Escort Fees

[kjun]

I know this has been discussed on several occasons but today's reviews has one escort charging $350. It is true that some who can afford it will pay whatever is asked but those of us who cannot are getting stuck because of being unable to pay those rates. Also, some of us just feel that enough is enough.

 

I have been a buyer for about 6 years now and have watched fees rize quite a bit during that time. I cannot recall anyone charging $300 six years ago .

 

Whatever catagory you are in I simply cannot believe that these guys can command that much money for sex. It amazes me.

 

But, c'est la vie.

 

the Cajun

[lokki]

I'm with you. When I see an ad with prices like that, I just have to pass. On the other hand, it's hard to blame the escorts for charging whatever prices the market will bear. But I think many of us are being steadily priced out of that market. Sigh.

[Boston Guy]

There's a big difference between being able to afford it and thinking it's good value for the money. I'd wager that most of us could easily afford to pay very, very high fees if we felt like it but that most of us simply wouldn't so because doing so is unnecessary and kind of foolish.

 

I generally only hire guys when traveling on business. There quickly comes a price point where I'd feel better reading a book than paying someone so much money that I feel like I'm being taken. For me, that limit is around $200 per hour. I say "around" because I almost never exceed that for a one-hour appointment.

 

If someone charges $300 per hour, I'd never hire them for a one-hour appointment. There are too many good and fun guys available for less. However, I might offer the $300 guy $400 for two hours. You'd be surprised at how quickly most guys charging high rates will agree to much lower per-hour charges for multiple-hour appointments.

 

Actually, you'd probably be surprised how many will simply reduce their advertised rate to $200 for a one-hour appointment when asked nicely. If you catch someone on a slow day and they think you're a decent guy, many of them will simply agree and ask that you not publicize the fact that they're working for less than their standard rate. In my experience, I've never had a guy who lowered his rate to my maximum provide any kind of sub-par experience. I guess it all depends on how you approach people. If someone says no, I might suggest a creative alternative. But you have to respect the person you're talking to and try to understand their needs, too.

 

In terms of rising rates in general, I think national publicity of escort rates has been the major culprit. Guys in small towns used to charge much less than in bigger cities, but that's often not true any more. And guys think that because someone else is charging $300 then they should be, too. It's kind of a market mentality.

 

I respond by not paying those prices. If more clients did, prices would come back to earth. It's still simple supply and demand.

 

BG

[orlandoguy]

I completely agree on this one. If I see rates over $200/hour, I just skip right over that ad. It's not that I can't afford it, but there are so many great guys out there, hot and good looking, that charge much less and perform well. I don't like catering to some guys massive ego -- they're not that good and not worth it in my book and IMHO.

[Guest LG320126]

Very well put. I am in a metropolitan suburb in Ohio and don't feel obligated to pay the same rates that I do when traveling in Chicago, LA, Miami or NYC. I usually pay no more than $150./hr around here and plan on keeping it that way and believe me I get some real cuties for that price. Like you said, multiple hour sessions or even ovenights become cheaper yet with some going for as low as $600./overnight. I do get the occasional request for $300. and even $500. per hour but I don't bite and they usually will take a good offer. You really have nothing to lose by making a counter offer to them. :9

[Holden]

"It is true that some who can afford it will pay whatever is asked but those of us who cannot are getting stuck because of being unable to pay those rates"

 

YES,it's true.

 

Some guys will pay ANYTHING asked if they feel that the guy is HOT ENOUGH. Of course, if someone is willing to pay it, someone will charge it. Like most have said here, there is a limit to what I will pay, even if BRAD PITT were escorting, I wouldn't pay more than $200.

It's those guys with unlimited funds who keep the prices UP.

[seaboy4hire]

Just because it costs more doesn't always make it better.

 

Hugs,

Greg

Greg Seattle Wa [email protected]

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

http://seaboy4hire.tripod.com

[happyguy2]

I also agree with the point that $200.00 is the fee I will pay. I skip right over the $300.00 ones. Once in a while, I will pay a $200.00 guy more money if he has to travel a distance to get to me (i.e. when you are in Miami and he is in Fort Lauderdale).

 

Another thing I have done, is to get a guy for three or four hours. That way the hourly fee goes way down, even though you might spend four or five hundred. It is generally worth it, if you know the guy is good.

 

I actually groan out loud when I surf a site like rentboy and see the high fees. Once, I hired an NYC pornstar type for a lot of money. and I can tell you he was nowhere near as good as a two hundred dollar guy, like Brandan who is today's cover guy and I mentioned in another post.

 

I really wonder how many takers there are at higher prices!

 

hg

[Boston Guy]

>You really have nothing to lose by making a counter offer to them.

> :9

 

Exactly.

 

But, historically, lots of guys have posted here saying that they'd never consider negotiating with an escort. Some consider it to be rude or boring or just don't like it. I think that's foolish; a good negotiation can easily make both parties happy.

