Love has a price:
UK Couples spent 129 per date

The figure discovered by research involves the total that singles spent to cover expenses like food, drink, entertainment and transport. Food and drink when for 48% of the for couples in the UK. Overall, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) revealed that dating brings in £5.89bn to the UK every year. CEBR compiled the research for dating site Match.com.

Several Countries Surveyed - Results

Over 9,600 in several countries underwent the survey with 1,750 of them living in the UK. It was revealed that in Germany and France, the average figure that a date cost was £46 and £46 in Italy. Even in Sweden it wasn’t as high as one would imagine at £41. The Netherlands and Spain, on the other hand, were somewhat higher at £52 and £55 per date respectively.

Another result of the study showed that UK singles spent the most on transport. 9% of the UK average was being spent on travel, whereas other countries in the survey only spent 3%.

Far Too Much

According to dating coach Rebecca Darkin, £129 is far too much for anyone to spend on a single date. According to her, this is especially true of those who are only out in the early stages of getting to know one another. “It’s a numbers game,” she stated, because going out to dinner in generally very expensive.

There's nothing wrong with meeting, having a coffee and a slice of cake and just finding out if you really like somebody first before you go out and maybe take them on a little bit more of a dinner date.

CEBR research also showed that a lot of daters in the UK preferred a night in, rather than going out. What’s also interesting is that, in Britain the total spent on eating during a date has actually increased by £153m in the last year.