introducing the haystack surf retreat...🏄🏝️🇵🇹

Single & love solo travelling or just fancy meeting new people in the beautiful portuguese sun? After the success of our sold out ski trip and surf camp, we’re so excited to introduce the haystack surf retreat…

When: Thursday 10th – Sunday 14th September

Where: the stunning coastal town of peniche, in portugal

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We create fun dating events for single people across cities in the UK.

We hire out cool bars and fill them with single people, but don’t worry, we don’t just leave you to it! We use our in-house algorithm to match you into groups of compatible people (these groups are always age appropriate, and you’ll always have things in common). We re-invest profits into fun entertainment on the evening – anything from live bands in a beer garden, to arcade games, to sporty activities like rock climbing – so you have a great night regardless.

If you want to meet new people in your city, free from any forced fun, that’s not online or via a dating app, come join us for an event soon!

Are our dating events worth it? Check out what makes us different here

One evening, multiple opportunities to meet compatible people and a great night either way. All delivered by a very small, very passionate team with an unhinged obsession with love, lol

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LONDON | SINGLES SOCIAL WITH LIVE MUSIC | FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST

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"the best dating app for IRL events"

UK wide across 5 cities and counting

Fill out a form: All guests when buying a ticket fill out a form of questions we wrote around research on what leads to meaningful connections

Step 1

Turn up to the event and meet your group: Depending on the event, we sometimes have multiple rounds of group matches using our algorithm (a proprietary points-based matching system)

Step 2

Enjoy the rest of the evening: we re-invest profits into amazing entertainment and there’s plenty of time to meet everyone else in the venue

Step 3

DATING JUST GOT SMARTER

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we use tech to match you into compatible groups

never any awkward speed dating

the most fun, always accessible venues

re-invest profits into amazing entertainment from arcade games to live oompa bands

94% of people come alone

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“Haystack “increase(s) the chances of people building romantic connections.”

CNBC

”they’re doing all the good stuff dating apps do, but without all the superficial rubbish.”

Timeout

“Amazing dating events across the UK”

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introducing the haystack surf retreat...🏄🏝️🇵🇹

We create fun dating events for single people across cities in the UK.

Are our dating events worth it? Check out what makes us different here

upcoming events

WINE WEDNESDAYS | WOMEN’S MEET UPS | MULTIPLE CITIES ACROSS THE UK | WEDNESDAY 19TH AUGUST

HAYSTACK DATING | TIKI HIDEAWAY, LEEDS | THURSDAY 20TH AUGUST

LONDON | SINGLES SOCIAL WITH LIVE MUSIC | FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST

"the best dating app for IRL events"

how our events work:

Fill out a form: All guests when buying a ticket fill out a form of questions we wrote around research on what leads to meaningful connections

Turn up to the event and meet your group: Depending on the event, we sometimes have multiple rounds of group matches using our algorithm (a proprietary points-based matching system)

Enjoy the rest of the evening: we re-invest profits into amazing entertainment and there’s plenty of time to meet everyone else in the venue

DATING JUST GOT SMARTER