Hyattsville

Who said anything about bad service? No one. If you get bad service, don't tip - don't go back. What I said is that he was willing to do more for those who tip consistently. It only makes sense, if you have a choice between two clients wanting the same appointment time, I think everyone would choose the one who tips regularly. If a client asks for a prostate massage but never tips, why bother? But if they tip regularly the odds will go way up that the masseur says "Sure." Do you need to tip masseurs who run their own business? I guess not, but I appreciate good service and will gladly pay a few extra bucks to ensure it. I think it is reasonable to expect a good massage when you don't tip, but I also think it is reasonable to expect better service when I do tip regularly. 

I believe that if you want continued great service (or increasingly better) service, tipping is a wise choice. I was chatting about tips with a local masseur who was honest that while everyone gets a great base massage, those who tip regularly get better service with scheduling preference and "extras" on the table. Just keep that in mind. 
Also with masseurs who work for themselves, know that they are probably paying at least 5% if you us a credit card or other electronic payments. 
I would think that it is important to tip when you are late, early, shower at their place, rescheduled your appointment or have any special requests like "keep the room hot" or "wear x clothing" or "I need to remain anonymous" or "no oils or scents" or music requests etc. I remember reading a bad review years ago from a client who apparently showed up 30 mins late (due to traffic and parking) showered at the masseur's home before the massage and was offended that he only got 75 mins on the table instead of 90 mins (even though he had now taken up two hours of the masseur's time). All I could think when I read that was it was the masseur who should be writing the bad review about the client and you know the guy would not have tipped either. 

Who said anything about bad service? No one. If you get bad service, don't tip - don't go back. What I said is that he was willing to do more for those who tip consistently. It only makes sense, if you have a choice between two clients wanting the same appointment time, I think everyone would choose the one who tips regularly. If a client asks for a prostate massage but never tips, why bother? But if they tip regularly the odds will go way up that the masseur says "Sure." Do you need to tip masseurs who run their own business? I guess not, but I appreciate good service and will gladly pay a few extra bucks to ensure it. I think it is reasonable to expect a good massage when you don't tip, but I also think it is reasonable to expect better service when I do tip regularly. 

I believe that if you want continued great service (or increasingly better) service, tipping is a wise choice. I was chatting about tips with a local masseur who was honest that while everyone gets a great base massage, those who tip regularly get better service with scheduling preference and "extras" on the table. Just keep that in mind. 
Also with masseurs who work for themselves, know that they are probably paying at least 5% if you us a credit card or other electronic payments. 
I would think that it is important to tip when you are late, early, shower at their place, rescheduled your appointment or have any special requests like "keep the room hot" or "wear x clothing" or "I need to remain anonymous" or "no oils or scents" or music requests etc. I remember reading a bad review years ago from a client who apparently showed up 30 mins late (due to traffic and parking) showered at the masseur's home before the massage and was offended that he only got 75 mins on the table instead of 90 mins (even though he had now taken up two hours of the masseur's time). All I could think when I read that was it was the masseur who should be writing the bad review about the client and you know the guy would not have tipped either. 

Independent masseurs should ask the price they wish to be paid for the services rendered. If the services exceed the advertised labor, a “tip” may very well be warranted. If not, the advertised fee is sufficient. This approach has always worked very well for me. 
 
Let’s not play games. 

I feel that 20% is fair for "rub and tug." Personally I tip at least 25% or more if I find a legit massage with sensual/erotic elements. I feel that if they can actually give a really good therapeutic massage they deserve the tip more than just being cute or naked. 

You can do a search for Washington DC to see a lot of reviews. My favorites are:
 
 

If those are your expectations then I would make sure that both you and the masseur and clear on this before booking.

Saw him earlier this year, PM me for more info.

Here’s a service online that offers to write fake RentMasseur reviews. I am shocked and concerned. Had no idea this was a thing until I stumbled upon it today.
Now that I think about it, it makes sense. Why wouldn’t someone monetize fake review writing services? Be careful what you trust online.
Word of mouth from known clients is more reliable than anonymous reviews. CoM is also a good place to verify information about masseurs and providers you’re interested in hiring.
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GETREVIEW.CO.UK Learn how to buy verified reviews from RentMasseur.com through Getreview.co.uk and boost your... By the way, I was Google searching if it’s possible to link RentMasseur profiles to one another, in my case for 4-hand massage services. I searched “rentmasseur how to link profiles”. Haven’t found that answer yet (I suspect it’s a ‘no’). This review writing service site happened to pop up seven hits down and I clicked it to read later. Rest assured, I would never, ever hire a service like this to manufacture reviews for me.


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I emailed Rentmasseur support with the link and asked them if they were aware of this. 
Their reply:

There is no universal answer. It varies with every masseur.
I recommend asking for exactly what you want and see what the masseur says.
General inquiries like “what does your massage include?” puts the burden on the masseur to name everything under the sun -sexual or otherwise- that he will or will not include. It’s exhausting answering this question over and over and over. The client knows full well what they want. They just aren’t willing to ask for it and it wastes our time to respond to such general questions.

Here are a few examples of more specific questions to ask:
“Do you include a happy ending?”
”Do you allow mutual touch?”
”Do you offer body to body massage?”
FYI happy ending means a hand job only unless you specifically discuss other details. He may not offer more, and if he does, be clear on any uncharges for the extra service. Some may charge their full escort rate depending on your needs and expectations. All good things to know before booking.

