Some couples retreats can actually add stress, such as those involving camping, international travel, or forming litigation partnerships. Take the stress out of bonding with today’s Groupon: for $199, you get a three-hour couples retreat at Alera Salon & Spa in Cranberry Township (a $440 value). Each person will receive the following:

• A one-hour Swedish massage
• A customized facial
• A pedicure

The aestheticians at Alera Salon & Spa round up twosomes for relaxing three-hour respites in the couples retreat suite. Massage therapists knead tissues and create cross-fiber friction during concurrent one-hour Swedish massages, which untie muscular knots faster than a boy scout disentangling fishing wire. During each person’s customized facial, an aesthetician steams the frontispiece with ozone, buffs away perished cells, and applies a mask made of high-end Bioelements products. Coats of color can take hold of toesies at the end of luxurious pedicures, in which aestheticians name-drop famous brands such as OPI. At any point during the retreat, pampered partners might sip a bottle of wine they brought from home or practice their secret couples handshake while wearing sock puppets.