Do snowy days negatively affect business?

[TallMuscl37]

3 hours ago, Simon Suraci said:

Snow? What’s that?

58 degrees on my commute in San Diego is giving me a few chills. Maybe I will wear a fashionable scarf.

I felt San Diego to be a bit cold last year when I stayed in March. I could catch a couple hours to run outdoors in a tank top during the day, but soon as the sun set it would feel like freezing. Their winter is like a north Florida/New Orleans weather. Not so much Key West/Wilton Manors. 
 

And just to the east is the mountains that do get snow…it just doesn’t make it to sea level. 

[BuffaloKyle]

19 hours ago, Jarrod_Uncut said:

If I was there, I’d be chillin in everyday and just doing incalls lol. 

The only problem was we had a travel ban in place for like 4 days so no one would be able to get to you.

[TallMuscl37]

1 hour ago, BuffaloKyle said:

The only problem was we had a travel ban in place for like 4 days so no one would be able to get to you.

Ugh 😩 that would be a situation of: “who’s currently in this hotel and willing to pay” 😂 

Tried that in Louisville last winter, didn’t work so well. Just a bunch of fantasists. That courtyard Marriott felt more like a shelter than anything lol.

Edited January 20, 2024 by Jarrod_Uncut

[+ DrownedBoy]

As is the custom in Chicago since '79, they spread about 2 lbs. of salt for every 1 lb. of snow.

 

The Picasso looks like it just crapped out a pile of salt. Seriously. And I gave up keeping salt out of my front hall.

[marylander1940]

On 1/18/2024 at 8:06 PM, Simon Suraci said:

Snow? What’s that?

58 degrees on my commute in San Diego is giving me a few chills. Maybe I will wear a fashionable scarf.

[marylander1940]

According to some local escorts DC has been dead but it could be also because of so many visitors and the fact that everyone got laid for free during M.A.L. 

 

 

Edited January 20, 2024 by marylander1940

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

On 1/18/2024 at 11:51 PM, Jarrod_Uncut said:

Not so much Key West/Wilton Manors. 
 

I have spent the last week in Ft Lauderdale/Wilton Manors.  It's cold, with highs not reaching 80F most days, and lows in the 60Fs.  I have traveled to a few providers, but asked any provider living in downtown Miami to come to me.  The reason is primarily to Miami's choice of parking meters downtown.  There is no way to pay for them by cash or card.  Everyone must download a parking meter computer application to their smart telephone in order to park downtown, which I am unwilling to do.

Edited January 20, 2024 by Vegas_Millennial

[Guest]

I’m in Miami this week; temps are lower than expected but much better than home. Still spent the afternoon at the pool!

[TallMuscl37]

On 1/20/2024 at 3:41 PM, DrownedBoy said:

As is the custom in Chicago since '79, they spread about 2 lbs. of salt for every 1 lb. of snow.

 

The Picasso looks like it just crapped out a pile of salt. Seriously. And I gave up keeping salt out of my front hall.

ugh, no reason why cars rust out prematurely up that way. I brought a vehicle from a friend in Wisconsin couple years ago, and although it’s in mint condition paint and interior wise, the underbody looks like something from 1979 lol. Each summer I try to oil it down to keep it from spreading. 
 

On 1/20/2024 at 4:08 PM, marylander1940 said:

According to some local escorts DC has been dead but it could be also because of so many visitors and the fact that everyone got laid for free during M.A.L. 

 

 

Damn that’s a lot of man 🐕 in one space, I’d have to wonder what it smells like 😆 

Also not sure what’s up with DC. I went in September and it was dead. If it wasn’t for the couple hits I did have: I’d of been disappointed. 
 

I think it’s the costs and maybe the gentrification and crime. I was charged $9 for a cutwater in a can, paid $20 to get into a club with $12 drinks lol. Not to mention just a lot of guys advertising there.

People need to realize, these big cities aren’t always where it’s at. It would be nice if ever the gay community reversed and moved out to the suburbs. Turn Reston into the next gay Mecca 😂 

On 1/20/2024 at 4:45 PM, Vegas_Millennial said:

I have spent the last week in Ft Lauderdale/Wilton Manors.  It's cold, with highs not reaching 80F most days, and lows in the 60Fs.  I have traveled to a few providers, but asked any provider living in downtown Miami to come to me.  The reason is primarily to Miami's choice of parking meters downtown.  There is no way to pay for them by cash or card.  Everyone must download a parking meter computer application to their smart telephone in order to park downtown, which I am unwilling to do.

