Wednesday 25 August 2010

Philippines Brides Online Dating

The Philippines is a great place to find an Asian bride. The people are friendly, and they speak much better English compared to the majority of Chinese or Thai women on dating sites.

Unfortunately the Philippines is a fairly intimidating place to visit, especially if you're a lone male traveller. There is a fair amount of crime, and the recent Hong Kong bus siege has demonstrated that the Filipino police force are totally inept. Single men visiting the Philippines are also at risk of all kinds of scams.

So if you want a Filipina bride then it's advisable to find one of the many Filipina ladies who work overseas. Alternatively why not try Philippines Brides Online. This dating site offers escorted bride finding tours of the Philippines, so you have the added safety of being met at the airport and being part of an escorted group. Their website has many lady profiles on it so you can chat or email ladies before you meet them in person. Philippines Brides Online is run by AKA/LoveMe, who are a long established dating business with a fairly good reputation.

Chinese Brides Dating Site

China is an increasingly popular place in which to find an Asian bride. Chinese ladies are exceptionally beautiful, and they can often make fantastic wives.

Unfortunately China is a fairly intimidating place to visit, especially if you're unused to travelling abroad by yourself. Although serious crime is fairly low (especially against Westerners), the chance of getting scammed is quite high. The Chinese language is also very baffling, and not that many people speak English. It can also be hard to work out how to travel around the country. Airports are fine, but trains are complicated and buses pretty much off limits unless you can speak Mandarin or Cantonese.

As if that wasn't bad enough, online dating sites are fraught with difficulties. There are plenty of scam and dishonest ladies on them, and cultural and language barriers are immense.

So if you want a Chinese bride then it's advisable to join an escorted tour of China where you can meet beautiful Chinese ladies in person. Chinese Brides online offers Chinese bride finding escorted tours of many Chinese cities. It's run by AKA/LoveMe, who are a long established dating business with a fairly good reputation.

Friday 20 August 2010

Korean Cupid - Find a Lovely Korean Wife Online

Korean Cupid (or should that be Korean Kupid?) is one of the few dating sites in the Korean dating niche.

Most of the Asian dating sites are focussed on finding Western men Asian wives. Korean Cupid is primarily used by South Korean men and women to find potential partners online. It's also used by some Western men to find Korean wives and girlfriends. South Korean ladies are very lovely, but they tend not to attract as much attention from Western men compared to their Japanese sisters on Japan Cupid. South Korea is also a fairly difficult place to visit due to the cultural differences and the language barrier.

So if you're specifically looking for a South Korean wife then give Korean Cupid a go.

Thai Love Links Quick Review

Thai Love Links is one of the better known Thai ladies dating sites. It's run by Cupid Media, who have loads of niche dating sites including many in the Asian dating niche such as Chinese Love Links and Japan Cupid.

Thai Love Links has some pretty good anti-fraud measures, including requiring photographic ID from all its members.

Unfortunately Thai Love Links makes it quite hard to find out how much it costs. This is the same for most dating sites though. I guess they want you to sign up for free then hit you with the costs later. Thai Love Links has a reasonable flat rate monthly fee (which is heavily discounted if you sign up for one of the the annual plans). They also have two levels of membership.

The search facilities on Thai Love Links are great, and way better than PlentyOfFish, Cherry Blossoms, Thai Kisses and any of the smaller Asian dating sites I've tried.

I'm not sure if it's the best thing to look for a Thai wife on a dating site. There are plenty of scammers and dishonest people on these sites. If you want some extra protection then it's probably worthwhile using an introduction agency like Anglo Thai Introductions. Introduction agencies tend to do a lot more background checking of their members and they can also help you with visa applications, marriage arrangements and your travel plans.

Chinese Love Links Quick Review

Chinese Love Links is one of the best known Chinese dating sites. It's run by Cupid Media, who have loads of niche dating sites including many in the Asian dating niche.

Chinese Love Links has some pretty good anti-fraud measures, including requiring photographic ID from members.

On the downside Chinese Love Links makes it quite hard to find out how much it costs. Looking around at other dating sites I can see that I can't even see how much Match.com costs either, so maybe this is the norm. I guess they want you to sign up for free then hit you with the cost later. The nice thing about dating sites is that they're mostly free until you want to contact someone anyway. Actually, Chinese Love Links has a reasonable flat rate monthly fee (which is heavily discounted if you sign up for one of the the annual plans). They also have two levels of membership.

