Having an affair and want to go for a romantic weekend or a week’s holiday with your lover? But how to keep this little sin secret from your spouse? The French know how to do it the right way!
In France, the IBILA agency allows you to order a perfect alibi on its Internet site alibila.com to lie to your spouse. Want to know more about it? Régine Mourizard, the manager of IBILA, answers questions for the Venere Travel Blog and tells us some anecdotes:
How long has IBILA existed?
IBILA is a recent site. It’s about seven/eight months old. I created it in a few hours, on an impulse, thinking it was a bit of an odd idea.
How did you come up with the idea of creating such an Internet site?
I was a private detective for many years. During certain enquiries related to adultery, I had to foil certain witnesses, to involuntarily put an end to extramarital love affairs, in the frame of missions. I realized that in certain cases, these parallel stories were merely the only way of surviving marital hell.
As I no longer practice that profession, I had the idea of redeeming myself in a way by allowing people to have a love affair without jeopardizing their marriage or their family. I am often reproached with being immoral and pushing people towards committing adultery. I refuse to adhere to this judgment: Adultery has been around for a long time, I didn’t invent it and my site didn’t make it its hobbyhorse. That is what the media point out and underline. But one can just as much ask for an alibi for another cause.
What type of people generally resort to your services?
The site is relatively recent. Although on the first night it went on line, I had four offers. I was impressed!
It turned out that the rhythm of four orders an hour didn’t continue and I began by getting ten or so monthly clients. There were many more in June and nearly nothing in July and then I had another interesting month in August. However, the hundred or so clients don’t seem to be representative enough of what the nature of the offers will be.
Nevertheless, it is obvious that 80% of the offers concern alibis to justify absences due to love affairs. Sometimes, this is not specified by the client but the nature of the alibi allows to think it and even to be certain of it. In the first months there were approximately 60% men and 40% women. Then, and mostly in August, the tendency became even more apparent with no more than 20% women. Generally, the men who have recourse to IBILA are older than the women. The social milieu is rather difficult to determine, but the profession they practice is one that allows them to travel often.
Do all your clients want to hide adultery? If not, for what motive would someone approach IBILA?
Some may be organizing a birthday party, a wedding anniversary, stag nights or hen nights and they need an alibi to have the freedom necessary for the organization of the surprise. Men who are overwhelmed with work ask us to send flowers to their wives. We take care of everything.
What kind of offers do you refuse?
All litigious offers, which seem dubious, are refused. We may lose clients, but prudence is necessary. We do not issue medical certificates and all the justification documents we use bear the names of companies that don’t exist (hotels, restaurants,…)
Why do you think IBILA is successful?
It s clear there is a demand for IBILA’s services. I thought these kinds of services appealed more to an American mentality. I wanted to find out, and I found out. The French people are changing. I think this is partly due to the Internet.
Do you plan to orientate your activity towards an international clientèle?
Yes, I think about it seriously. I have had propositions in Brazil, Canada, Great Britain and the United States.
What false proof do you use to help your clients pretend they’re on holiday or to disguise a romantic escapade with a lover as a work trip?
Fake post cards, fake restaurant or hotel bills, fake plane tickets. We can also set up complete programs for seminars. Then we would send a file to our client with a convocation, a badge, accommodation details, etc..
Do you have a few anecdotes to tell us?
Yes, I remember two offers we had not long ago. So, first I had to concoct a seminar (it wasn’t exactly a seminar but I won’t go into the details) for a Mr DUPONT. Very satisfied with what I presented him with, Mr DUPONT, living at 3 Rue Des Orangers in Marseille, sent us his payment by check. Then we sent him his file. At the same time, my collaborator was preparing an alibi for a female client. She only wanted to reveal her real name if she considered what we presented her with as suitable. She liked the alibi we had prepared and she sent us her check. It was Mrs DUPONT living at 3 Rue Des Orangers in Marseille! The two alibis concerned two weekends… a week apart.
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16 responses to “Help for travelling adulterers”
Report an inappropriate commentJanuary 24th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Great idea, maybe 1 day an enterprising hotel (with meeting facilities) could offer the same service! all in-house
February 2nd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
wow, what kind of site is Venere.com really?
There were two comments regarding that the readers find this article not to their liking.
guess what, these two negative comments were later removed from the site, in spite of the comments were not written in any way offending.
great job for losing some customers, venere. i will put this on my blog instead.
February 2nd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
great idea, different strokes for different folks. I am all for it.
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I have never commented to a blog before but this one takes the cake. This blogger may not have invented adultery, but she is promoting it by her services. I am offended by the association with Venere and will NOT be using your services again.
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:26 am
If you decide to put up something a bit controversy, have the guts to take a little heat too.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I’m really sorry for the misunderstanding, and I think I have to clear up some points here.
First of all, I hope you can understand that neither venere.com nor I have ever promoted adultery. Writing about something doesn’t mean you want to promote it. This article, which is an interview, is only meant to be informative.
