Why not Vancouver?

[Guest zipperzone]

How come there are so few escorts putting Vancouver on their travel schedules? Beautiful city - friendly people - horny deprived clients.

 

Think about it guys!

[+ Lucky]

What escort in his right mind would try to move in on Juan's territory? To live up to the local legend would be such a challenge for most escorts. They are probably just too intimidated. Or maybe it is just too cold there?

[seaboy4hire]

My guess would be the weather and the fact that the exchange rate is about 1.23ish to the dollar and it is getting harder for Americans to cross the boarder (thanks Mr. Bush). But that is just my guess.

 

Hugs,

Greg

Greg Seattle Wa seaboy4hire@yahoo.com

http://www.male4malescorts.com/reviews/gregseattle.html

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[JT Brooklyn]

It's gonna be a Quiet weekend in Vancouver! Juan is in NYC..also Bklyn! LOL LOL :+

[bbyguy]

The weather here in Vancouver has been really great, actually. Nice and sunny and relatively warm - about 15 to 18 Celcius.

 

Sounds like we've lost our well known Matt to Toronto. I believe he moved there about a month ago.

So it would be great to see some escorts from the US to come up here to this beautiful city.

 

Even with the stronger Canadian $, hotel rates are still quite reasonable... and you get good value for money on other things (food, etc)...

[Steven_Draker]

Zipper,

The main reason in my opinion is the exchange rate USD/CAD and the relatively low rates canadian escorts charge. Financial part aside Vancouver is a very attractive city, but probably not profitable enough for an international escort.

 

Steven Draker ~

http://www.HotSexyStud.com/uk

[Tommygunzz]

If that is not the most pompous and arrogant response from anyone, let alone an escort who relies on his "international" status to develop his clientele, I'm not sure what is.

 

Steven has turned into some kind of expert on everything, and now it's the international money exchange. <shakes head>

[Guest Tampa Yankee]

I agree with all three points.

 

On a separate point, I have to say that with Matt's move to Toronto, Vancouver lost a very shiney jewel in it crown. Though still a lovely world class city, it won't be quite the same for me.

[Steven_Draker]

Oh, Tommy, thanks for your interest, but I'm far for being an expert in anything here (except female lingerie, of course) ... I'm just a dumb prostitute.

[Luv2play]

I didn't find anything "pompous or arrogant" about Steven's answer. Rather I thought it was bang on. Canada is a relatively inexpensive "cheap"? place to visit and live in the North American context with amenities at a comparable level. The downside to this, of course, is that more $$$ is to be made on the other (USA) side of the border in most professions.

 

That is the reason most Canadian superstars end up in the USA to work and live (Celine Dionne, Wayne Gretsky etc) and why some really hot Canadian escorts and dancers who have a passport spend so much of their time in NYC (and Miami in the winter). Luckily we have our fair share of home grown talent so personally I don't miss (too much) the imported variety.

 

At today's exchange rates an escort charging $300US an hour would need to get $350CDN apprx. to break even. This is on the high side even in NYC for a top flight escort to charge. There is a limited market for their services at these prices. The last US escort to visit Montreal (a month or two ago) who posted on this site quoted me $500US an hour. I thanked him kindly and went back to my regular escort who gives me a month's entertainment for that!;-)

[Luv2play]

As for the point about the weather being too cold, which some posters brought up, this IMO is not a factor at all. In fact during the winter the weather is milder in Vancouver than in NYC, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia or any other northern US city apart from their neighbours of Seattle and Portland on the west coast. Yet all of these cities receive many visiting international escorts during this period, so weather has nothing really to do with it. It's the money, honey.

[JT Brooklyn]

IMHO..I am sure the Canadian guys.. don't mind the "relatively low rates they are charged" by some very HOT Guys..who are not and apparently have "no interest" in becoming an International Escort! Canadian guys Rock! :+

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

Money Changes Everything

 

>As for the point about the weather being too cold, which some

>posters brought up, this IMO is not a factor at all. In fact

>during the winter the weather is milder in Vancouver than in

>NYC, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia or any other northern US

>city apart from their neighbours of Seattle and Portland on

>the west coast.

