Are these Northumbria’s most eligible bachelors

When was the last time you made 100k?

Last week The Tab wrote about three Northumbria students whose business has earned them over 100k.

Warren Pearson, Ben Tratttles and Harley Gibb are the creators of Summer Takeover which offers holiday packages to students wanting to work abroad.

This week I interviewed the threesome to find out just if they are Northumbria’s most eligible bachelors.

Unfortunately for me they are all straight (bastards).

The guys weren’t at all surprised to have done so well and Warren explained why:

“We’ve had experience working abroad so we knew the market was there and how to capitalize on it. Other companies we saw out in Ayia Napa were dated.”

Ben added: “It’s surreal that we have this money now”.

The boys aren’t strangers to being skint. Just like the rest of us they spent first year with maxed-out overdrafts but still willing to spend every last penny getting smashed in a trebles bar.

How things change. Instead of worrying about how they can afford their next night out the lads have become accustomed to the finer things in life. They recently celebrated by taking a decadent trip to Thailand.

Rather than backpacking and slumming it in cheap hostels like the average student, the guys spent their cash being chauffeured round Bangkok and staying in the best hotels and villas.

“We wanted a massive blow-out and we did everything to the max. We must have dropped about 12k,” revealed Ben.

Once news of their success got out the lads became BNOCs overnight – which when you’ve made 100 grand isn’t surprising.

None of the three are huge Facebook users but Warren explained “I had five friend requests on Facebook last year and suddenly I had 50 in one day.”

Ben told me that “People with 1 or no mutual friends are adding us or sending us messages”.

And the gold-diggers have smelt blood in the water, Harley put it bluntly: “The thirst of girls is real.”

The three receive random messages from girls all the time expressing their congratulations, among other things.

“We’re just like, who the fuck are you?” said Warren.

But to the dismay of many, Warren is a taken man. And when asked about his gym routine he revealed he works out five times a week and can bench 160kg, which happens to be twice my weight.

I had a feel of his bulging bicep but my tiny hand could barely grip the muscle *swoon*.

Ben and Harley have become more relaxed with their gym routines since the business has taken off, but have vowed to buff up before their road trip in the US.

They stressed that they were very single and are up for double dates. I asked them if they considered themselves bachelors: “We like the craic but we wouldn’t say we’re bachelors” – I’m sure those thirsty girls would disagree.

So I asked the fellas which of the of the contestants for Miss Great Britain from Northumbria they would snog, marry, avoid.

They both agreed:

Snog: Anya
Marry: Stephanie
Avoid: Natasha

Obviously it was a really difficult decision having to pick between three beauty contestants.

Ben made it clear that he really doesn’t like girls with tattoos and is a self confessed bum man with a thing for small brunettes.

Harley on the other hand revealed he liked “blonde girls with big tits” – in line with pretty much every other bloke in the country.

I asked whether they had any plans to pay off those dreaded student loans, Warren’s response was an immediate “Will we fuck!

“The last thing on our minds is paying it off.”

The guys were quite closed lipped about the craziest nights they’ve had, but you can imagine the sort of banterific LAD antics have gone down. They did reveal it involved money, booze and girls, and one incident of blagging their way into a swanky bar in Edinburgh by claiming to play for Newcastle Reserves

When I mentioned I was gay (wasn’t hinting or anything) I was asked if I knew a friend of theirs who did the graphic design for the site. I had to break it to the boys that not all gays know each other.

At the end of the interview I explained to the three that I wanted to get photos. It took about 60 shots for Ben to be happy with his pose. He was also very keen to make sure there was a decent filter on his photos, “I don’t want any shine on my bonce” – fair play.

Before I left I gave the guys some Tab condoms – “safety first” is a necessary motto for the guys to follow with more women (and men) interested in them than ever before.

When the three lads finish up uni this year they plan on continuing with Summer Takeover full time. Maybe they’ll even offer some of our Tab staff a free holiday.