With dating apps taking a front seat when it comes to finding a partner, it’s easy to forget that some people are still doing it the old fashioned way: chatting up a complete stranger in public.
According to the latest survey by Expedia, the place of choice for flirting up a storm is on the sand, with 16 per cent of Australians admitting they’d been frisky while getting their tan on.
Of those people a further ten per cent said they’d used a pick-up line to distract a potential love interest from their sunblock just long enough to get a ‘hello’ back.
A further ten per cent said they’d used a pick-up line to distract a potential love interest from their sunblock just long enough to get a ‘hello’ back
Sydney’s Bondi Beach ranks fifth in the world’s top beach bucket list destinations (pictured)
Interestingly some lads from the Land Down Under had gone one step further, with 12 per cent conceding they had asked someone on a date, and 16 per cent saying they been asked out themselves.
If that wasn’t astonishing enough, 32 per cent have ‘made out’ at the beach and one in five admitted to having sex in the sand.
Expedia travel expert Lisa Perkovic said it seems Aussies have more than just a passion for the beach – with only 15 per cent never having been on a beach holiday – but have found their passion at the beach too.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Aussies love their beach time, and all the perks that come along with it, as Sydney’s Bondi Beach ranks fifth in the world’s top beach bucket list destinations.
Amongst our homegrown waterways, the Whitsundays (pictured) comes in at a cool number one in terms of our dream beach location to visit
Expedia’s data suggests that respondents feel more anxious about the high cost of food, drinks and souvenirs on a beach holiday than they are about seeing someone in a speedo
Amongst our homegrown waterways, the Whitsundays comes in at a cool number one, with Aussies adding Waikiki in Hawaii, the Amalfi Coast in Italy and Paradise Beach in Greece to their own dream beach locations to visit.
And we’re willing to pay our way to get there.
On average, Australians spend $2,694 on a beach holiday, which equates to $385 per day for a week-long break.
While at the beach we expect to pay no more than $24 for a one-course main meal; $8 for a glass of house wine; $6 for a beer and $5 for an ice cream on a domestic beach holiday.
Expedia’s data suggests that respondents feel more anxious about the high cost of food, drinks and souvenirs (63 per cent) on a beach holiday than they are about seeing someone in a speedo (22 per cent).