Illicit Encounters review

Membership starts at £139.99 a month, and Standard, Gold, Gold Plus; 4 and 8 week terms sets out the tiers and the term lengths available. Registration itself is open to everyone at no charge, so the fee only matters once you pick a paid tier. Among the brands compared here, that starting price sits toward the higher end.

Free to register; Gold membership free for women. That is the whole free offer, and it does not extend to the Virtual Gifts bought with IE Credits buy Virtual Gifts. Women therefore get Gold membership without paying, while everyone else pays for whichever tier they pick, and the paid terms are sold in short and longer blocks.

The terms are short and clear: Auto-renews; cancel up to 48h before expiry. Anyone on a Standard, Gold or Gold Plus plan who wants out has to act before the deadline, otherwise the subscription rolls into the next block. Standard, Gold, Gold Plus; 4 and 8 week terms explains which tiers those terms apply to.

Manual UK profile review; facial age check, and verified profiles is listed among the features. Reviews are carried out by hand rather than by an automated check, and the facial age check sits within that same review, so a profile is looked at by a person before it circulates.

Married and attached adults, UK and Ireland. The niche is discreet, so the service is aimed squarely at people looking for something outside their current situation rather than at a general pool of singles. Registration is open to any adult who wants to join.

Personal Details Guarantee; no real name asked. In short, no real name is asked for at signup and the site backs that with its own guarantee, which suits a discreet audience better than a service built on public profiles. The same wording appears beside the membership and cancellation terms in the help material.

email, chat and phone. That mix covers written and spoken routes, so billing and account questions can go whichever way suits. The help pages also set out the credit system and the cancellation window, so most answers are available without waiting for a reply.