Category Archives: Couples Celebrating Dating

A first date with a (time) difference

A first date with a (time) difference

You know we love a dating story, normally they are tales that unfold through our date cards, but this one pre-dates the cards – and is honestly real! Jen and Paul, the couple in question are our good friends, but you’d not be blamed for thinking it was the plot for a novel, or sit […]

A year of dates with the Bates’

A year of dates with the Bates'

In 2020 we made the decision to take our little box of date inspiration ‘across the pond’ and make it easier for our American friends to join our dating adventures. Since then we’ve updated the cards to make them more accessible – they were quite British and feedback quickly led us to realise that car […]

From archery to ‘I do’

From archery to ‘I do’

Meet Luke & Kelly and find out how a date box led them to their biggest adventure yet… When Luke tagged us in his Instagram photos from St Lucia we needed to know more – yes, we admit it we’re nosey, and we can’t resist a good love story! When Luke Davies bought his fiancee […]

Dawn’s Story – life begins at… 13,000 feet!

Dawn's Story - life begins at... 13,000 feet!

They say life beings at 50, but for Dawn our Fifty Things To Do When You Are 50 box has given her experiences she never expected. We LOVE hearing from you – our wonderful customers – about how you take the inspiration in our boxes and run with it. When we heard from Dawn we […]

Love in lockdown – Gemma & Matt

Love in lockdown - Gemma & Matt

‘It’s been a brilliant adventure, we can’t wait to see what comes next.” You know we love seeing you on dates, we also love finding out about how the dating adventure came about. So we were delighted when Gemma and Matt agreed to share how their A Year of Dates box has helped their new […]

Valentines Day – lets celebrate romance

Valentines Day - lets celebrate romance

Getting fed up of National ‘days’? Was Pirate Day the last straw? Many of these national and international days are invented for commercial reasons and others just encourage us to eat doughnuts/pizza or use our left hands! We are lucky that there is a day that is tailor made for our thoughtful gift that’s been […]

Our Year of Dates – Kirsty & Katie

Our Year of Dates - Kirsty & Katie

We love that our customers share their experiences on social media, it genuinely makes us smile. So we were delighted when one couple agreed to share their year of dates story (so far) with us. Kirsty Grant and Katie Rushton completed a date a week from A Year of Dates classic dating box after Katie […]

When a date card leads to ‘I do’

When a date card leads to 'I do'

We like to get to know our customers, we love it when you share what you get up to on the dates and seeing the adventures you get up to. Some daters ask us for advice through our social media profiles, some ask much more important questions… Pictured are Jenna and Josh – they are […]

Happiness and Dating

Happiness and Dating

Everyone one in a relationship should still be dating. Did you know March 20th is the International Day of Happiness? It was founded in June 2012 by the United Nations General Assembly and was first celebrated on March 20th 2013. The theme for 2019 was ‘Happier Together’ which promoted the aim of ‘Share Happiness and […]