a barn dance for something different.
47) Have fun with cocktail making!
48) Cook a 3 course meal together, getting dressed up to stay in at home.
49) Treat yourselves to a spa day.
50) Go paddle boarding or kayaking down a river or lake.
Unique Bucket List Ideas For Couples
Moving onto unique bucket list ideas for couples now then, it’s time to grab your cute, comfy travel hoodies and head off exploring parts of the world!
These bucket list date ideas focus on experiences that will enhance experiential intimacy (one of the types of intimacy that a relationship actually really needs!)
See, you might like to look at adding things like the following to your list-
51) Travel to every continent in the world.
From the Golden Triangle Tour in India to the mountain peaks in Patagonia, the beautiful places to visit in Costa Rica to the Northern Lights of Iceland – tick bucket list destinations off, one by one!
52) Set yourselves the challenge of visiting a new country every year!
53) Stay overnight in a bubble or dome.
54) Stay overnight in a treehouse.
55) Go skinny dipping together. (Because, why not?!)
56) Climb a mountain together.
57) Do a long-distance walk.
58) Run a marathon or half marathon together.
59) Go skydiving or bungee jumping!
60) Go on a hot air balloon ride together.
61) Fly in a helicopter together!
62) Learn how to ski or snowboard.
63) Go white water rafting.
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64) Swim with dolphins or whales in the wild.
65) Volunteer with animals or children abroad.
66) Stay at a homestay with locals.
67) Watch a sunset in a bucket-list location.
68) Go stargazing. (As cliche as it sounds!)
69) Go camping under the stars.
70) Spend New Years Eve in a new place each year.
71) Go on a sailing trip.
72) Stay overnight on a private island.
73) Take in the Northern Lights!
74) Visit the 7 wonders of the world, one by one.
75) Go to the city of LOVE! After all, there’s plenty of romantic things to do in Paris!
Bucket List Ideas For Couples That Strengthen Your Relationship
What else have we got? Well, here’s some specific bucket list ideas for couples, designed to strengthen your relationship.
In here, you’ll find many things you may not have THOUGHT to do, but which will undoubtably benefit your relationship, in more ways than one!
So when crafting your couples bucket list, be sure to add smart relationship bucket list ideas in, like these –
76) Take on a couples intimacy challenge – getting started with this fun kissing challenge, even.
77) Complete an intimacy streak challenge for the bedroom!
78) Take on a couples daily question challenge. (Try starting with these 365 deep questions you can use to ask daily.)
79) Take on the ultimate couples “how well do you know me” quiz!
80) Learn a new skill together. (A popular one, is to cook.)
81) Start playing a couples sport that keeps you active and bonding weekly.
82) Have a couples hobby that you both enjoy.
83) Develop your own healthy relationship habits.
84) Create a vision board for your life.
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85) Have a water fight or pillow fight. (It’s fun and playful!)
86) Move to a new city and start over (if you need.)
87) Try couples coaching or couples therapy… Preferably before you reach the point of really needing it!
88) Take on a self improvement challenge together, to become the best versions of you.
89) Work through couples communication exercises.
90) Do couples trust-building activities together.
91) Start a book club for just the two of you, picking from some of the best relationship books for couples.
92) Create a podcast club – it works in the same way as a book club, but instead, you listen together.
93) Learn about each other’s love language. Swat up!
94) Create a couples personal development bucket list… A bucket list within a bucket list!
95) Have a digital detox, switching off electronics for the ENTIRE weekend, to reconnect with each other.
96) Learn a new language together (test your patience whilst expanding your minds!)
97) Take a dancing class together – it’s one of the great ways to build intimacy in your relationship.
98) Volunteer together to gain a deeper sense of perspective.
99) Raise money for charity together, to strengthen how you work together as a team!
100) Babysit together (before having kids!)
Romantic Bucket List Ideas For Couples
Let’s finish off with some romantic bucket list ideas for couples now then.
After all, romance brings real life to relationships, so it’s something you want to continue to build, no matter how long or little you’ve been together.
If you’re looking for romantic bucket list ideas for couples you might like to –
101) Add a love lock onto a bridge.
102) Visit a romantic movie set.
103) Go on a horse and carriage ride.
104) Make photo books of each year of your lives together.
105) Make a calendar each year with memories from the year before to remind you how special it was.
106) Write love letters to each other, expressing how you truly feel.
107) Create a love song together, about your love for each other.
108) Make your own romantic playlist, full of songs that have special meanings for the two of you.
109) Create a scavenger hunt around the house, full of romantic love notes and clues!
110) Create a couples time capsule to look back on in years to come.
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111) Read romantic poetry to each other.
112) Take photo booth photos.
113) Take instant camera photos and hang them around your room.
114) Create a “movie” video of all of your favourite memories.
115) Have a cute couples photoshoot together. (Even a DIY one!)
116) Revisit the place you had your first kiss.
117) Re-create your very first date.
118) Create a scrapbook full of all of your favourite photos and memories together.
119) Create a “day in the life of us” fun, romantic vlog style video together. (Just for the two of you!)
120) Get cute couples matching tattoos, or tattoos that pair with each other.
121) Get your fortunes read!
122) Join the mile high club… I mean, some may see it as romantic!
123) Visit each other’s home towns.
124) Have a couples massage.
125) Go to a real-life ball (making all your fairytales feel like they’ve come true!)
That’s All For This One
So there we have it – that rounds up our 125+ bucket list ideas for couples. I hope this has helped to fill you with new ideas and inspiration.
The only limits are the ones you set yourselves remember.
So get bucket list planning, then have fun spending a lifetime together, working your way through.
Wishing you all the very best!
Love,
Ell_xx