 

A great example is the escort who advertises at $300 but isn't getting any business on a given day. He might be thrilled to take $200 or $250 over nothing but will never get the chance to do so if no one makes the offer and, instead, just pass right on by.

 

Also, referring back to something that was posted above, I've never, ever found any relationship at all between quality of the time spent together and price paid. Some of the best times I've ever had were with guys at the lower ends of the price scale.

 

BG

[JT Brooklyn]

IMHO..Unfortunately this Rate/Fee whatever we all call it, has been discussed with the "General Opinion" $200 an hour should work for most "Vanilla" Types.. UNLESS the client has very Special Requests...Considering "anything" above that.. is Totally up to the Client.."Ultimately" the Rates are set by the Clients not the Escorts..You don't want a $300 Guy.. CALL the $200 Guy..Who Can Be just as much Fun..This is from my Experiences in NYC..Where we have every "PRICE RANGE" Imaginable! LOL :+

[Guest Tristan]

I agree with most of the comments made thus far in this thread. But it seems to me that most of the better escorts reviewed on this site are now charging $250-$300 in most metro areas, even the smaller ones. I don't look at all the reviews, so perhaps this is in part related to my tastes, though I also see escorts who are not what I consider Class A charging the same thing. Or is it that the escorts who charge $200 or less, with whom posters are satisfied, are not the better escorts reviewed on this site, but escorts they have found through other means? Any opinions on this?

[BigD]

The cost of living for the city is a factor.

If I am in NY I don't mind paying 250.While

most of the escorts state a 200.00 fee where

I live, more is abusrb. However, an exceptionally

hot and professional escort in this city quotes

160.00. So when I call these other guys, I tell

them that and have set that as the rate I will

pay. Except for a few exceptions, they agree

on the 160.00. I also tip, usually 20, but I

have certainly been more generous.

[JT Brooklyn]

BigD..Has a point.I would say guys Outside of the "Major Markets" tend to receive "Tips", because also there is more chance of a "Repeat" with a client at a "Reasonable" Rate.... In NYC there is so much on the "Menu"<Guys avail> that does not happen as much... In "Brooklyn" we always consider the "Tip" included in the Rate. Apparently so do the Guys Charging $250 and Up Lately! LOL :+

[Guest LG320126]

I don't use a lot of nationally known escorts because they don't exist around here. I am fortunate however in that I am close to 2 college campuses and there are a lot of hotties needing the extra cash but don't want to be reviewed or found out about. I find them on AOL or Gay.com. :9

[Guest Jesse Dane]

>Just because it costs more doesn't always make it better.

>

 

 

So very very true!

[Guest alanm]

Very happy to be in the minority on this one. I would gladly skip a session or two with less expensive escorts to afford someone like Tristan Waters. Try hiring a really good escort for $200 in NY City. Yes bargaining may work on occasion, but probably not with the likes of Rick and Derek. Did someone really say that Brad Pitt isn't worth more than $200 an hour? Perhaps those who are willing to pay the higher prices are out right now with the best escorts, while the others are joyfully counting all the money they saved. Put me in the first category any day.

Hey I hired a truly great escort this week for only $300 for two hours,

but his rates will go up quickly once he is better known, if he decides to continue escorting.

 

This topic has been discussed endlessly on the messsage center, often by the same people saying the exact same things word for word.

[noviceny]

I almost shelled out $320 for Talvin DeMacchio since I remember him from my "pre-gay" days when I saw him at a club in DC. I had a decent amount saved at the time and the moment wasnt too much of a consideration. I backed out a few days before for a number of reasons :

 

1) My friends wanted to do a road trip...I wanted to go and the $32o went alot further than the hour with Talvin

 

2) It really would have cost me about $350 when you include parking

 

3) If he sounded a bit more my type (he's more soft spoken) I really might have done it. Also did not plan on having anal or oral so I think that is a ridiculous amount for me to spend for a handjob...Talvin would have been a lot more accomodating, but its not my thing with strangers.

 

 

Yeah, I think the pricing may cause escorts to lose some money, but what do I know ? I have found very few guys that I would repeat with anyway and probably wouldnt repeat with $300+ guys just cause the money could be better spent elsewhere.

[Txpaytoplay]

I was at a club in Houston a couple of weeks ago and met a hot dancer. It was around 9:00pm and he just came in to work. We talked back and forth a bit and he stated he did "privates" for $350 an hour. I have never been quoted that rate that high before in Houston or anywhere before. I smiled and said that was out of my budget but told him maybe another time. As the night went on I still tipped and talked to him...never brought up the offer again...Before I left around 1:30am he had dropped his price to $200. He approached me at the bar and stated since I seemed like a nice guy and he was rather horny he would take $200 if I was still interested....He saw me talking to the other dancers I know. We had a great time....and I told him I would see him again the next time I was in town...and I plan to. I think at times he may get $350 from some people, and I think he sets his price high early in the evening fishing for the best offer. I can't blame him for trying.

