Dating apps with travel mode: which have it and how far it reaches

Dating apps with travel mode and what each calls it

Travel mode is a setting that lets you see and connect with people in a different city or country from the one you are in. HER's help center describes it in those terms. Tinder's Google Play listing pitches it as something to switch on before a trip: "Match local, or go global: make friends before you fly with Passport Mode."

Three apps give the setting a name. Bumble Travel Mode, HER Change Location and Tinder Passport Mode are three words for one idea. Feeld and Pure describe it without a name of its own. Feeld's App Store listing says you can connect with people closest to you, or explore 20+ of its most popular cities around the world, and Pure's FAQ describes a city setting on the feed.

Which plan includes travel mode

Bumble's Google Play listing says Travel Mode lets you tap into dating scenes around the world, and it sits under Bumble Premium. HER's help center lists Change Location under HER Premium. The HER pages checked do not say whether HER Gold or HER Platinum includes it. Those two entries settle the cost question, and both settle it as paid.

For Feeld, Pure and Tinder the plan is open. Feeld's listing does not say which plan allows exploring other cities, or whether a free account can. Pure's entry and Tinder's listing name no plan either, so a free Passport Mode or a free city filter is neither confirmed nor ruled out. Plan prices by country and store are collected under dating app prices explained, and free apps in general under what dating apps give you for free.

How far travel mode reaches

HER's help center says you can drop your pin anywhere in the world and chat with locals or users globally. Pure's FAQ puts it as a choice of city: "By using the feed filter settings, you can display and like ads from any city of your choice." The App Store listing for Pure adds that you can check any city worldwide.

Feeld's wording is the narrowest of the five. Its listing points to 20+ of its most popular cities, not to every place. Bumble's listing speaks of dating scenes around the world and Tinder's of going global, and neither entry says how the location is chosen. Pure does not call its setting travel mode, and the pages checked do not say whether the city filter also changes who you can message.

What the pages do not say about your location

None of the entries says what other members see when you switch location: the new city, your real one, or a sign that you are away. That is not confirmed for any app here. How these apps use your actual position for nearby browsing is a separate question, covered under dating apps with location-based matching.

The same gap applies to data. The entries describe the browsing feature and say nothing about how long a past location is kept; the what dating apps collect covers what the policies say about location data.

Apps where travel mode is not confirmed

The sources read for AdultFriendFinder, Ashley Madison, Badoo, Coffee Meets Bagel, DOWN, Grindr, happn, Hinge, HUD, Match, OkCupid and Plenty of Fish did not confirm a travel or change-location feature. Whether they have one is open, so they are left out of the table. The wider set of settings is in dating app features.