The search facilities on Chinese Love Links are great, and way better than PlentyOfFish, Chnlove, Cherry Blossoms and any of the smaller or free Chinese or Asian dating sites.

I'm currently going down the introduction agency route, but if I decide to look for a wife in China then I'll use Chinese Love Links this time instead of the incredibly expensive Chnlove.

Thursday 19 August 2010

My Review of the China Love Match Chinese Dating Site

Here's some thoughts about China Love Match. There are lots of Chinese dating sites online, but the only one I would ever consider using is Chinese Love Links. There are some beautiful ladies on Chnlove, but that site has huge problems and is best avoided.

China Love Match makes it quite easy to chat and email Chinese ladies looking for Western husbands. I'm very wary of the site - it's based in Hong Kong and business practices there are really on the slide. By all means gvie China Love Match a go, but be very wary of posting too many personal details. Finding an honest Chinese wife is very difficult, so if you're serious about the idea then read, read, read and read some more until you know everything there is to know about Chinese-Western dating.

Wednesday 18 August 2010

Japanese Dating Online Review

If you're searching for an Asian wife then Japan is well worth considering. Japanese ladies are very lovely indeed!

Because Japan is so wealthy there is much less chance that a Japanese woman is just marrying you for your money. Japanese ladies can also travel freely to other countries, so they're not likely to be after a green card or visa either.

Here's a review of Japan Dating Online. This is one of the niche dating sites where you can chat and email Japanese ladies.

Tuesday 17 August 2010

Free Chinese Dating Sites

Looking for a Chinese wife online? I bet you thought about using one of the many free Chinese dating sites in order to find your dream Chinese lady.

Take it from me - using a free Chinese dating site is a false economy. There are so many dating scams going on these days that there's no way a free website is going to be able to afford the technology or human moderators to keep a free dating site free of scammers.
 Safe dating!

China Love Link

Here's a quick review of China Love Link, not to be confused with the excellent Chinese Love Links Chinese dating site. I really hate it when there are similar sounding websites!

China Love Link is one of the many Chinese dating sites where Western men can make contact with Chinese ladies looking for Western (i.e. rich) husbands. I'm not sure I would like to register my personal details on this site - it all looks a bit suspect. There's enough problems with Internet dating scammers without having to factor in rogue Chinese marriage agencies.

Safe dating!

Monday 16 August 2010

Beware of small free dating sites

There are tens of thousands of dating sites on the Internet. Most have very few members and lack the critical mass of members you need to become as wildly successful as Match.com or Plenty Of Fish.

One such tiny Asian dating site is Japanese Dating Online. The site has just over 2000 members. Although 2100 members might sound a lot, you need to bear in mind that many will be scammers, many will not have logged in for a long time and that's before you've even found someone in your right age group, looks etc

If you want to find a Japanese partner then I can recommend Japan Cupid instead of Japanese Dating Online. Japan Cupid is run by Cupid Media who have a solid reputation for running dating sites.

There are just so many Internet scammers around these days that I would not trust any free dating sites. Safe dating!

Friday 13 August 2010

My experience of using the Chnlove Chinese dating site

I used Chnlove for a while in 2009. In its favour it has the best looking women I've ever seen on a dating site. Wow! Also the girl I met on Chnlove did actually exist, and I had a fantastic time when I visited her in China.

However, the problems I had with the Chnlove where I met her were immense. Read more of my experience of using Chnlove to find my dream Chinese girlfriend.

Thursday 12 August 2010

Asian Euro - Meet Asian Ladies Online

Here's a review of the Asian Euro online dating site. Asian Euro started off as a site where European men could meet Asian women online. The site is especially popular with guys from Germany, France and Sweden, but there are guys from many other European countries.

The Asian women on the site are mostly from China, Thailand and the Philippines. There are also a few Japanese and Indonesian ladies.

Asian Euro is part of the Cupid Media range of sites. All of these sites have reasonable fees (payable on a monthly or annual basis) and they do a good job of removing scammers from the site. Due to the popularity of their sites there are 1000's of members on Asian Euro, so you'll have no problem finding a lovely Asian girlfriend or wife on Asian Euro.