[BobbyThompson]

-Unpopular opinion alert:

 

I don't know who the $350+ an hour escort is, but is he exceptionally more attractive or better-endowed than most of the other escorts in his age-bracket or city? If so, then he *should* charge more. Why should there be a universal price? I know most people disagree, but I do think that sometimes if it costs more it can be better. -SOMETIMES- Othertimes, they might just be delusional and testing the market. To use the board's Brad Pitt example, yes, if Brad Pitt in his prime were an escort, he should indeed charge a higher fee than other escorts. I would pay it. Mmmm....Brad Pitt.

 

On the other hand, maybe he (the escort, not Brad Pitt...I don't want any pronoun antecedent problems) prices higher because he prefers to work just a few times a month rather than every day. Or maybe he is intentionally pricing people out? That's the beauty of being one's own boss.

 

Anyway, it's not like there aren't plenty of options. Those who want to see him will pay what he asks and those who want to but won't can protest by not hiring him.

 

Edit: It took me three seconds to find out that the escort in question is also a GayVN award winner and porn star with many films. I thought it was completely common that porn actors charge $350 an hour. That just tagbacks to my point. There's something setting him aside from the rest.

 

Bobby

http://www.AllAboutBobby.com

[Guest Tampa Yankee]

Carpe Noctem... Not

 

I used to post about escort fees in the past. Done it several times over the years. But I figured out finally that those who don't need to hear it actually don't need to hear it; and those that don't want to hear it actually don't want to hear it. And that's ok. What really perplexes me is the third group -- those that don't need to hear it, i.e those that complain, but go ahead and act like those that don't want to heart, i.e. they pay what is asked whatever that is. Carpe Diem

[buttnovice]

What about escorts who have a multiple hour minimum call? I don't like this. 2 or 3 hours for a first time meeting? Never. What if it doesn't click or you're satisfied after an hour visit? Do you watch TV, take him to an expensive dinner or show, on your nickle? Or does he just leave with his pre-agreed fee? Do you then negotiate a pro-rated hourly fee? I don't know, but to me this practice always smacked of a way to charge premium prices.

 

An example, I met Austin Tanner once while in Atlanta. A very enjoyable 50 minutes and I was in the shower and out the door. Then I see a while back where he along with his other CabanaBoys was charging 5 or 6 bills for a minimum call of 3 hours or something like that. Is this just a way for the escort take home a nice fee for an evening's work? How many clients go the full 2 or 3 hours? Just a thought!

[JT Brooklyn]

RE: Carpe Noctem... Not

 

IMHO..I am sure in Time.. for those who find the Rates "Too High" They just drop off from Hiring as much, OR Quit altogether. The New Crop of Clients who follow them, will of course be Paying over $250 Hr, not knowing much better...So I guess the "Old Timers" had it the Best. More for Less..I am sure the "Romans" paid about 5 Cents for the Worlds Oldest Profession. LOL :+

[Holden]

" Did someone really say that Brad Pitt isn't worth more than $200 an hour?"

 

Yea, I did. And I maintain that as long as people like you are willing to pay whatever someone you want is charging, rates will continue to climb and climb. You are correct in stating that this topic has been covered ad nauseum and nobody will change anybody's mind. THEY WILL CHARGE WHATEVER YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY.

[Guest bibud4him]

It's ridiculous. I think escorts charge so much because they can, and we have no choice but to pay. It's price gouging. I wonder how many actually charge higher amounts for clients they may want to see, but lower for those who really peak their interest?

 

I was seeing Rex Tyler quite often each time I was in town, and he asked just $150.00 for two hours or $200.00 if we went to three. I was planning my last visit and he wanted $275.00 each hour or $750.00 for three. That's quite an increase. When I asked why he was jacking up the price, especially for a long time client, he said it was because of fuel prices and he was increasing rates across the board. He didn't answer me about why I was included in that, given the fact I had provided so much business in the past, in addition to dinner or other expenses. Gas prices are high, but not that high. Then I heard an online acquaintance of mine who is more his *type* was charged a substantially lower fee than I was, even though this friend had seen him far less. I recently switched to another escort who charges far less, but still more than I was paying previously.

 

As clients, we all need to take these posted rates with a grain of salt, and realize escorts are similar to anonymous online dating. People may tell you what you want to hear, but they are just looking out for number one. It's a matter of supply and demand, and they know in most cases you will pay.

[Guest alanm]

You quoted me; I want to respond.

 

A. I live in Philadelphia where Premier has great escorts and only charges $170 an hour with $100 for the second hour, so my situation is different that others' on this site.

 

B. Perhaps because of A, I can afford to pay higher rates ON OCCASION for an escort whom I really want to hire, like Kristian or Tristan Waters. For example, I hired porn star Billy Brandt in 2000 after his first Falcon film "Absolute Arid" was released. Worth every penny.

 

C. I like Pitt, but there are other actors whom I would prefer to hire:

Keanu Reeves 10 years ago, Colin Ferrell today. Not that I will ever get the chance!

 

D. Would I pay $200 or more on a regular basis - NO, but

absolutely once in a while.