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Re-bumping this, in NYC next week, should I give this new masseur a try, has anyone tried, does anyone think it's one of those too-good-to-be-true guys? https://www.masseurfinder.com/members/maulen.shtml Thinking about revisiting one of my boys, Anthony, Brad, or Troy, but could try someone new in addition. Also, open to suggestions , let's hear it! Tend to go for very good masseurs who also happen to be hot and open to getting naked with me if the chemistry is right. This one seems kinda too young for my taste but I am still intrigued. Plus they tend to put up pix from a couple of years ago anyway...

I'll take you up on it! And, yeah, maybe we can start Alexei fan clubs in different cities he visits ;-)

OK, it's Saturday and cold outside, I feel like bragging :-) I think I was the first to rave about Alexei on this forum, sort of "gave" him his first break here. And I have to say that I am so happy that so many others have had good experiences :-)! I only wish I could see him more often...

I'd say just listen to the sound of it and/or look for that additional s or double-s: host / hostess actor / actress masseur / masseuse and it becomes pretty easy! Just don't get me started on how "data" and "media" are plurals but everyone, including the uber-educated TV anchoress Rachel Maddow, use them as if they were singular.

Ok, let me try this French challenge Lamé is a shiny fabric that contains golden, silver, or other metallic threads. Gaté is the past participle of "gâter" which means to spoil, ruin, waste. So spoiled (fine/shiny) cloth? But then "spoiled" can also mean "pampered" as in "spoiled child."

Excellent points above, agree with all! I just thought about one more major annoyance. I am often tempted to have the masseur come to my place, because I am busy or whatever, and I definitely don't mind paying extra, but DO NOT MESS WITH MY TIME! Many masseurs, actually an unfortunate majority, are totally clueless about time management. You'd think that if one lives in Chicago, they should know that the traffic is bad, especially around the rush hour and evening. Plus why not use Google maps that will tell you how long the expected travel time is? My boy Jake is a stellar exception here, yet again :-), super-professional in this respect, but there is this other dude Nikola in Chicago who checks all the boxes, super-competent and trained, cute, friendly, nice, chill, charges surprisingly low rates, but is usually an hour late and sometimes even more :-(. So I stopped inviting him despite all his other qualities and despite the fact that I would gladly pay DOUBLE what he charges if only he would fucking show up on time. Or within 15-20 minutes. I mean I am just busy, not anal or uptight, I just cannot spend the entire evening guessing when the masseur will show up, if I want a 90-minute massage it should not take more than 2 hours of my time. PS I also had another masseur text me like 5 minutes into our supposed appointment saying that he needed to get some lunch and will come in like 45 minutes. Well, I certainly don't want him to massage me hungry, but why can't he plan his fucking day so that he doesn't run into these time conflicts? Needless to say, he showed up more than an hour late, and that was it, no more invites from me. These dudes need to realize that people willing to pay them $150-160 an hour typically ARE BUSY and value their time more than anything. Think about it, if I hire someone every month or even every two months for 90 minutes, that's like $1.5-3k a year, many businesses would do pretty much anything for that kind of client.

True, they can run their business any way they see fit, but the topic here is how to get repeat customers. So, no hard feelings either way, but it's about what gets us to come back. And, of course, repeat customers are extra valuable because they make income more secure and less variable, plus there is much less hassle and waste of time explaining and negotiating. Finally, repeat customers are likely to spread the good word. Obviously, I like my massage to take approximately the time booked but I don't obsess over it if it turns out a little shorter. But I do get pissed off (quietly and to myself) if it's outrageously short. I usually go for 90-minute appointments, and have noticed that the guys I repeatedly go to are pretty good at timing. But my boy Jake rules wrt this. He is so nice, smart, so much fun, it's like hanging out with a close bud. He'll suggest jumping in the shower together, then usually asks me to sit on the edge of the bed while he gets behind and massages my neck. Priceless, a very nice wind down, a total opposite of that wham-bam-now-you-are-done-get-out approach. That is not just fair (I paid for 90 minutes, I should get 90 minutes) and respectful, it's smart on his part. Every time I hug him good bye I already look forward to the next time because the vibe is so good. I've had several other masseurs offer additional neck or other massage noticing that the time wasn't up. Always appreciated even if I usually turn it down and prefer a little chat as I put on my clothes. Masseurs who schedule hourly appointments back to back are idiots in my books. That's sacrificing long term for the short term. It's greedy and myopic, and hardly entices anyone to come back, and that's just stupid form the business standpoint. My worse experience was with that Luka in Manhattan, who basically rushes you out as he scrambles to prepare the room for the next customer, so he basically wants you in and out of his building, not just his apartment, in less than an hour. It's like you are being processed on an assembly line, or how to spend $160 an hour and feel like crap in the end. Thank God he doesn't do 90-minute appointments, at least that saved me some money. Another dude in Chicago was doing outcalls and once he came to my place for an hour appointment. He was in and out of the door in like 50 minutes. Needless to say, I refused to see him again (yes, he texted and offered, who wouldn't want to make $150 in 50 minutes?) and then his ad disappeared. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who didn't like the approach. This business is really good if you like doing it and are able to deal with people but it's NOT for everyone. If someone thinks it's quick and easy money requiring no skill or effort, it shows. And if it shows, you can't get a permanent customer base, so you are forced to travel and incur additional costs, hoping to find enough clients to put through your production line. Good luck with that! One more thing I would add, and this is something that I realized gradually over time. I really like it when my masseur gets naked right away, when that kind of goes without saying. If I am going to lie there naked, let's be on a level playing field. Plus, if they don't get naked they tend to be warm, especially given that they work, while I may get really cold because I am naked and inactive. Them being naked gives them a better sense of the temperature in the room. I don't have automatic expectations about anything sensual, I like to leave that to the chemistry, but it seems that many don't do this for fear of setting wrong expectations, which I find unfortunate. But then that makes me appreciate even more those who do it plus are good masseurs.

