Starflower
Thousands of lucky be2 members enjoy 3 days of free matchmaking
Autumn has arrived, and with it the time for long walks and romantic evenings spent with a loved one. Walking trough autumn leaves, rainy days at home and cuddling to keep each other warm are much more fun together!
To give our members a better chance of spending autumn – and winter – with a partner, we had a surprise for some lucky be2 members in September: free matchmaking! We invited be2-members across the world to try out the full be2 Premium-Membership, free of charge. Certain services at be2 are usually only available to Premium Members, like reading and writing messages without limit, seeing other be2 members’ photos or finding out visitors to your own profile.
The result of our free matchmaking-„Sneak-Preview“ was overwhelming: More than 150.000 members worldwide wrote thousands of messages, added photos and updated their profile – after all, even if it’s free matchmaking, first impressions count!
Now that autumn got off to a good start with be2’s free matchmaking, we’re looking forward to lots of new love stories : of romantic walks, rainy days and cuddling to keep each other warm…
Offline Matchmaking in Ireland
Did you ever wonder how matchmaking worked before the internet?
This weekend, the most famous matchmaking festival in the world takes place in Ireland. The festival hails back to the matchmaking tradition in rural Ireland, where matches between singles were made by travelling salesmen who knew all the singles in the country and introduced them to each other. Unfortunately for those seeking love, there was no internet and no be2 to make matchmaking infinitely easier. Instead, the singles had to travel from all over the country to meet at festivals, where the matchmakers, lots of dancing (and drinking) smoothed the path of love for single men and women.
The largest of these was the matchmaking festival in Lisdoonvarna. The town sports many a resident matchmaker, the annual Matchmaking Festival and even the Matchmaker Bar. Today, the matchmaking festival is the biggest singles festival in Europe, although most visitors aren’t there to search for love. Instead, people gather to dance and have fun.
After all, you can find the love of your life at an online matchmaking website without travelling to Lisdoonvarna. Nevertheless, the history of the matchmaking festival gives an insight into the complications of finding love before the advent of the internet (thank you, Internet, we love you!)
