“Never travel alone.”
That’s the slogan for MissTravel.com, an online dating site that guarantees to “add some spice” to your next vacay.
Founded by Brandon Wade – the CEO of other “niche” dating sites such as WhatsYourPrice.com (where you “bid” on a date with a woman) and SeekingArrangement.com (where “sugar daddies” can easily find prospective “sugar babies”) – MissTravel.com connects male clientele with “attractive” female travellers.
Like 21-year-old Jessica, for example.
The Brisbane-born millennial is fresh from a trip to California, where she spent over two weeks with a male companion she met on the site. On the holiday, she didn’t pay a single cent.
"It took 24 hours to approve my profile and even before then I had men messaging me," the personal trainer told Daily Mail Australia.
"Some people wanted to have a chat first, others would just say straight away, 'these are the dates and where I'm going, do you want to come?'"
In the interests of investigating, I made a MissTravel account myself. After entering my name, birth date, and profile photo, I was also given the option to disclose my "body type", "income" and "net worth". A quick search of potential dates produced options like, "retired 65yo looking for fun" and "58 - enjoy the finer things in life... especially women".
While Jessica was tentative about flying across the world to meet a man, she told the publication a video call with her USA beau settled her nerves. The resulting holiday, she says, was a slice of paradise.
"I got there and realised I forgot to pack some things and he took me shopping and bought me what I wanted. I was living in luxury for a while."
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The women have no obligations to their male counterparts on the holiday, the trade-off is their companionship only. On Jessica's vacation, for example, she and her travel buddy slept in five-star hotels like The Hilton, albeit in separate bedrooms.
For any with aspirations of becoming a MissTravel.com member, Jess has some words of advice: 'put it all on the table'. That is, be explicit about what your boundaries are, and in doing so take safety precautions.
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Top Comments
If any woman expects that she deserves to be flown around the world and showered with gifts then they better be prepared to do something in return... if both parties are happy with the arrangement then that's fine I guess, but it's not doing any favours for feminism... it's quite simply young women wanting a luxurious lifestyle without paying for it and getting rich men to fund it.
Are you serious - good grief you are not selling that to my teen daughters!
Rich bloke advertises for sweet young thing to accompany him on lavish journey, all expenses paid. Nothing's free.
Of course not! He gets the pleasure of her company! :)
He's only paying a fortune to sip champagne late into the evening, gazing on her pretty face and finishing with a chaste kiss before they retire to their respective state rooms
Yes, exactly like Titanic with Kate Winslet and Billy Zane.