Museum piece or chill? The rate seems low for anything non-therapeutic.

Hmm, interesting, THANK YOU! How hot/cute was he back then? Would you know anything about Alejandro? https://www.massagem4m.com/masseur/18480/ I don't know what it is, it could be that mi cuerpo pide salsa these days :)

Thinking about trying a new masseur in Chi, has anyone had any experiences with Demetrio? https://www.masseurfinder.com/members/demetrio.shtml PM me if you prefer, thanks!

Bumping this, anyone? Going to NYC soon, so thinking about trying one new masseur and revisiting one old favorite. Maybe squeeze in a 3rd one to usher in the holiday season? :-)

Going to NYC soon, has anyone tried Maulen? https://www.masseurfinder.com/members/maulen.shtml PM me if you prefer, thanks!

At $140 an hour?! A star is born. PS Thanks for letting us know, I was tempted to try.

WOW! What infuriates me more than anything is when someone makes me think "well, maybe that hideous orange man has a point." If he/they are traveling around the US on an expired or tourist visa pulling this shit off ($260 an hour, no less!) on unsuspecting people, I actually wouldn't mind if they got kicked out of the country.

And they disappear from Chicago just as suddenly as they appeared! They are all "based" in Mineapolis now, buyer beware, to say the least. My guess: 2 or 3 guys traveling together and using multiple super-fake profiles to pull off some kind of trick on as many people as possible. Not sure how bad the trick is but I am pretty sure it can't be good.

WOW, more use of celebrity pix to lure relatively less informed customers? Funny how they all appear "available now" on rentmasseur, coincidence?

Yikes! And, of course, THANKS!

Uh-oh, one more just joined the posse. Funny how they are all 5'10" and 175lbs https://rentmasseur.com/Greka All this seems "interesting" to say the least.

If you decide to go for it, don't use Uber to get there. Their maps get confused about the address he gives, I was dropped off at a wrong gate to the complex where he lives. I ended up wandering around and he was remarkably unhelpful. After a good 30 minutes runaround I hailed a cab and went back downtown. Not much in the way of southern hospitality, it was a bad experience, especially given that the neighborhood outside his complex (which itself seemed nice) is not the greatest. I uninstalled my Uber app afterwards, it looks like Lyft's maps are better and would have taken me to the right place. But I don't think I'll try again when in Atlanta, his indifference was disappointing.

When 3 seemingly very hot masseurs appear out of the blue but something just doesn't feel right, it's probably a good idea to share some thoughts and perspectives. Chicago is a huge city/market but 3 new ads appearing at once is over 10% increase in the number of listings on rentmasseur: https://rentmasseur.com/Jone Yeah right, a certified masseur who doesn't offer therapeutic, go figure! https://rentmasseur.com/Davido At least this one doesn't claim he is a masseur, but it's an escort ad basically. https://rentmasseur.com/Vladek The last one offers "therapeutic," but doesn't claim he is certified. Whatever the case, this seems to command a $10 premium, from the "modest" $250 to $260 per hour. Has anyone had any experiences with these guys, do they actually travel together, what's the scoop? I can totally imagine them sharing the same room and pulling off some kind of trick. I am skeptical about masseurs who don't have a home base but travel around the country all the time, especially if they list wherever they happen to be as "home." But these guys seem to be taking it to a whole new level. I remember seing some of their ads a couple of months ago and then they quickly disappeared from the Chicago listings, and now they are back.

My Turkish friend has to be careful when talking to friends and family back home over the phone or skype. Thousands have been fired from government jobs and have nothing to live off so that's one of the reasons many who can choose to leave (try finding a job if marked as a traitor). The trend is clearly downward and if one extrapolates, enforcing more traditional morality is the next step. Especially on those liberal city folk, the middle of the country might actually like to see that. The last thing I'd want is to become a headline in the news and hope that the orange man will somehow negotiate my release from a Turkish prison. And if Erdogan's relations with the west continue to deteriorate some prisoners might come in handy as bargaining chips. Be careful out there, guys!

Or that pro-Islamic police (or thugs) wouldn't enter your room and arrest you or do whatever? I know, Istanbul is a great city with so much to offer, but there has been much political turmoil lately and the tendency is further and further away from the west and its norms. You never know...

Actually, their per-capita GDP/living standard is >90% of that in the Czech Republic, the most successful former Soviet block country. I think Mercedes Benz now makes much of their lineup in Slovakia, they have done pretty well, especially for Eastern European standards, so I think it's highly unlikely they are "all hookers."

Jake does, which I really like, if I am going to lie there naked, it's reassuring that the masseur be naked as well. David is a more traditional massage therapist and doesn't do that.

Hi, my best guess would be Jake: https://www.masseurfinder.com/members/musclejake1.shtml He is fun and pleasure to interact with, hot, happy to do outcalls to your hotel room (in fact, I think he prefers outcalls to incalls), and will give you a surprisingly good massage on your bed. If you want a top notch massage with a little less fun & interaction (but still some!), and you prefer to visit them, I'd recommend David. Sweet guy, super hot, excellent massage on a heated table just south of downtown: https://www.masseurfinder.com/members/massagefixchi.shtml It also happens that Alexei from Miami, one of my other favorites, will be visiting soon. He is in the same league as David, you'd likely have to go and visit him in his hotel because he brings his table: https://www.masseurfinder.com/members/alexei22.shtml Sorry to say that Chicago doesn't have to offer as much as one would hope based on the city's size and the number of ads on masseurfinder :-(... but Jake and David are world class, we are happy to have them!