| Can't find a suitable life partner at home? Would you | | | | of the life you will be offering them. |
| like to meet 500-2000 single women in 7-10 days? Do | | | | Destinations: The most popular destinations, leaving out |
| you have a valid passport? Well, here is your chance! | | | | of the US, are Russia, the Ukraine, Latin America, |
| Coco Swan takes a peek at singles tours and gives | | | | Thailand and the Philippines. Males from other parts of |
| you the lowdown. | | | | the world are more than welcome to embark on these |
| In 1999 a report to Congress by the US Immigration | | | | US based tours, although they can probably see if their |
| and Naturalization Service estimated more than 200 | | | | own host country has sites offering the same |
| US based businesses paired 4000-6000 US men with | | | | services. |
| women from overseas seeking marriage. This number | | | | Russia and the Ukraine have at least 20 cities to |
| had doubled by 2004. | | | | choose from including St Petersburg, Volgograd, Ufa, |
| A romance tour is a holiday outside of the United | | | | Kiev, Odessa, Crimea, Poltava and Sumy, to mention |
| States where you are provided with a guide and | | | | just a few. Some of the longer tours incorporate |
| interpreter, if needed, with the ultimate goal of meeting | | | | multiple cities on the one holiday. To go to Russia you |
| foreign women interested in matrimony outside their | | | | need to have at least 6 months left on your passport |
| native country. | | | | and you will also need a visa for Russia. Amongst |
| Most tour groups have an average of 25-40 men in | | | | Russian men there is a high death ratio and a high |
| them, so not too much competition, but enough men | | | | alcoholism rate. Due to the poor economy there, wives |
| for the ladies to want to attend the functions. Tours | | | | and families have become unaffordable for many |
| seem to average 7-10 nights, depending upon your | | | | Russian men. |
| destination, with some as long as 45 nights. | | | | The Philippines. No translators are needed in the |
| The reputable romance tour companies will escort you | | | | Philippines as English is the primary language there. The |
| from a gateway city to your destination. They will also | | | | Philippine females are often perceived as being happy |
| meet you at the airport at your destination, assist with | | | | to work. Philipino ladies apparently see the older man |
| check-in, and provide local getting around tours. All | | | | as more desirable and stable as life partners and |
| ethical companies will have office open all year round | | | | fathers. |
| in the city you are headed for. Once you have signed | | | | In the Philippines it appeared that 3 social nights was |
| on to a romance vacation site you should be provided | | | | the norm. Airport collections, breakfasts and 24 hour |
| with addresses and profiles of women before you | | | | guidance should be provided. In the Philippines it would |
| leave. You should also be able to peruse the files of | | | | seem that unlimited personal introductions were being |
| the ladies and request meetings with the ones who | | | | provided with about 15 minutes of staff attendance at |
| take your fancy. Included in your holiday package | | | | the start of each meeting. If after the 15 minutes things |
| should be a fiancée visa kit with all-pertinent | | | | are going nicely then generally you move on to a |
| information and forms. | | | | café or restaurant where you will be expected |
| The Fiancée Visa. Make sure you are using a | | | | to pay for your date. As a rule you should be getting |
| site that is licensed in your part of the States for | | | | at the minimum a city orientation tour by the company. |
| immigration law and also licensed to work in the | | | | Bangkok, Thailand. This is the place to go if you are |
| country you are headed for. The fiancée visa | | | | looking for exhilarating nightlife. The accommodation |
| (K-1) is a non-immigrant visa allowing a foreigner to | | | | that I saw as being provided in these romance tours |
| enter the US for the purpose of marriage. They are | | | | was astonishingly luxurious, far and away better than |
| normally valid for 3 months only, during which time a | | | | any other country that I saw. So if night clubs and |
| marriage must take place. If the marriage does not | | | | swanky sophisticated accommodation are on your |