 

Personally, I would never travel to any of these cities during the winter months, preferring to go when it is warm (although Philadelphia I have never been to at any time of year - not being a Premier type of "boi" - albeit the city is now in the back of my mind). However, I live in a city where it is warm in the summer and I do not need to travel in the winter if I do not want to. Other escorts are likely more open to traveling to a cold environment in the winter because they like and want the premium they might make in these cities and the weather (unlike as it is for me) is not that much of a concern.

 

Weather wise, the North West can be very nice. I have made two "working" trips to Portland because my best friend lives in the area. However, Portland and Seattle are (or at least were) difficult towns to market oneself in because of the lack of gay newspaper or the lack of escort advertising being permitted therein.

 

>It's the money, honey.

 

When I went to Toronto, I was there partly because the hotel was very inexpensive and I wanted the experience. Next to Portland, however, it was among my lowest income producing trips, which has nothing to do with my age (as one example), but has everything to do with what the clients are willing and able to pay. The exchange rate is also a factor because of this. I only want and usually need to see two clients (one hour) a day to make my "quota" as Woody once put it, but when some clients approach me wanting to pay only $100 as either what they claim to be the going rate or what they can afford (as several did in Portland) or told me I was too expensive (even at $150 U.S. rather than my usual $200 as I requested in Toronto), I decided to simply take the "day off" on those occassions. However, in my own case, that is a decision I can afford to make. Other escorts may simply prefer to travel someplace where they can command and make what want and expect.

 

Finally, you have to take into account opportunity costs as well as opportunities gained. Someone can travel within a few cities (for example, Boston and D.C. or New York and Chicago) very easily within a ten day period from one coast (or, for example, a New York escort could easily visit San Diego, Los Angeles and Palm Springs in a two week period) making the trip fun, financially renumerative and efficient. This is not always the case with other cities (for example, Portland or Seattle or Vancouver).

[menrus]

Why not Van?

1. High travel costs..almost never any "deals" from airlines.

2. Increasing hastle from BOTH USA and Canadian Customs and Immigration agents.

[Guest nycjockguy]

Kevin in Vancouver

 

Economics aside, I too agree that most out-of-towners will have a hard time competing against the home-grown talent.

 

In this category I will cite Kevin, Juan's sidekick, as yet unreviewed here, but certainly (based on my 2 meetings with him in NYC this week, and my extensive global travels) one of the finest in the world.

 

His is a blond, blue-eyed, 6'2", perfect body, 33 years old hairless stunner of a man-boy, with performance to match.

 

Kevin is reachable through Juan's e-mail address -- you can also see him and his beautiful cock featured on Juan's Rentboy ad.

 

Detailed review to follow, but all I can say now is this man will rock your world.

[JT Brooklyn]

RE: Kevin in Vancouver

 

NYCJockguy..Most definitely.. Kevin is a Hunky Guy.Deep Blue Eyes.Just plain HOT to look at!. :+

[Juan Vancouver]

Hey Lucky!

 

Watch it, man! }( The vancouver board of companionship will ban me if they think I am trying to step on Matt's territory. I am just a passing latino. But Matt has been able to build a name, and keep it shinning for a while. I am just proud to say that I share a bit of his beautiful city.

 

By the way, I agree with almost all your posts.... Vancouver is Far away, with no specially cheap deals to get anywhere, we charge in Canadian, we don't charge a lot, it is a city filled with young, gorgeously eager men, with an outstanding bathhouse... and still, a few top travelling escorts honour us with their presence now and then. Amazingly muscular Nino Bacci was just there, always gorgeous Marcel Deon was just there, and so on... (And it's not that they charge two bucks.)

 

Vancouver escort scene is not the richest, but we do have a very appreciative clientelle who knows what they want. And I am sure that the escorts that go the extra mile (the extra thousand miles, more likely) to visit our city are always rewarded with a lot of business. We do need fresh hunky meat there as often as possible! :9

 

Not to mention that for a travelling escort to pay a hotel in vancouver, or to go fine dinning it is possible to do so, with the same amount of money that one would need in los angeles to get on a cab... (So after all, it is not so bad, I would think)

 

You should visit us more often, guys! (I am sending special invitations to Athan, Anton, Alex, .... (fuck, if I go in alphabetical order I am going to take forever!) Just give us a visit and let me know, so I can make sure to recommend you with the amazing clientelle here.

 

Happy traveling!

