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New Dating Cruises
Dating has been big business for centuries and speed dating is one of most popular forms around. Speed dating works on the idea that lots of single people get to meet each other in one location and have ‘mini dates’ in a round robin style meeting. These mini dates often last around 5 minutes and the daters have to learn as much about each other as possible in this short time. Where this type of dating event falls down is that people are under a lot of pressure to make a good first impression in a very short time and they cannot really learn very much about each other as it is so rushed. The organizers of a new ‘dating cruise’ think they have the answer.
New York based company, ‘Moving Love’ are in the final stages of planning for their next singles luxury cruise following the success of their first trip. In order to get onto the cruise you need to be single and need to have proof of your occupation. “These are the only requirement of our holiday makers”, Mike Flemming of Love Works commented. “They have the whole trip to get to know the ins and outs of the other holiday makers, which is typically 4 week long enough to get know someone pretty well we think.” The original cruise was around the Indian Ocean and took place over 3 weeks, catering for more than 2500 singles. The cruise was a definite success according to the company, who have said that over 350 couples got together on the cruise and some are already planning to get married. They are planning to expand the cruises to local river cruises and one is already scheduled to take place in Germany next year on one of the Rhine river cruises
Flemming has commented that the success of the new dating cruises comes from the fact people are more relaxed on the boat as they treat it as a holiday and they also are not forced to act quickly when meeting people as there is plenty of time for everyone.