Matchmaking prices are rarely published, which is the first thing to know: you'll get the number on a sales call, and it's negotiable more often than they admit. The market breaks into three tiers:
| Tier | Typical cost | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Franchise matchmaking (It's Just Lunch) | Roughly $1,000-$5,000+ for a package | The national brand with a Las Vegas presence. Blind-date format: no photos, your matchmaker describes the person and books a lunch or drinks date |
| Boutique / executive search (Kelleher International, Selective Search and similar) | $15,000-$25,000+ per year, often much more | Recruiter-style: a dedicated matchmaker actively headhunts matches to your criteria. Priced like the executive service it imitates |
| Virtual matchmaking (VIDA Select and similar) | From roughly $1,600/month | Remote teams that run your online dating for you: profiles, swiping, and scheduling. Cheaper, month to month, and honest about being outsourced app work |
An honest split: matchmakers make sense for time-poor, high-income people who hate apps enough to pay thousands to skip them, and who value the vetting and scheduling being done for them. They make less sense for everyone else, because the structural problem never goes away: the pool is tiny. Even a great Vegas matchmaker chooses from a few thousand clients; the online pool in this city is hundreds of thousands, refreshed daily by the tourist churn. You are paying a premium for curation, not for reach.
Before spending four or five figures: the Vegas dating sites comparison covers the free-to-join options with the biggest pools, speed dating gives you a dozen vetted face-to-face conversations for under $50, and the events calendar runs year-round. The combination costs less than one month of any matchmaker.
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