[Guest bernardff]

Stevens reply to the topic is factual and to the point.Exchange rates and local rates are something international workers know about and need to account for in their decisions to travel.

These are facts of life guys:the hegemony of the global market!

Tho' there can be other,non fiscal, benefits for working men to visit places such as Vancouver or Sydney(Oz).....

Name calling is becoming becoming rife on this site and doesnt benefit customers or workers.

Respect, guys (now thats pompous and arrogant)

[Guest zipperzone]

>Stevens reply to the topic is factual and to the

>point.Exchange rates and local rates are something

>international workers know about and need to account for in

>their decisions to travel.

 

Love the term "International workers". It so much classier than ho, hooker, prostitute, sex trade worker, etc.

 

Sounds like you could even apply for a mortgage giving that as your occupation.

[+ deej]

>Love the term "International workers". It so much classier

>than ho, hooker, prostitute, sex trade worker, etc.

 

The phrase is actually pretty accurate. I have several friends who are consultants who travel the world doing business. One, in particular, specializes in developing software with multi-language support. (It's not as easy as you might think.)

 

ANY profession that takes the worker across national boundaries faces exactly the issues raised here.

[Juan Vancouver]

RE: Kevin in Vancouver

 

Hey guys!

 

You are real connoisseurs! (I should have just typed experts, but I must like funny words)

 

When I found kevin at a modelling audition I knew I had found something really special. When I found out that his talents weren't circumscribed to showing his best angle, dazzling with that perfect movie star of his or simply knocking you out of your socks by batting those blond, long eyelashes covering his huge baby blue eyes, I found myself in bliss...

 

But when he showed no prejudice against my escorting activities... and finally decided to confess that it had been one of his darkest, deepest, most denied fantasies of his own; due to my free life and example -he said- he was finally coming to good terms with that fantasy... (Man, my first mother in law was right: I must be a bad, bad influence.) When he confessed that, I feared for my life, and thanked God that he was not latino. (Both at the same time.) He would have leave me out of bussiness if he was latino.

 

Now he is only doing duos with me. (Lucky me!) He wants to feel confident about the profession, the safety rules, and all, but soon he will be escorting by himself. (Or so he promises, to my regret. -I will be missing the added excitement of having a blissful gentleman between our horny bodies.)

 

He is a totally classically beautiful, muscled blond, smart, witty, well travelled, well read, but simple, easy going guy.... but most of all, he is an amazing lover... I am sure that his first reviews will begin to flow soon. (He has just been escorting for one month and a half.)

 

Not only he is my duo partner, he is also my best friend. (No, this was NOT paid publicity.) :+ I am sure that he will soon gather the braveness and join us in this messace center. I know as a fact that he has been reading it for almost a year now.

 

(Fuck, I just re-read the post before posting it, and I discovered three things: I am over-using parenthesis (sp?), I am really, really over-using ellipsis and I am really, really -I mean really- endorsing Kev... -I must like him a lot-. )

 

As I said to one gentleman who met Kev recently and then came back for more: "Even when I seem to overdo it when I recommend Kev, I know that I am always underselling him."

 

I am not sure if I should post this.... Kevin is going to hate me. -He is a humble guy-.

 

Anyway.... I will "click" on "post message"...

[Donnie]

RE: Kevin in Vancouver

 

>simply knocking you out of

>your socks by batting those blond, long eyelashes covering his

>huge baby blue eyes

 

In other words, Goldie Hawn.

 

http://www.happywomanmagazine.com/Images/GoldieHawn9.jpg

[Guest nycjockguy]

RE: Kevin in Vancouver

 

Low blow, Donnie.

 

Kevin is the real deal. Juan IS underselling. Kevin is smart, sweet, sexy, and stunningly handsome, an astoundingly appealing man-boy whose generosity with the gift of intimacy takes the breath away.

 

Kevin is, as Juan noted, new to the escorting game, but he has been under the tutelage of one of the best in Juan, and he has learned his lessons well.

 

He is brilliant at reading his clients, and can flip a switch to go from passionate intimate to lascivious sex machine in an instant. He is a top, and during our solo, he came buckets.

 

And boy can ever Kevin ever turn heads. Aside from causing a near-riot at a notorious East Village nightstop when he too off his shirt, with Juan and him in tow I had no problem snagging a table a hot restaurant that we had been told on the phone was fully booked. And this in a city of beauties.