(Press Release) It’s that time of year again; a time when Britons will be jet­ting off far and wide to enjoy the roast­ing tem­per­a­tures of for­eign shores. But even when hol­i­day­ing with their spouses, new research from mar­ried dat­ing site Illici​tEn​coun​ters​.com shows that most cheat­ing spouses are reluc­tant to give up their unfaith­ful ways.

The study of 800 men and 800 women revealed that 33% of cheat­ing spouses have had an affair while on hol­i­day, and 6% have dared to cheat while on hol­i­day with their spouse. The major­ity of respon­dents expressed their wish to have an illicit hol­i­day fling, although they had not done the deed yet.

The find­ings also indi­cated that mar­ried women are more likely to stray when hol­i­day­ing with friends than mar­ried men; a sure sur­prise to those hus­bands who always saw their wives’ girly get­aways in an inno­cent light. 16% of the site’s female mem­ber­ship said they had been unfaith­ful whilst abroad with friends; only 11% of men admit­ted the same.

In addi­tion, 63% of cheaters said they would pre­fer to hol­i­day with their illicit lover, as opposed to their mar­ried part­ner; just 18% felt they wanted to get away with their hus­band or wife. The study also found that an over­whelm­ing major­ity of phi­lan­der­ing spouses would choose the Mal­dives over any des­ti­na­tion for an illicit liai­son (27%).

“Sun­shine is a real aphro­disiac.” says Sara Hart­ley, rep­re­sen­ta­tive at Illici​tEn​coun​ters​.com. “We have always seen an increase in activ­ity on the site dur­ing the sum­mer months, so it strikes me as no sur­prise that wives and hus­bands who cheat at home would strug­gle to stay faith­ful while abroad. For men, the sight of all those scant­ily clad beach bun­nies may prove too tempt­ing, and we know, from our female mem­bers, that wait­ers in par­tic­u­lar tend to oblige when it comes to inno­cent, and not-​​so-​​innocent, flirting”

In a blow for fam­i­lies, male cheaters appear to be hap­pier to spend more on tak­ing their lover abroad than their wife and kids. Illici​tEn​coun​ters​.com found the aver­age male mem­ber spends between £2500 and £3000 on a hol­i­day with his mis­tress. In com­par­i­son, Tesco Finance found that the aver­age fam­ily hol­i­day spend is around £2,076. The major­ity of female mem­bers on IE would choose to go Dutch with their lover.

Jenny*, 34, from Shrop­shire, describes her expe­ri­ence of adul­tery abroad, “I had only been mar­ried for four years, and although things were less excit­ing at home, I never expected that I would cheat on hol­i­day. A group of sin­gle friends and I went to Spain last August, and while we were there, the three of them fre­quently bought men back to the hotel. How­ever, on the last night, I met an ex-​​pat Lon­doner at a local bar, and we got drunk together. I just didn’t wish to deny myself the excite­ment; it all hap­pened very quickly, but it was so exhil­a­rat­ing to feel that free­dom again. I have no inten­tion of telling my spouse; I joined the site straight after­wards and have had sev­eral extra­mar­i­tal affairs here at home.”

Illici​tEn​coun​ters​.com was set up in 2003 to pro­vide a plat­form for mar­ried peo­ple to find lovers. The site expect their mem­ber­ship to reach half a mil­lion later this month.

*Names have been changed to pro­tect identity

About Illici​tEn​coun​ters​.co​.uk

Illicit Encoun­ters is the UK’s longest run­ning extra-​​marital dat­ing site. It was started in 2003, begin­ning as a small agency with only a hand­ful of mem­bers, but since its cre­ation, has grown at a phe­nom­e­nal rate. We now have over 470,000 mem­bers in the UK.

The aim of the site is to cre­ate a safe and non­judg­men­tal envi­ron­ment, where mar­ried men and women can meet each other. Illicit Encoun­ters is a profile-​​based web­site, where each mem­ber has a per­son­alised space stat­ing who they are, what they’re look­ing for and their inter­ests. Users can talk freely on our new-​​improved chat sys­tem, or send each other mes­sages through our inter­nal mail­ing system.

The aver­age Illicit Encoun­ters mem­ber is a pro­fes­sional, often work­ing in man­age­ment or as an exec­u­tive, and between the ages of 36 and 40. We have the most bal­anced ratio of men to women online than any other dat­ing site.

For More Information

If you would like more infor­ma­tion about Illicit Encoun­ters please con­tact Rosie Freeman-​​Jones at presspr@​illicitencounters.​co.​uk or call 02088199936. Illicit Encoun­ters has a wealth of sta­tis­tics on infi­delity and related sub­jects, as well as many strong female and male case stud­ies, avail­able to talk can­didly about their experiences.

Illici​tEn​coun​ters​.com is a trade­mark of Online Tech Sup­port Ltd.

Address – Online Tech sup­port Ltd., Office 404, 4th Floor, Albany House, 324/​326 Regent Street, Lon­don. W1B 3HH. Tel : 02088199936

via travel4press press release: Adul­tery Abroad Sur­vey : Wives More Likely to Stray on Hol­i­day Than Hus­bands.