In today’s high tech, fast-paced world of live chat and video dating, A Foreign Affair might seem a little old-fashioned to some people. It doesn’t specialize in providing any of the “now, now, NOW!” means of communication with which we’ve all become familiar with when it comes to internet dating. However, if you’re looking to meet and establish a serious relationship with a woman from Russia and the CIS nations, Latin America, the Phillipines or Asia, A Foreign Affair is undoubtedly THE market leader.
Matchmaking, Not Dating
An Arizona-based company with a “walk in off the street and meet us” policy towards would-be customers, A Foreign Affair has been in the business of making matches between Western men and foreign women since 1995, and as befits a company which has been doing things that long, it knows its strengths and plays to them. Although it does the usual dating site thing with profiles, emails, gift forwarding and translation services, AFA really comes into its own when it turns its attention to The Romance Tour.
A Foreign Affair have been conducting tours to Latin America, the Philipines and countries of the former Soviet Union since 1995. China and Thailand have been added to the list of exotic destinations more recently. These tours are exclusively for single men looking to meet long term partners, the company having previously arranged for 500 – 2000 women(!) to attend introductory “Socials” at stops on each tour.
Anticipating Your Every Need
With the boast that it’s been the catalyst for umpteen marriages over the years, A Foreign Affair is very much a “we’ll see you through to the end” service, with support to obtain everything from language classes to visas at both ends – they seem to know the system backwards, which is no surprise, given that the company’s three directors and other members of staff have all married Russian women along the way!
When it comes to the Romance Tours, as a woman, I’ve honestly been left wishing that they did a comparable tour for us females!
Introductions To Foreign Ladies
The dating/introductions service offers all of the following and more;
- Search a database of 40,000 women, with 200 new women added by (invitation only) every week.
- Video profile of selected women.
- Auto match – matches sent weekly.
- Gift forwarding service.
- Letter and simultaneous telephone translation.
- Personalized Executive Service.
Learn more about AFA services here
Romance Tours
Romance Tour packages offer the following;
- Flight and 4 star accommodation with breakfast during a 10 – 22 day tour with choice of cities within CIS countries (former USSR), Latin America, the Philipines, Thailand and China.
- Personal interpreters available 9am – 9pm.
- Guided tours of cities enroute.
- Meet with 500-2000 female members/would be members of A Foreign Affair via;
- Large Socials
- Intimate Socials (3-4 women you’ve picked out in the company of your travel companions and their dates).
- Pre-Interviews with women wishing to join A Foreign Affair.
- The Hospitality Suite – you identify women you’d like to meet from profiles on hand at your hotel, then set up a meeting, with an interpreter present if necessary.
- Informal meetings with women you want to get to know a little better.
Also included as standard in all Tour packages:
- Free 1 month platinum membership $95.00 value
- Free Fiancee visa kit (for U.S. residents only) $89.50 value
- Free “Foreign Bride 101″, A How to for Nice Guys by Bud Patterson $39.95 value
Related Services for Users of A Foreign Affair
The following services are also available via AFA:
- Travel, accomodation and visa arrangements for independent travel to countries in which A Foreign Affair operates.
- Free weekly conference calls and webcasts for users of AFA.
- Legal assistance in obtaining residency for migrating partners and dependents.
- Online language courses.
- Letter writing tips dealing with practical and cultural issues of writing to someone overseas.
IMBRA
AFA is fully IMBRA compliant, which means you need have no worries about immigration if you’re a US resident who has met someone special and wish to bring her to the US. Learn more about IMBRA and how it affects you.
Cost of AFA Dating & Romance Tours
The everyday costs associated with using AFA compare favorably with those of regular online dating sites – less than $30/month will buy you access which is to all intents and purposes pretty much unlimited, since no-one who is serious about dating a woman is going to be contacting more than 100 people in a month. There’s also a facility to invest smaller amounts in targetted contacts. A Romance Tour will set you back a few thousand dollars, but as you can probably tell from the outline above, such tours offer opportunities which simply can’t be organised when travelling independently.
Main services costs are as follows
- Platinum Service – $95 joining fee, then $29.95/month – access 100 email addresses + discounted translation services
- Gold Service – access 3-10 email addresses for $9/address
- Silver Service – access 1-2 email addresses for $12/address
- Romance Tours – from $3095
Learn more about AFA Romance Tours here
Happy Ever After?
There’s no doubt that from a business perspective AFA is a slick operation, offering both men and women what they want. However, it’s the RESULTS they produce which have led us to place AFA as our #1 recommended site for overseas introductions. It’s difficult to avoid being touched by the sheer happiness and thankfulness of the users of AFA’s services, especially those who experience a Romance Tour. There are over 400 written and video testimonials on the AFA website. Here are snippets from just a few of them:
I’ll address conducting business with your operation in Phoenix. It was about business but always prompt, polite and professional. But there was always a personal touch that made it all work for me…Thanks to a great team in Phoenix and fantastic people here in Barranquilla, I couldn’t be more happy and content. Here it is guys, you can write letters until the cows jump over the moon. Get off of your butt and change your life. You’ll NEVER get to know any woman by exchanging letters. This is the real deal all the way.
Perry
I feel it is important to tell you that, your staff in Cartagena far exceeded my expectations. I know that latin people are very wonderful, but Sandra and the manager went out of their way to ensure my experience was wonderful…I believe that I have found the person I am looking for, but will use AFA when I return to spend time with her.
Stephen M.
Noime and I just wanted to drop you a short note to let you know we are still enjoying “Wedded Bliss” . All made possible by YOU and your talent for bringing people together so they may enjoy life. We have been married almost 2 yrs. now. Noime has her drivers learner permit now,and we are planning to build a new home. Our lives could not be any happier .
William & Noime
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