That’s 4 whole days where you get all the communication benefits of eHarmony membership without having to pay a single penny. Long enough to find someone interesting, strike up a conversation and arrange to meet for a date? Who knows… but at least you’ve got nothing to lose for the next four days while you find out!

Want to subscribe for real once your free weekend’s up? Then see how much the latest eHarmony Membership prices are here.

Sign up for your completely free weekend of communication at eHarmony here

For our 2010 review of eHarmony UK check out our eHarmony UK Review

Good news from Parship - All new purchases of Parship’s 3 Month Premium Membership will receive a 50% discount; saving a massive £45.00!

That’s just £14.90 per month as supposed to the usual price of £29.90.

Offer ends July 31st, 2010 so be quick to get your 50% off discount using the Parship voucher below.

Current cost of 3 months: £89.70 (£29.90 a month)
Price with discount code: £45.00 (£15.00 a month)

Use voucher code: 33A45

50% off Promotion Link: Parship Voucher Offer

Still not sure whether Parship’s is for you? Have a read of our Parship UK Review or visit Parship directly.

eHarmony have just launched a new Secure Call feature. If you’re keen to talk to your matches over the phone, but aren’t yet comfortable enough to give out your personal phone number at this stage then eHarmony’s SecureCall should be right up your street. It doesn’t need any complicated setting up, you just access the feature through the website.

Secure Call Features:
Security and privacy – your phone number is never shared with your match. Perfect if you want to take the next step of talking with your match on the phone while retaining your anonymity.
Quick, simple connection – agree on a time to chat to your match, dial in and Secure Call does the rest.
Talk long distance with no additional charges and talk for as long as you want on your phone.

You can sign up to eHarmony here if you’re not already a member.

Still undecided? Read our review of eHarmony first eHarmony UK Review

Match Affinity scored an impressive 75% in our recent comprehensive test so this is one of the better dating sites that uses personality testing at its core.

To get started at Match Affinity’s really easy:
1. Take the affinity personality test
2. See your compatible matches straight away
3. Start to Exchange messages FREE all weekend.

Sign up for your free weekend at Match Affinity here!

For our up to date review of Match Affinity head on over to our Match Affinity Review

The best news about this is that eHarmony offering a reward for participating in the free communication weekend. “Communicate with at least one of your matches from May 28th to the 31st and we will send you a special code to claim a three-month subscription for the low price of £9.95 per month (usually £34.95/month). That’s a 60% saving off the regular price!” This is an excellent deal and is open to everyone (you’ll see a banner promoting it within the site once you’ve completed your profile) so get contacting those matches to qualify!

If you like what you see and decide to subscribe after the free communication weekend expires then you can find out how much eHarmony costs here.

Get your 100% free weekend of communication at eHarmony here

For our detailed review of eHarmony UK check out our eHarmony Review

1 month Match membership - £29.99
3 month Match membership - £59.97
6 month Match membership - £77.94 (with 6 months free)*

*The 6 month subscription comes with Match.com’s ‘Make Love Happen’ guarantee. Just complete your profile and initiate communication with at least five members a month to automatically qualify for the extra 6 months. Works out at just under £6.50 a month this way so it’s great value compared to the monthly plan - we tried it after our 6 months expired and it worked no problem.

Shouldn’t Online Dating Sites be Free?
In an ideal world all the best dating sites would be free but after several years of trying both varieties we’ve had to conclude that the best of the paid online dating sites offer a much better experience than the best of the free dating sites.

We’ve found the best online dating sites (see our online dating site reviews page for our top picks) are the ones where people are genuinely looking to meet someone they might connect with. Maybe it’s because the paid sites demand a financial investment that people then invest more of themselves into their profiles, pictures and descriptions. Conversely the profiles on the free sites tend to have a much higher percentage of incomplete profiles with less of a focus on finding a serious relationship.

After trying out dozens of dating sites over the years Match.com consistently comes up top in our Dating Reviews and we’re not surprised it’s still the most popular dating site in the UK. Popularity is one of Match.com’s biggest strengths - if there’s lots of local single people to choose from then you’ll have a much better chance of finding a great match. The monthly subscription costs also allow for better screening of fake profiles, badly written descriptions and poor profile pictures. We much prefer the overall experience of using Match.com to the free dating sites because it’s so well organised and put together. See what you think by trying our Match.com below.

To read our complete Match.com Review for more info.

