Free Events at Popular Dating Sites

Whenever I hear that one of the popular dating services is having a free event, I create a post about it and also contact my subscribers with this information. Because these events happen fairly frequently, I’ve created this page to keep track of the history of these events. With this information, you can make an educated guess as to when the next free event might be.

Popular Dating Services - Free Events
Dating SiteStart DateEnd DateYear
eHarmonyFriday Sept 4thSunday Sept 7th2009
ChemistryFriday Sept 18thSunday Sept 20th2009
eHarmonyFriday Oct. 9thSunday Oct. 11th2009
LavalifeFriday Oct. 9thSunday Oct. 11th2009
ChemistryFriday Oct. 16thSunday Octobr 18th2009
eHarmonyWednesday Oct. 21Sunday Oct. 25th2009
eHarmonyFriday Nov 19thSunday Nov 22nd2009
LavalifeSaturday Nov 28thMonday Nov 30th2009
ChemistryFriday Dec. 4thSunday Dec. 6th2009
LavalifeSaturday Dec. 19thSunday Dec. 20th2009
eHarmonyWednesday Dec. 30thSunday Jan. 3rd2009
ChemistryFriday Feb. 5thSunday Feb. 7th2010
eHarmonyFriday Feb. 11thSunday Feb. 15th2010
eHarmonyThursday March 18thSunday March 21st2010
ChemistryFriday March 26thSunday March 28st2010
ChemistryFriday April 30thSunday May 2nd2010
MatchAffinityFriday April 30thSunday May 2nd2010
eHarmonyVarious DaysVarious Days2010
MatchAffinityFriday June 4thSunday June 6th2010
ChemistryFriday June 11thSunday June 13th2010
eHarmonyFriday July 2ndMonday July 5th2010
eHarmonyFriday July 23rdSunday August 1st2010
ChemistryFriday August 20thSunday August 22nd2010
MatchAffinityFriday August 27thSunday August 29th2010
eHarmonyFriday September 3rdMonday September 6th2010
LavalifeSaturday September 4thMonday September 6th2010
eHarmonyFriday October 1stSunday October 10th2010
eHarmony
(Canada)
Friday October 8thMonday October 11th2010
Chemistry.comFriday October 8thSunday October 10th2010
eHarmony
(Canada)
Monday November 1stTuesday November 30th2010
eHarmony
(US)
Friday November 5thSunday November 14th2010
ChemistryFriday November 19thSunday November 21st2010
MatchAffinityFriday November 19thSunday November 21st2010
eHarmonyFriday December 3rdSunday December 12th2010
eHarmonyMonday December 27thSunday January 2nd2011
ChemistryFriday January 7thSunday January 9th2011
eHarmonyFriday January 28thMonday February 28th2011
ChemistryFriday February 11thSunday February 13th2011
MatchAffinityFriday March 4thSunday March 6th2011
ChemistryFriday May 13thSunday May 15th2011
eHarmonyFriday May 27thSunday May 29th2011
ChemistryFriday June 13thSunday June 15th2011
eHarmonyFriday September 2ndMonday September 5th2011
ChemistryFriday October 14thSunday October 16th2011
eHarmonyFriday December 30thMonday January 2nd2011/2012
ChemistryFriday January 13thSunday January 15th2012
ChemistryFriday February 10thSunday February 12th2012
eHarmonyFriday February 17thMonday February 20th2012
eHarmonyFriday March 16thMonday March 19th2012
eHarmony CanadaFriday May 18thMonday May 21th2012
eHarmonyFriday May 15thMonday May 28th2012
eHarmony CanadaFriday June 29thMonday July 2nd2012
eHarmonyWednesday July 4thSunday July 8th2012
ChemistryFriday July 20thMonday July 22nd2012
eHarmonyFriday August 31stMonday September 3rd2012
eHarmonyTuesdays Free2012
eHarmonyFriday November 16thMonday November 19th2012

A couple of tips: I would recommend signing up for both Chemistry.com and eHarmony prior to hearing about a free event. This is because both services provide you matches over time and if you sign up for the service the day before the free weekend begins, you may not have many matches. Signing up ahead of time allows your account to gain matches so when the free weekend rolls around, in all likelyhood you’ll have more people to communicate with. For Lavalife (and other services like it), there’s no real reason to sign up ahead of time as you can contact as many people you want.

One other note: if you’ve found your way to this page in a search for a 100% totally free dating service, I would recommend OKCupid. While Plenty of Fish has more members, it is my opinion that it has a lot of bad practices and this service does not provide the opportunities for success that OKCupid does. That’s just my opinion. They’re both free so if you have doubts try them both and see if you agree.

As this chart shows, most months have several different events and on rare occasions some services even have multiple events in the same month. So if you’re broke, my recommendation is to primarily use OKCupid but also be aware that many of the most popular services have frequent reoccurring free events and many times you can make fairly reliable guesses as to when those events will be.

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