Dating Services

While only a select few men and women will ever be selected to participate in this reality television show, rich people who like the idea – and are willing to swing the high price -- can try it in real life through the Millionaire Matchmaker’s host’s own dating service. Called the Millionaire’s Club, the service has three locations, in Los Angeles, New York and South Florida.

To join this exclusive club, men must meet some ambitious income standards and more importantly, be willing to fork over the membership fee, which starts at $12,000 for basic services, including image consultations and advice, and goes on up to as much as an additional $50,000 for more personalized treatment and pairings. The women who want to meet wealthy men can join for free, but it is not easy to be accepted. Female applicants must meet some stringent standards, including demonstrating their sincerity and their desire to meet someone successful without being a gold digger. (Although this may be a bit of a fine line to walk, given the nature of the business.)

For wealthy men with unlimited money at their disposal, another option is going with one of the exclusive services like Serious Matchmaking, Inc., that specialize in matching successful singles with others who meet the same high standards. The cost of such personalized service doesn’t come cheap. A half-hour phone consultation at Serious Matchmaking is a non-refundable $1,000 simply to determine if you are even a good fit for the service’s clientele, and personalized matches run from $25,000 to $100,000 a piece.

So personalized dating services that cater exclusively to finding mates for wealthy clients can cost anywhere from free to join on up to $100,000 for just one well-chosen match.

Special Events

In today’s fast-paced world, if you don’t have time to wait to weed through many bad dates in order to find your future mate, you may want to jump start the process by meeting multiple singles all in one place. That’s the idea of some of the popular speed dating events, a few of which have recently focused themselves specifically on the elite population. For instance, a recent New York City special event called Natural Selection: Rich Guys and Hot Girls was geared to please millionaire men who wanted to meet beautiful women. For a $500 application fee for men and proof of income (which for those over 30 years old must be $500,000 or more), participants had a chance to rotate through encounters with a variety of beautiful female attendees. The price for women, though, was just $30 and the entry requirement for them was based solely on looks; income and education were not considered at all. And since wealthy women deserve to have their day, too, the same sponsors of the first speed dating event also recently hosted Natural Selection Speed Date II: Sugar Mamas & Boy Toys," to bring together 20 rich women over 35 with 20 good looking younger men.

Such one-time special events cost from $30 to $500 to attend.

Another way to pick up the pace with your search is through an online class such as those offered through the Learning Annex. For $14.99, you can view a 2.5 hour video called How to Marry a Millionaire right on your computer that gives you the in’s and out’s of how to find and attract a mate with lots of money. Many similar classes and workshops are offered periodically in cities across the country. The cost can vary, but is often in the range of $50 to $100 for these options.

Insiders tips on marrying the rich can cost anywhere from $14.99 for an online video to $500 for a more formal class.