This has become common in many cities, and quite the hassle if you’re not aware of it. I still don’t forget that time I was visiting someone in Atlanta, and thought I was paying the parking meter. Turns out, it was for one side of the street and the other side was app only parking owned by shopping plaza (in Chicago and some other cities, you can pay a meter and park basically anywhere in the “zone” if you enter your zone or space number if I remember)

I come out and I’m double booted 😂 I can laugh now but, it’s fucking robbery. And that was mild compared to last month: I was fucking a guy and watching movies and cuddling all night, even dipped off to the store for a little more alcohol. Car was fine. Asked him, “if I spend the night here, is there anything I should worry about my car parking here at all?” He’s like, “nah you should be okay” Next morning: I look out the window where I parked and car is gone 🤦🏾‍♂️ Got it back $219 later. It’s like damn, can’t a single gay man have an enjoyable time sometimes without some bullshit? Fucks sake. 
 

This is why home ownership or renting is best. Not only have to pay greedy property management companies, but then have to worry about yours and your guests cars at that. 

 

On 1/20/2024 at 4:55 PM, Km411 said:

I’m in Miami this week; temps are lower than expected but much better than home. Still spent the afternoon at the pool!

Lol when I lived in Florida: anybody getting into the pool/beach in December thru February was always from up north or Canada and would be made fun of lol

Now I’m like: if it’s 80 degrees in February, I can get into the water for a “few” minutes. Floridians have no tolerance for cold, but it’s not necessarily a strong point when you have to move or travel elsewhere and 40 feels unbearable lol.

Edited January 21, 2024 by Jarrod_Uncut

[Guest]

To clarify: I didn’t actually get into the pool, just pool side. 😊 

[marylander1940]

On 1/20/2024 at 5:45 PM, Vegas_Millennial said:

I have spent the last week in Ft Lauderdale/Wilton Manors.  It's cold, with highs not reaching 80F most days, and lows in the 60Fs.  I have traveled to a few providers, but asked any provider living in downtown Miami to come to me.  The reason is primarily to Miami's choice of parking meters downtown.  There is no way to pay for them by cash or card.  Everyone must download a parking meter computer application to their smart telephone in order to park downtown, which I am unwilling to do.

I guess not everything is rosy to perfection in Florida. 

I've downloaded public transportation apps and later uninstall them.

Do you ever take Uber? 

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

44 minutes ago, marylander1940 said:

Do you ever take Uber? 

Rarely.  I prefer to take a taxi when public transit is not available or convenient.  It's a hassle to update the Uber software when I need a ride and months have passed since the last time I used it.  I would rather pay more for the convenience and anonymity of a taxi when I'm in cities where they are available. 

[TallMuscl37]

I’ll say too: one thing that peeves me are guys who will contact on an inclement weather day (or late at night Outcall) but when told I’m not able to come out due to the time/weather: they don’t respond back and aren’t available again the next day…or ever. Until two years later out the blue.
 

That’s just so tacky to me. How you gon ask me to meet during a time that’s relatively unsafe/inconvenient, and then go ghost when I try to set up something more reasonable and convenient? I don’t like when people make it seem like meeting them is an all or nothing proposition. Don’t hit me up like some last minute resort. Because I won’t be available. 
 

Had someone do that last week. I wasn’t about to go out and meet him when the roads were getting bad, because I would have had to drive all the way back in it. Hasn’t bothered to even reach out at all to reschedule or anything, and didn’t respond when I offered.

Edited January 23, 2024 by Jarrod_Uncut

[marylander1940]

What about rainy days like yesterday and today in DC and a big part of the country?

Do rainy days affect business?

[+ DrownedBoy]

Chicago has flooding right now, along with our lovely offering of sleety snow. I won't get angry if a provider has to cancel because the river floods the roads.

[The Dude]

6 hours ago, DrownedBoy said:

Chicago has flooding right now, along with our lovely offering of sleety snow. I won't get angry if a provider has to cancel because the river floods the roads.

I live in Chicago and haven't seen a single thing about flooding in the area.

[+ DrownedBoy]

10 minutes ago, The Dude said:

I live in Chicago and haven't seen a single thing about flooding in the area.

On the 2nd, they issued a flood warning for April 3 - 5, but I re-checked, and the warning is gone.

Weather forecasting ain't an exact science.

[dbar123]

When I lived in Boston I used to prefer seeing providers I could walk to. It was fun trudging through snow to see someone who could warm me up. 

[Simon Suraci]

In San Diego a lot of clients cancel or avoid booking on rainy days. A raindrop falls out of the sky and the local news starts issuing flash food warnings. It’s crazy how sensitive people here are to weather. They lose their minds on the roads too.

My best clients show up rain or shine. I do too.

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

On 1/16/2024 at 12:25 AM, Jamie21 said:

The weather doesn’t affect bookings but transport disruption does. If there’s a train strike in London for example it’s quieter. If there’s transport disruption caused by weather it’s quieter. Otherwise I don’t see a pattern. 

@Jamie21How much snow does London see?

Personally, I have never lived anywhere with snow (Las Vegas is the coldest place I've lived so far).  But I would imagine on a snowy day I would want to hire in and avoid Grindr.

[+ Jamie21]

5 hours ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

@Jamie21How much snow does London see?

Very little indeed. Most winters just one day of snow and it doesn’t get very deep, just an inch at most (unlike me).