| take place within this time any extension of stay will | | | | holiday wish list then this could be the destination for |
| not be allowed. There are 4 main service centers to | | | | you. Buffet breakfasts were also included. You should |
| handle these petitions, according to your place of | | | | be provided with interpreters, 24-hour guidance from |
| residence. These are in California, Texas, Vermont and | | | | staff, 2-3 social nights, a city tour and a metro tour |
| Nebraska. It is now considered impossible for a foreign | | | | showing you how to use the Sky Train. Your hotel |
| single girl to enter the States on a tourist visa and then | | | | should be just minutes from the nightlife. You should be |
| try and stay on and marry. So get the paperwork right | | | | entitled to unlimited introductions much as described |
| the first time and save yourself a lot of time, trouble | | | | above. The other benefits of Thailand are the great |
| and money. Most of the reputable companies offer | | | | golf courses and the fact that you can have medical |
| several levels of fiancée visa assistance | | | | and dental procedures done in hospitals there for |
| packages ranging from self described basic, but | | | | about 90% less than in the State. Imagine, new teeth |
| proper, to full on liaising with your fiancée and | | | | and a new wife! |
| lots of after care. Children under the age of 21 years | | | | San Jose, Costa Rica. Rainforests, volcanoes, |
| seemed to be covered in all the packages. | | | | beaches and surfing. Not to mention absolutely stunning |
| Social Nights. It appeared that the standard tour | | | | looking girls. Apparently girls are raised in Costa Rica |
| provided 2-3 Social Nights in your tour. 3 nights | | | | with romantic family oriented cultures. In Costa Rica |
| seemed the norm for Russia and 2 or 3 for Asia, Latin | | | | you should be entitled to 2 Social nights, unlimited |
| America and Philippines. These are averages only. It | | | | personal introductions, interpreters, airport pick up, and |
| would appear that the ethical companies should | | | | breakfast. |
| provide a similar formula to this. The socials should be | | | | Colombia. Medillin, Barranquilla, Cartagena and |
| fully catered with food, drink and champagne or the | | | | Manizales were all featured as places to go. Again, |
| like. You should not be expected to pay for the food | | | | stunning scenery and even more stunning girls were |
| or drink for the ladies at these particular events. The | | | | heavily featured. |
| social night should be held somewhere like a banquet | | | | Machu-Picchu, Lima, Peru and Nicaragua are all other |
| room in a hotel or private entertainment complex. You | | | | destinations that have been opened up to the world of |
| should be able to indicate any ladies who you would | | | | singles travel tours. The Latin America tours were |
| like to meet here. Anyone you meet who you do like, | | | | providing up to 3 one-on-one introductions per day. |
| you just ask for her phone number. The ladies should | | | | Ultimately, you need to decide where you would like to |
| all be screened at the front door. The ladies should all | | | | go for your holiday and what style of prospective wife |
| be different at each and every social night. The ladies | | | | you are seeking. The professional sites have 250,000 |
| should all be personal invitees and not just females | | | | applicants on file and up to 20,000 profiles for you to |
| invited in off the street. Depending on your tour, you | | | | select from. These women are all genuinely prepared |
| should have the opportunity to meet somewhere | | | | to leave their lives and countries behind to start a fresh |
| between 500-2000 females. | | | | life with Mr. Right. Romance tours have become |
| Most tour packages seemed to include buffet | | | | increasingly popular in the last decade or so with the |
| breakfasts. Make sure your tour will provide you with a | | | | opening up of the electronic world courtesy of the |
| private hotel room that you will not be sharing with | | | | Internet. |
| another client. | | | | Tired of being on your own? Take charge of the rest |
| It is a great idea to take along photos to show of your | | | | of your life right now! Grab a passport, visa and |
| home, family, town, lifestyle etc; so that any | | | | paperwork. Get on a plane. Go on a romance tour. |
| prospective fiancées can obtain a better idea | | | | Bring home a fiancée- what a holiday souvenir! |