Craigslist is packed with people looking for activity partners all around the United States but particularly in the DC Area.

Washington, DC is a very transient community…as a matter of fact, a lot of people will be leaving come January and a whole new cadre of people will be coming in.  Is Craigslist really how you want to connect with someone and meet new people? 

Top 8 Reasons to Give WhyGoSolo a try:

1.  Profiles.  On WhyGoSolo you have the opportunity to create a profile to eliminate the going back and forth on emails in order to tell another person about yourself.

I actually had someone on Craigslist email me his Facebook profile…because it’s just easier to look over a person’s profile to get an initial idea of who they are.

2.  Pictures.  You can upload as many pictures of yourself as you’d like…no need to email those to people either.  AND you get to look at other’s people pictures.  If they don’t have any; you can let them know they should upload some to their profiles.

3.  Handshake Process. You can initiate a handshake request with people you’d like to connect with and accept or approve the requests other people send you.  The handshake process isn’t completed until the people involved confirm their commitment to connect with you.

4.  It’s just a Handshake.  A Handshake is agreeing to attend a specific event with someone or participate in a specific event.  There is no commitment past that.  However, you can easily reconnect with that person again through WhyGoSolo.

5.  Flakeout Score.  You can review a person’s flakeout score to find out if they are reliable.  When meeting someone on Craigslist – your odds of being stood up are good.  On WhyGoSolo, you can prevent that AND report it if someone does not show up.

6.  Review the Handshake.  You can let the people you connected with what the interaction with them was like.

7.  In-house Inbox.  You don’t ever have to give away your email address – which means you don’t have to create multiple email addresses to use our service.

8.  FREE Tickets.  You can win free tickets through Tickets with a Twist just by using WhyGoSolo to connect with someone for a specific event!!