Truly.
How could you NOT find a thread about this ? There must be 100 of them.
I agree with what @Michael PhDstated above.
Sensual = titillating and the possibility of you leaving happy.
Erotic = titillating and the expectation of you leaving happy.
Not advertising as an escort means you shouldn't be expecting them to be providing escort services.
I've found it most productive (if you're looking to get a truly erotic experience from a masseur) If you book an erotic session. Let them do their thing. Tip them generously and then engage in a man2man conversation afterwards about the possibility of adding other features to your next session.  Doesn't hurt to ask. And a good tipper will always be given the opportunity  to get to the very limits of what a provider is comfortable with, sexually.
 

The lines get blurred but I consider sensual to include more seductive touch. Mutual touch may be a part of it. Release +/-. Erotic often includes mutual touch and release and often more. Would be careful with expectations as these definitions are not universally accepted.  

It's been debated since Christ was a child. 
Keep in mind that the ads are as masseurs, not full-on "escorts". 

^Yes, this is correct. MasseurFinder requires the client to email their review content to the masseur, and for the masseur to copy and paste the content to the site for their AI system to screen for sexual language, etc before MF will post it publicly on the client’s behalf.
MF tells us masseurs to keep records of the emails in case they audit us, should anything come into question. It’s a loosely goosey honor system with little accountability. The only accountability is the audit. Also, there’s nothing stopping a masseur from filtering out negative reviews a clients sends them. A client would be unlikely to email a negative review directly to the masseur in the first place. In theory, a masseur can make a fake email and send a review from that email to their regular email and then submit it to MF. I’ve never done this, but it occurred to me now that I’m thinking about it. That email trail, fabricated though it may be, would still pass the audit as far as I can tell. I only have two MF reviews, because they make it so difficult and roundabout for clients to leave reviews.
MF limits the number of reviews we can post in any given timeframe, like once a quarter, or once a month, at most - I can’t remember which.
MF is the least reliable review system because of the way it’s set up. You will see nothing but positive reviews on that platform. A masseur would literally have to intentionally post a negative review of himself for it to go through.
On RentMasseur, clients can post directly, and include negative comments without a hitch. The only catch is that the client has to have at least one mutual exchange with the masseur using RentMasseur’s messaging system before the site will allow the client to post a review. I haven’t had the need to remove a malicious review yet, so I don’t know the process for getting a review taken down. We are able to respond once briefly to the review comment, so we have the opportunity to clarify anything unfair or inaccurate about the review, such as the client demanded a huge discount that we never advertised or offered, or was a no-show, or did not book with us, or lied about something, demanded escort service for massage pricing, or was unreasonable or violent or threatening or whatever the case may be.
All my reviews are unsolicited. I asked one client one time for a review and he agreed to write one, but I felt gross about it, and the client never wrote the review and never saw me again, even though he said it was the best massage of his life and that he planned to return. I think the effort of writing a review was a barrier for him to return. Good clients take the time to write an unsolicited positive review and I truly appreciate when they do.
Since that one time, I’ve never asked for, much less incentivized, any reviews. My approach is that I have nothing to worry about since I know I do a great job and give every client my all. I take pride in my work, and my 100% unsolicited reviews stand on their own, typos and all. If anyone wants to post something wildly inaccurate or malicious for some reason, it will stand as the lone off color comment among many glowing reviews across a several platforms. The best place to review me is on Booksy. I have the most reviews there, and again it’s all 100% unsolicited and real people writing real reviews. 
^This is inaccurate. See above. The masseur is the one who submits the client review content to MF. If the masseur doesn’t like a review a client sends to them by email, they can simply choose to not post it. Are you sure you’re not confusing MasseurFINDER with RENTmasseur? I could see that happening on RentMasseur, but it’s simply untrue of MasseurFinder. I haven’t had to ask RentMasseur to remove a review, so I don’t know the process for that. It would have to be something truly malicious and outrageous for me to need to do that. Someone saying they didn’t like my massage or style or personality or something like that is not enough to merit taking a review down. Clients should hear all the opinions and decide for themselves. Reviews keep us accountable and encourage us to do better, get better, and stay honest.

Thank God for this gossiping gaggle of gays! 

If I remember correctly when I advertised on MassageM4M from 2008-2016 if a client wrote a review about us then support would send us an email letting us know. At that point we had the ability to publish or reject the review. Rentmasseur is not that way, we do not have the ability to edit or reject the review. If the review is a false and malicious review with intent to discredit then we might be able to dispute that with the support team. 

RentMasseur does not screen out bad reviews. I read all the reviews daily and come across plenty of bad reviews weekly. 

This is not so. We are not able to edit our reviews on Rentmasseur. Negative reviews are indeed posted and can only be removed by Rentmasseur support if they are proven to be false and malicious in nature. 

You could assume rentmasseur reviews are legit, but some could be made up either by the masseur himself or his friends. 

Also reviews on MF are submitted by the provider and not you as the client. So you would have to message/email your review to the provider and he submits it on your behalf. At least that’s how it was in the past. 

Reviews are monitored on MF, some things won't get through.  They are particular.  RM you need to establish contact with the massage therapist through their platform by sending email message, in order for a review to be validated.    Hope that helps. 😁

Never saw an ad quite like that before...

I didn't ask about MN, MT & HE, I foolishly assumed that his (new at the time) $150 price would have included it.  It did not.
Pros: Massage wasn't bad, pressure was decent, massage table was comfortable, studio set up in a room in his apt, the building was lovely, parking was easy and he's a decent looking guy.
Cons: The room was fully lit, like, ALL the lights were on, music was blah, personality was non-existent, not even a hint of sensual.  The only "hint" of anything I got was that he could be catty and cunty if you brought it out of her.  
Would not repeat and personally would not recommend based on my one time experience.