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.
| Dating Site | Start Date | End Date | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eHarmony | Friday Sept 4th | Sunday Sept 7th | 2009 | |
| Chemistry | Friday Sept 18th | Sunday Sept 20th | 2009 | |
| eHarmony | Friday Oct. 9th | Sunday Oct. 11th | 2009 | |
| Lavalife | Friday Oct. 9th | Sunday Oct. 11th | 2009 | |
| Chemistry | Friday Oct. 16th | Sunday Octobr 18th | 2009 | |
| eHarmony | Wednesday Oct. 21 | Sunday Oct. 25th | 2009 | |
| eHarmony | Friday Nov 19th | Sunday Nov 22nd | 2009 | |
| Lavalife | Saturday Nov 28th | Monday Nov 30th | 2009 | |
| Chemistry | Friday Dec. 4th | Sunday Dec. 6th | 2009 | |
| Lavalife | Saturday Dec. 19th | Sunday Dec. 20th | 2009 | |
| eHarmony | Wednesday Dec. 30th | Sunday Jan. 3rd | 2009 | |
| Chemistry | Friday Feb. 5th | Sunday Feb. 7th | 2010 | |
| eHarmony | Friday Feb. 11th | Sunday Feb. 15th | 2010 | |
| eHarmony | Thursday March 18th | Sunday March 21st | 2010 | |
| Chemistry | Friday March 26th | Sunday March 28st | 2010 | |
| Chemistry | Friday April 30th | Sunday May 2nd | 2010 | |
| MatchAffinity | Friday April 30th | Sunday May 2nd | 2010 | |
| eHarmony | Various Days | Various Days | 2010 | |
| MatchAffinity | Friday June 4th | Sunday June 6th | 2010 | |
| Chemistry | Friday June 11th | Sunday June 13th | 2010 | |
| eHarmony | Friday July 2nd | Monday July 5th | 2010 | |
| eHarmony | Friday July 23rd | Sunday August 1st | 2010 | |
| Chemistry | Friday August 20th | Sunday August 22nd | 2010 | |
| MatchAffinity | Friday August 27th | Sunday August 29th | 2010 | |
| eHarmony | Friday September 3rd | Monday September 6th | 2010 | |
| Lavalife | Saturday September 4th | Monday September 6th | 2010 | |
| eHarmony | Friday October 1st | Sunday October 10th | 2010 | |
| eHarmony (Canada) | Friday October 8th | Monday October 11th | 2010 | |
| Chemistry.com | Friday October 8th | Sunday October 10th | 2010 | |
| eHarmony (Canada) | Monday November 1st | Tuesday November 30th | 2010 | |
| eHarmony (US) | Friday November 5th | Sunday November 14th | 2010 | |
| Chemistry | Friday November 19th | Sunday November 21st | 2010 | |
| MatchAffinity | Friday November 19th | Sunday November 21st | 2010 | |
| eHarmony | Friday December 3rd | Sunday December 12th | 2010 | |
| eHarmony | Monday December 27th | Sunday January 2nd | 2011 | |
| Chemistry | Friday January 7th | Sunday January 9th | 2011 | |
| eHarmony | Friday January 28th | Monday February 28th | 2011 | |
| Chemistry | Friday February 11th | Sunday February 13th | 2011 | |
| MatchAffinity | Friday March 4th | Sunday March 6th | 2011 | |
| Chemistry | Friday May 13th | Sunday May 15th | 2011 | |
| eHarmony | Friday May 27th | Sunday May 29th | 2011 | |
| Chemistry | Friday June 13th | Sunday June 15th | 2011 | |
| eHarmony | Friday September 2nd | Monday September 5th | 2011 | |
| Chemistry | Friday October 14th | Sunday October 16th | 2011 | |
| eHarmony | Friday December 30th | Monday January 2nd | 2011/2012 | |
| Chemistry | Friday January 13th | Sunday January 15th | 2012 | |
| Chemistry | Friday February 10th | Sunday February 12th | 2012 | |
| eHarmony | Friday February 17th | Monday February 20th | 2012 | |
| eHarmony | Friday March 16th | Monday March 19th | 2012 | |
| eHarmony Canada | Friday May 18th | Monday May 21th | 2012 | |
| eHarmony | Friday May 15th | Monday May 28th | 2012 | |
| eHarmony Canada | Friday June 29th | Monday July 2nd | 2012 | |
| eHarmony | Wednesday July 4th | Sunday July 8th | 2012 | |
| Chemistry | Friday July 20th | Monday July 22nd | 2012 | |
| eHarmony | Friday August 31st | Monday September 3rd | 2012 | |
| eHarmony | Tuesdays Free | 2012 | ||
| eHarmony | Friday November 16th | Monday November 19th | 2012 |
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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