Sign up at Match.com here

For anyone that’s used the free version of eHarmony you’ll know how frustrating it is not being able to reply to communications from someone you may or may not fancy! Well during the free communication period you can have all the communication benefits of a full eHarmony membership and possibly end up meeting someone who’s a great match - for free!

The newly revamped eHarmony is in our top 3 dating sites and is setting the trend for online dating in the UK along with Match.com though they each have very different approaches. Match.com very much puts you in the driving seat to find your own match while eHarmony suggest compatible matches for you based on an extensive personality test. Both work really well at what they aim to do so it’s up to you which method suits you best and this weekend is the ideal time to see what you think of eHarmony without shelling out for a monthly membership - see the usual eHarmony membership prices for 2010.

Get your 100% free weekend of communication at eHarmony here

For our extensive review of eHarmony UK head over to our eHarmony Review

Sign up at eHarmony here

Why bother paying for membership?
It’s a good question as you can sign up and browse eHarmony profiles for free but the biggest reason to upgrade is you get to see photos! Yep, it’s seriously frustrating using the site without being a full member while your left guessing if the potential profile you like is someone you might find attractive or not. Here’s the full list of member benefits below:

• View potential matches photos
• Request photos from your potential matches
• Find out who’s been looking at your profile
• Send & receive guided communication requests
• Send & receive eHarmony mail requests
• Exchange must/have and can’t stand profile info

The eHarmony Sign Up Process
It’s not the quickest dating site sign up we’ve tested but it’s actually quite eye opening to see what things you find important in a match and what traits you have yourself. The temptation is to make yourself look better than you actually are (don’t we all in the initial stages of dating) but it’s best to be as honest as you can handle as if you end up meeting someone they’ll find out soon enough what you’re really like.

eHarmony Discount Codes & Vouchers
We couldn’t find any current eHarmony promotion codes to save on subscription costs but keep your peeled on our Online Dating Blog for news of any upcoming offers, free weekends and vouchers.

Summary of eHarmony Subscription Costs for 2010:

1. 1 month: £34.95
2. 3 months: £74.85 (equivalent to £24.95 a month)
3. 6 months: £89.70 (equivalent to £14.95 a month)
4. 12 months: £119.40 (equivalent to £9.95 a month)

Read our complete eHarmony Review

Today’s post comes from Lovestruck.com’s Managing Director, Brett Harding. We’re impressed with what we’ve seen of Lovestruck.com so far and look forward to some exciting new developments in the pipeline. Read on for Brett’s overview…

What inspired me?
In one word? Singledom. Picture this: it’s 2006. I was single, bored of bars and decided to try internet dating. I discovered pretty quickly that the massive sites were like global used car yards of single people. The Members seemed totally different to me, and the sites were depressing, impersonal and lacked any real humour or personality. And when I actually went on a date, I realised I didn’t fancy her pretty quickly and three gruelling hours lay ahead.

At about the same time, I was consulting in Canary Wharf. I couldn’t help but notice the hundreds of professional, attractive Londoners rushing to and from the work place just passing each other by. That’s when I had my Lovestruck Epiphany(TM)…I realised that the solution was a dating site that would introduce people like me. Like-minded singletons, who worked near each other, to each other, for short dates.

A site with attitude. A site with verve and pizzazz. One that had a search facility based on the nearest tube station to where you work. And it was perfect to test my dating in London concept on; just think of the 300,000 in the Square Mile, the 110,000 in Canary Wharf. They could test the chemistry for coffee, lunch, after work or - hell - during work!

My vision of where dating is heading
Of course, mobile will play a huge part in the evolving dating landscape, and location-based dating will come to the fore. I believe that, with front-facing cameras, the first date will be conducted via real-time video, and then the daters decide whether the chemistry is there and agree to meet up or call it a day! This is not far away, as Apple has recently issued a patent for such a device on their iPhone!

The popular online dating site Parship will be running a Christmas and New Year Special Offer starting next week. From December 23 until January 8 there will be a generous 50% discount on their One Month Premium Membership, which means it will cost you only £17.50!

In addition to getting full access to one of the biggest and most popular dating sites in UK, you’ll also get a free personality test, so why not sign up and see what’s on offer… who knows you might even find your true love. £17.50 is not a lot to ask for that, is it?

Still not convinced Parship is for you? Then read our Editor’s Parship Review or visit their site directly.