Then, I want you to know that I accept any kind of comments on the article, even if they are negative. I’m not a big fan of adultery, so I can easily understand that some of you may feel offended and react negatively to this kind of news.
Finally, let me explain you that if I decided to remove some comments it’s because they were NOT directly related to the subject of the article. In those comments, people were just asking us to cancel their email subscription to the Venere.com newsletter.
February 3rd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I RECENTLY USED VENERE SERVICE FOR A 2007 FAMILY CHRISTMAS VACATION TO ITALY. I WOULD NEVER HAD USED VENERE IF I KNEW BEFOREHAND THAT YOU “PROMOTE” THINGS LIKE THIS! YES, BY RECEIVING FUNDS TO OFFER THIS IS THE SAME AS “PROMOTING” IT…THERE ARE THINGS IN LIFE YOU CAN TURN DOWN FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING MONEY!
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SACRED COMMITTMENT OF MARRIAGE? YOU DISGUST ME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THIS WITH MANY, MANY OTHERS SO THEY WILL THINK TWICE BEFORE GIVING YOU ANY BUSINESS.
YOUR VERY UNHAPPY AND EX-CUSTOMER,
KATHY
February 3rd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I’ll say I’m not surprised that the website mentioned was created in France.
I agree with most of the “negative” responses, especially regarding the association between this blog and venere.com. Apparently, Venere.com isn’t image conscious like the Coca Colas of the world. I wonder if all the hotels and other businesses would appreciate indirectly being associated with such topics?
I’ve used venere.com in my last two trips to Europe, the most recent Dec.-Jan. 08, and I am sadly disappointed.
Marion mentions in her rebuttal that she’s not a “big” fan of adultery. What does that mean? She’s only a fan whenever she’s commiting it? Everyone is entitled to their own actions and opinions, but I’ll choose not to listen/participate/give my business to venere.com or this blog as long as such subject matter is promoted. It sounds too similar to the book O.J. Simpson tried to write; you sound like you’re advocating/approving when you use the phrases you used to open this topic. If you’re trying to get people’s attention, then it sounds like you’ve got it at quite an expense.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:17 pm
You shouldn’t be so offended. People commit adultery anyway, that agency just tries to make things easier for some of them. And having a bit of fun doesn’t harm “the sacred commitment of marriage”. To the contrary, it may make it easier to keep. Only think that most people marry when they are in their 20’s and that people change (get older, fatter, etc.) How many of those recognise later, after 10-20 years, the person they married to?
February 4th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Adultery will happen…so this link is awesome… I only moved to Europe 5 years ago, and at work, socially, at my football team, clubs, pubs, conventions, seminars, work events, rugby clubs, knitting clubs, inside groups of friends, the people yuo least expect it to, etc, it always happens. I have never beein exposed to a communal society (Europe) in which adultery is so blatant, so needed, so much part of everyday life. So we all need to realx, not judge those who have an innocent fun article on their website, and realize that in your marriage, our marriage, theor marriage, adultery is probably already happening, especially if you live in Europe!
I will continue to use Venere as these guys have provided me with some great, great holidays, regardless of their personal marital affairs!!! The wonderful amazing girl who I took to Rome usuing Venere, cheated on me and ended up with one of our friends…if she had known abotu the existence of the Ibila agencey, a lot of pain would have been avoided!!!
Have a great 2008 Venere!
Xavi
Edinburgh
vie la france, que viva espana, go on britain, oh flower of scotland, forza italia!!
February 4th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Having been on the receiving end of adultery I think this is a totally immoral idea. Mobile Phones and Emailing are great contenders in how to have a secret liason without a company being so immoral as to supply someone with false paperwork Hotels etc
February 4th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
What I like the most of nowadays communications (especially the Internet) is that people get to choose from a wide variety of options for planning a weekend or a week vacation, because through this powerfull tool people have access to any kind of information and opportunities. Instead of being treated as a matter of morals this should simply be another choice to make on the Internet. If this is not the travel opportunity you are looking for, just click on the next link!
February 6th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Boy those holie-than-thou comments are SO typical of ugly Americans. Venere.com does not provide this service, they are just stimulating your mind by mentioning it. Crying foul and running away proves nothing. Of course, the small minded people to whom I refer are already gone, so this message falls on deaf…um…eyes?
February 6th, 2008 at 10:48 am
I think that it is not a good idea to propose such a promotion for adultary ;
I will NOT use your services again.
Bye bye venere.
February 7th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I find people’s outrage a bit confusing. Have you also boycotted CNN.com for bringing you news of people doing things you find morally reprehensible?
I will agree, though, the first paragraph of the blog entry does sound quite a bit like an endorsement: “Want to cheat on your spouse? Well we’ve found you the perfect web service to help you make your cheating go off without a hitch!”
July 13th, 2008 at 9:46 am
I am shocked and disappointed that Venere is associated with such cheap and deceitful website-what more weird ideas are poeple going to come up with for the sake of money
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