Q: What are my chances of being successful --am I wasting my time?

A: Not if you do your homework first. For me personally I believe that to give yourself the best possible opportunity to find a future partner is to meet women on a personal one to one basis under the guidance of a member of an agency dedicated to look after you alone for the period of your stay. Realistically it is a numbers game the more women you meet the greater your chances. Some of the information here may be of assistance to you whatever you decide to do however I suggest you find an agency that offers the above.

Find out How many agencies provide you with a "one- to- one" member of staff for the period of your stay? If so do tell us the price. And perhaps we can compete.

It is also important apart from just looking at photos of women to know something about the country you will be visiting and how you will interact with everything there.

Many of you who venture to Eastern Europe, and mainly Russia and the Ukraine invariably have preconceived ideas perhaps dating back to the communist days.

Q: Why should I join Club Odessa?

A: This website is designed to give you a more visual appraisal of what to expect, and we feel that the many photographs that you will see may alter the misconception many people have about this part of the world, and equally we hopel is a refreshing change from the usual graphic displays that you normally encounter these days on most websites.

Don't you want to know more about the place you are going to visit in an event which could transform your life? For me I would want to go and spend all my time in the company of women without having to compete with the distraction of having other men around. Some men also find it more difficult to communicate in a crowded social scenario.

To me, large databases of women often represent shared databases with local agencies, and invariable means being more impersonal; I want a personal service and have someone at my beck and call all the time as this is an important opportunity for me and I want to make the most of it.

Photos are not always a true representation of the women and looking at photographs can be deceptive and often has no impact when you meet face to face.

Q: Are all women in your database available?

A: It is totally unrealistic to image that every female on our books is still available when you visit; No agency can offer this predictability when dealing with large numbers somewhere like Eastern Europe especially large organizations. Our solution is for clients to submit a larger number of interested women to be specifically targeted for you by the representative. This also gives you more confidence knowing that your photo and bio has also been approved by the women you want to meet. If someone can offer me a better way I should be very appreciative. We are always looking how we can improve.

Foremost you need to avoid wasting time and money with women who have no permanent interest in you other than from the time you are there, until the next client turns up.

Obviously like anywhere you will encounter women that are only interested in using you to gain the opportunity to make a fresh start in another country. It is in your interest to have a local women representative that can equally give you her supportive assessment as to whether or not you should move on.

Will any agency give you an undertaking that once becoming involved with one of their women they will remove her from their database? hopefully avoiding other interested members.

You also need to be very careful with your selection of cities. You are at a disadvantage in many regional cities where English is less frequent among the population than Capital cities and you can feel quite isolated as the amenities also are not necessarily geared to foreigners.

In this industry among others I am always suspicious of internet reviews as they are usually there to provide good commission platforms for themselves and guess who gets the best reviews. For this kind of service the only way you can do a review is to personally join and go for the trip.