100+ Cities & A Match Guarantee —Pre-Dating™ Makes Speed Dating Easier Than Ever
The Short Version: With over 5.3 million speed dates and counting under its belt — not to mention events held in more than 100 cities across the U.S. and Canada — Pre-Dating™ is the world’s largest speed-dating service specifically for single professionals.
Originally published on: https://www.datingadvice.com/for-men/predating-made-speed-dating-easy
For some singles, the bar scene can often get frustrating if they’re not meeting like-minded singles. And when you’re constantly swamped with work, family, and other life commitments, meeting people you want to date sometimes becomes a challenge.
Pre-DatingTM is the largest speed dating service in the world for single professionals.
If meeting people is the main hurdle in your dating life and you want experts to take the work off your shoulders, then you might want to check out Pre-DatingTM — the only national-speed dating company for busy single professionals like yourself.
With events in over 100 cities in the U.S. and Canada and thousands of singles attending those events each month, Pre-Dating and its experienced Event Coordinators find and match you with quality singles by arranging a series of six-minute face-to-face “pre-dates” at upscale restaurants and bars.
Pre-Dating’s motto is “Ready, Set, Date!” and they help you do just that in a fun, safe, and convenient way — whether you’re looking for a casual date or long-term relationship. Recently we spoke with Pre-Dating Event Coordinator Michael Clarke, who sat down with us to share the ins and outs of the service — especially its Match Guarantee and patent.
Pre-Dating’s Easy Sign-Up & Diverse Events Create Happy Singles
Since its 2001 launch, Pre-Dating and its team have been committed to consistently improving their process and features — from the event planning to who attends to addressing client needs.
All It Takes is 4 Steps: Register, Attend, Mingle & Receive Matches
The Pre-Dating speed-dating process is a simple one with only 4 basic steps:
- Register for an event
- Attend the event (don’t forget to show up early)
- Meet and greet with up to 14 single professionals
- Receive compatible matches from Pre-Dating within 24 hours.
And it all starts with you. Browse the site for events in over 100 cities, with each one having its own list of events. You can also join Pre-Dating’s Event Notification List to stay updated about future ones.
Once you find an event, sign up by phone or fax, and Pre-Dating will email you all the details like directions to the location. To ensure that every event has an equal number of men and women, Pre-Dating requires all singles to register in advance and not at the speed-dating location.
Pre-Dating hosts events in 100+ cities and is responsible for 5.3 million speed dates.
Prices for the events range from $30 to $40, and Pre-Dating even offers additional discounts for most of them when you register early. Events are also always held in nice restaurants and bars (in private or semi-private areas), and there are often free appetizers and/or drink specials.
All you have to do next is show up and receive your name tag and Match Sheet scorecard. The Event Coordinators take care of the rest.
In round of several six-minute mini dates, you’ll get to meet as few as eight and up to 14 single professionals in less than two hours. Pre-Dating also has an Attendance Guarantee that says if the event is made up of less than five pairings or less than five of one gender, they’ll give you free credits to another one.
Once the event is over, you’ll go to Pre-Dating.com and enter in the information from your Match Sheet — aka who you want to get to know better. Pre-Dating emails you in less than 24 hours with a list of people who said they also want to get to know you better.
Over two-thirds of attendees are matched with at least one person, but Michael said more than likely you’ll receive several matches, which greatly increases your chances of making a lasting connection.
Pre-Dating Welcomes All Types of People & Balances Events for Gender & Age
When it comes to who attends the events, Pre-Dating focuses heavily on quality and diversity, making sure each event has the ideal number of people and genders. So you never have to worry about one event having 10 women and only five men.
Attendees are usually either in a special trade or the business field, such as medical, law, or marketing. And whether they have a higher education degree or professional on-the-job experience, they’re all successful at what they do.
In terms of age, singles start at 21 and go up to 70+, with a majority being in their 30s and 40s. With such a large range, Pre-Dating makes sure their events are age compatible, with singles being within 10 years of each other or less. And this can change each month.
While one month Pre-Dating might have more events for people 24-34 and 35-45, the next month could have more events for people 29-39 and 45-55. This guarantees that repeat attendees consistently meet new people, and Pre-Dating has found most of them want to date someone close to their own age.
Quality customer service has always been the main goal of Pre-Dating, so they work hard to be welcoming of everyone as well as offer a variety of events to meet every client’s particular wants.
Constant Feedback Shows What’s Working & What Needs Improving
Over the last 15 years, Pre-Dating has been responsible for more than 5.3 million speed dates, and they’ve been able to reach those milestones because they listen to singles and adapt the system as needed, which singles say they appreciate.
At least three times a week, the team hears from people who want to share their Pre-Dating success stories because they found someone special and have gotten in a long-term relationship or became engaged or married.
And with over a 70% match rate, it’s easy to see that Pre-Dating really does work.
“My husband and I met at one of your events in November, at Kimera in Newport Beach, CA, and on Sept. 8th of this year we celebrated our fabulous wedding with friends and family, followed by the most wonderful honeymoon in France! We both thank you for bringing us together!” — Brenda Jackson, Los Angeles California
“Our clients are the reason why we’re still around, so we like to thank them and make sure we’re always available,” Michael said.
Final Thoughts
Pre-Dating is changing the speed-dating experience in so many ways. Not only do their services and the team make dating fun, effortless, and safe, but they make singles feel confident that they’ll find the date or relationship they’ve been looking for.
Hayley Matthews
Hayley has over 10 years of experience overseeing content strategy, social media engagement, and article opportunities. She has also written hundreds of informational and entertaining blog posts. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Bustle, Cosmo, the Huffington Post, AskMen, and Entrepreneur. When she’s not writing about dating news, relationship advice, or her fantasy love affair with Leonardo DiCaprio, she enjoys listening to The Beatles, watching Harry Potter reruns, and drinking IPAs.
