It is okay for masseurs to ask for ubers?

[socurious]

I know some escorts required an uber. I was wondering how people feel about escorts. 

[Jamie21]

I don’t ask for an Uber. But if it’s an out call I add the cost of travel to my usual in call rate. I’m able to book an Uber all by myself 🙂.

 

[Simon Suraci]

Sure, he could request the client send an Uber. Seems like most guys would want to be fully in control of their own transportation and charge the client a fee to cover the rideshare, or their own gas and maintenance or what have you. Not to mention the extra time to/from and setup/takedown time. At least that’s my approach.

A masseur who does not have transportation and is still willing to do outcalls is a red flag for me. It reflects poorly on him. If he can’t travel independently, he shouldn’t be offering outcall service. There’s nothing wrong with doing incalls only. For a legitimate massage service, I don’t think transportation should be the client’s responsibility unless it’s for the client to get to the masseur for incall service.

If your masseur offers outcalls, he should have his own transportation and bring a table. If he’s bringing a table, it’s a little weird and dicey fitting that in anything smaller than an SUV. It’s possible with a large enough car…just unusual.

Travel tables are compact and easier to get in a car. I’ve used them. Trouble is, they suck. Works in a pinch, but definitely makes for a suboptimal client experience.

If your masseur is coming without equipment, odds are it’s an escort service advertised as “massage”.

A very rare few are actually good at using a bed, the floor, futon, mat, etc. Sometimes you have to go that route for a client that exceeds table weight limits and/or has mobility issues. Even then, I still struggle but get through it. Aside from those few special circumstances almost always a non-table massage is not going to be very good. OR it’s good, but not truly a proper massage - rather an escort service. Nothing wrong with that, I just think we should call something what it is and charge accordingly.

It’s more common for a client to send a rideshare for an escort. A client sent me an Uber a while back. That was for an escort service in a downtown area and I was also in that downtown area, but way too far to walk. Parking close by his five star hotel would have cost at least as much as the Uber. The other options are pay for my own valet service $$$ or else park somewhat closer and still have to walk a long way. He sent me a rideshare to speed up the process.

[+ The Big Guy]

I’ve only been asked one time to pay for an Uber and I declined.  He still kept the appointment but was 90 minutes late.   Kept texting me that he was on the way and foolishly I did not cancel.  The massage ended up being terrible so it is now a non starter for me.  

Edited August 24, 2023 by The Big Guy

[Jamie21]

The difficulty with taking a table to an outcall I find is that often the client’s hotel room is too small to accommodate the table (with space to move around it). I always ask the client to check that if they want an out call. The other issue is parking close enough to the hotel to be able to get the table to the hotel. My table is portable but I don’t use the ultra light travel tables because they’re not big enough nor comfortable enough for a decent massage. Perhaps these things are peculiar to London, because parking here in central London is a nightmare and hotel rooms tend to be small.

I agree with @Simon Suracithat a bed massage isn’t really a proper massage. I can make it work and it’s fine but it tends to be more like an escort session. If clients want that it’s fine but ideally if we can use a table they can get a great table massage and then we move to the bed for a bit more comfort when the session progresses.