When you’re new in town there’s plenty to navigate, such as where to find a decent cup of coffee, how to get to the subway and who you’ll hook up with for your next date.
Whether you fancy a brief encounter for quickie sex or are seeking a long-term liaison, there are plenty of ways to meet a mate.
Ways to meet your next date in a new town
Join local social networks
Want to get the lowdown on your local area? Then social media is the place to be.
Check out local groups and forums in your locality to see what’s going down in your new town.
Platforms tend to share events and meet-ups that are happening around and about. You can easily connect with other locals and get to know potential fuck-buddies or even a budding love interest.
- Search Facebook events or Eventbrite
Use dating apps
If you’re already a dating app user you’re halfway there. But don’t forget to re-set your location once you’ve arrived at your new home.
If you’re new to dating apps this could be the perfect time to get started – new town, new dating opportunities. There are loads of apps to choose from, so have a nosy, and when you find the right one get browsing and swiping to connect with your next date.
Find a new hobby or interest
Picture Demi Moore sitting at her potter’s wheel, fingering her clay as Patrick Swayze nuzzles her neck.
You might not be able to recreate the famous scene from Ghost, but throwing a pot could be the perfect way to hook up with someone hot. If molding cups and bowls isn’t your idea of fun, try painting, photography, hiking, or playing a team sport.
Joining a group will help you meet people with similar interests and could open the door to dates and more.
- Check Airbnb experiences
Visit hip nightspots
Get your glam rags out it’s time to hit the local nightspots. Pay a visit to nearby bars, lounges, and clubs, grab a drink or two, and relax.
Have a good time, enjoy chatting with others, and keep an eye out for potential mates. Bars and nightspots offer a relaxed way to have a good time while setting up a date.
- Search ”best places to go out in X Reddit”
Get involved in community events
If you have some spare time on your hands and like the idea of getting involved in your local community you could get involved in neighbourhood events and gatherings.
Be it a street party, a local festival, a market, or a community meeting to discuss the local park – go along, and strike up a convo, you never know who you might meet.
- Search Facebook events or Eventbrite
Attend workshops and classes
Always fancied speaking Italian? Maybe you would love to learn how to bake and ice a showstopping cake or strut your stuff and cha cha cha your way across the dancefloor.
Attending workshops and classes will enable you to learn new skills, have fun, and get to know interesting new people too.
- Check Airbnb experiences
Seek out culture
You don’t have to be a history buff or know your Achromatic from your Zhostovo to enjoy a wander round out a museum, art gallery, or religious erection.
With a stroke of luck, you’ll bump into a sexy fellow culture vulture and there will be another erection for you to admire.
Volunteer your time
If you like the idea of doing something useful with your time while you’re on the hunt for a date you could generously volunteer your time for a good cause.
Be it fundraising for a charity, stocking shelves at a food bank, or coaching a kid’s soccer team, you’ll do your conscious the world of good and open up dating opportunities while you’re at it.
Get fit
There’s more than one way to get sweaty as you pump and thrust. Head to your local gym, join a fitness class, or try a new sport and you’re bound to run into a bunch of fellow fitness enthusiasts.
You get to strip down to your tight Lycra and get hot and bothered as you get to know the well-honed and toned.
Try out a singles event
If you’re single get ready to mingle. There are events targeted at singles who are looking for a mate.
You could try speed dating which typically involves having short chats with different people in the room. If you like each other, you can take things further.
Alternatively try a single mixers night, which enables to you to casually chat with other like-minded people and potential partners.
- Search Eventbrite
Explore local sex guides
If you fancy a more direct approach, you can take a look at online publications and websites that offer insights into the local adult entertainment scene.
You’ll have to enter your search parameters, for instance, google a sex guide for Salt Lake City, and you’ll be met with an interesting array of options. The guides will give you some useful tips on where you can meet others who share your eagerness for a hookup.
There are plenty of ways to hook up, get out there, and get dating…
By Astolaine.
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