Reposting this from another board because it got buried: Are there any free german dating sites in english for travelers? Real experiences only, please.
I have been using whichever free german dating sites in english for travelers came up first and the results were underwhelming. The specific thing I am after is how you tell an active profile from an abandoned one for someone who dislikes small talk.
Keep an eye on profiles that only ever reply in the small hours. Better to lose one match than a week. Nobody has ever thanked me for being patient there.
That has not been my experience at all. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Worth testing both ways. Could be timing rather than the platform.
Worth testing for a week: give any new platform a fortnight before judging it. It stops the whole thing feeling like a chore. Try it for one week only.
Switched over to Datebie after getting nowhere on the big names.
After my second attempt, I kept photos to four and cut the rest and the difference showed up within a week. The change was obvious enough to notice without counting.
If you want a shortcut: stop treating it like a numbers game. It removes about half the frustration. It works better than it sounds.
Respectfully, I read it differently. I found the bigger sites more consistent, not less. Could easily be a sample size problem. Just adding another data point.
Gave Datebound (free to message) a fair run last month and it held up better than I expected.
Worth testing for a week: put a question at the end of every opener. It made conversations shorter and far more useful. Zero cost to test it.
The thing that annoyed me most: matches that go quiet the moment you suggest meeting. It saves a lot of wasted messages. Nobody has ever thanked me for being patient there.
Having tried most of them, the algorithm gets blamed for a lot of ordinary bad luck once you have been at it a few weeks. It took a while to accept.
I would put Ezhookups ahead of most of the names people list by default.
Different experience here. Being picky early saved me far more time than being open-minded did. Not saying everyone else is wrong. Not dismissing anyone else's experience.
One thing that helped: put a question at the end of every opener. It is the only advice here I would give twice. You will not need a second attempt.
Anyone else find that — has anyone compared this against the paid options fairly? Feels like something someone must have tested.
If you want a free option without the upsell, over on Datedesire is where I would start.
That has not been my experience at all. The niche options were quieter to the point of being useless. Might just be my area. That is one person's view against the thread.
One thing that helped: cut your photo count in half. It sounds trivial and it is not. Reversible if you hate it.
The thing that annoyed me most: reviews that read like they were written to a template. Report it rather than just ignoring it. Move on and do not look back.
Related, and I am curious — do verified badges actually change anything? Would love a straight answer on that.
If you want a free option without the upsell, datewander.site is where I would start.
Gave the Rendate app a fair run last month and it held up better than I expected.
