How to Compare Dating Bootcamps Before You Book

Compare them on a handful of concrete things: who coaches you, how many students share that coach, how much of the program is spent approaching real women, what you leave with, and whether the price is public. A page that cannot answer those plainly is telling you something, and the best dating bootcamp for you is the one that answers all five. Here are the questions worth asking, and how we answer each one.

This sets how much attention you get. A coach with eight students can watch one of your approaches in a morning. A coach with three can watch most of them.

Ask for the ratio as a number, not a phrase like "small groups." Ask what the maximum is, not the average.

At Cold Approach, Group is three students to each coach, and Private is fully 1-on-1.

Some programs spend half the day in a hotel room with slides. Others are in the field the whole time. The question is how many hours you will be approaching real women with someone watching.

Ask for the daily schedule. At Cold Approach, every training day is two four-hour coaching blocks in the field, with daygame and night game mixed to suit the student. Nothing is a lecture.

Reviewing a recording afterward is useful. Being corrected while the moment is happening is a different thing, because you can try the fix on the next woman.

Ask whether the coach is next to you for the approaches, and whether you get feedback after every set. a dating coach says "sometimes major mistakes you're making in field can be corrected with literally one comment," and a comment helps only if it arrives while you can use it.

Some programs assume you already approach. Ask what level the program is for and whether a man who has never approached anyone is welcome.

Cold Approach has no skill floor, and approach anxiety is what we specialize in. A total beginner is never sent to online coaching first.

Prices that are only given after a sales call make comparison hard. A public price lets you compare before you spend any time.

Ask what the price covers: hotel, meals, filming, follow-up. Ask what is extra. At Cold Approach the prices are public. Group is $3,000 for three days. Private is $1,750 for one day, $3,000 for two days and $4,000 for three days, and longer programs are quoted on request. Filming is a separate $350 add-on.

A program in a city with plenty of women and good venues gives you more reps per hour. Ask which cities and which kinds of places.

Cold Approach runs in two cities, Miami and New York, and covers both streets and cafes by day and bars and lounges at night.

A good program gives you something to continue with when the days end. Ask exactly what that is, and what is not included.

Every Cold Approach student leaves with a short written practice plan and keeps access to the community Slack. A follow-up call is not part of the package, and we say so up front. Men who want a coach to keep reviewing their approaches can look at the Mentorship.

Treat any promised outcome with suspicion. No coach controls how a particular woman responds.

A good sign is a program that describes what you will do and what you will be taught, not what you will get.

Put the programs you are considering in a list and answer the same seven questions for each one: ratio, field time, live correction, beginner welcome, public price, cities, and what you take home. If a program will not answer one, write "no answer" and weigh it.

Then decide what matters to you. A man who locks up around other men may want 1-on-1 and be willing to pay for it. A man on a tighter budget may care more about price and ratio.

If you have a question it does not answer, ask us before you book.