Building the proper travel city rotation for you.

[Michael Wayne]

This question is for fellow pros but I would also love to hear client's thoughts on the matter (especially those of yall who actually fly guys in or see touring guys on a regular basis) The main focus of my 2,012 is to make a real schedule and regularly stick to it. Questions 1. : How frequently should you visit your main travel city? Can you come too much or not enough? 2. How do you choose or evaluate a city? By reasearch? By asking people about it? or by actually going there and trying it out? 3. What about a travel city where You used to live? 4. Do you prefer fly in cities or places within driving distance. 5. Do you raise your rates when you travel? 5. How many cities do you visit in a year and what is your prefered number of traveling cities? 6. How much $ in a week period do you need to make to make a new travel city a success (after all expenses.) http://www.rentboy.com/mikey9nola1 traveling in Atlanta this week. 504-756-9443

[JoeyBryant]

This question is for fellow pros but I would also love to hear client's thoughts on the matter (especially those of yall who actually fly guys in or see touring guys on a regular basis) The main focus of my 2,012 is to make a real schedule and regularly stick to it. Questions 1. : How frequently should you visit your main travel city? Can you come too much or not enough? 2. How do you choose or evaluate a city? By reasearch? By asking people about it? or by actually going there and trying it out? 3. What about a travel city where You used to live? 4. Do you prefer fly in cities or places within driving distance. 5. Do you raise your rates when you travel? 5. How many cities do you visit in a year and what is your prefered number of traveling cities? 6. How much $ in a week period do you need to make to make a new travel city a success (after all expenses.) http://www.rentboy.com/mikey9nola1 traveling in Atlanta this week. 504-756-9443

 

Wow, so many questions and not enough answers (no really, sometimes there just isn't 1 answer to it all).

 

You can certainly overstay your welcome in a particular travel city. It varies for all sorts of reasons to why. There may be little or no competition, but since there's only a few thousand people (which may equal only a handful of clients), population limits the time you can keep going back.

 

One can certainly make visits back to where they used to live, with caution. I have no choice because I have family back home, but I also know clients there from when I used to live so sometimes it's just catching up with everyone and makes it really pleasant. But I wouldn't do it unless I was going to see family or if it was a special occasion.

 

Driving and flying distance varies I'm sure among people. Driving distance to me is anywhere less than 1,000 miles LOL. Sometimes I'll just plan to leave town for 2 weeks and go even further. It's an acquired thing though; as I was doing road trips well before I started. Some people can't even last 4 hours in a car and they think they went somewhere. No, you're still in the same state I tend to avoid flying for various reasons. But now that I've got my passport, I'll have to adjust some.

 

How much money I want to make is dependent on the goal I have. Sometimes the goal is big, other times it's smaller. I try not to raise rates when I travel, but in the case of my next trip; I'll be dealing with different currencies and higher hotel rates plus a far distance which naturally involves a raise. But nothing exorbitant.

 

Sometimes, even if I know I may do okay someplace...I just want to see new things. Before I overstay my welcome, I'm already bored with visiting the city anyway and just go somewhere else.

[Dave]

In my experience, you can never come too much.

[Dave]

sorry - couldnt resist hitting the above.

 

i don't think i really have it all down, so i'm a little hesitant to give replies. but i learned from DavidSF to travel only when there's an anchor client (someone who has hired you for a significant enough time period so that if worst case scenario you don't get any other business, you're still gonna be ok financially.) for me, within the usa, usually just an overnight or a 24 hour hire will do it.

 

flying can pose problems over other forms of transport - specifically things like what you might wanna take along. one really rethinks toys and gear because of bulk. and then there are those damned liquid limits. we work in an industry where oils, creams, and lubes are tools of the trade. before i'm flying, you can always find me transferring lots of liquids into little 3 ounce bottles.

 

i neither raise nor reduce my rates when i travel. i believe in maintaining consistency for my clientele.

 

and about that question about not coming enough... well, i've never had that as an issue

[JoeyBryant]

sorry - couldnt resist hitting the above.

 

i don't think i really have it all down, so i'm a little hesitant to give replies. but i learned from DavidSF to travel only when there's an anchor client (someone who has hired you for a significant enough time period so that if worst case scenario you don't get any other business, you're still gonna be ok financially.)

 

Hmmm, I have to disagree with that concept. Sorry. As someone who has traveled numerous new cities, I think many clients have as much integrity as an 'anchor' client.

 

If I waited for an anchor client (which sounds needy), then I would have pretty much stayed in Texas and Florida all my life and never visited any other states beyond that as I certainly didn't know clients elsewhere. I think maybe a better suggestion would be to ensure that one has enough money to get there and back plus 1 or 2 nights hotel stay in the event they don't get anything. And regardless of who disagrees, sometimes a deposit is required if it's a special trip. Just like you'd order a phone in the mail and pay shipping upfront.

 

But, it can be risky. Risky as in, you just made $400 last week you want to make sure you don't waste it. One has to actually like traveling to want to do it. But in my case I've done it so much that the novelty of it has worn off a bit and I actually do want to come home with some money for it to be entertaining.

 

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[JoeyBryant]

Hi Mikey,

 

Travelling can be fun but tricky as well. My conclusion after travelling a number of times is that you need a good amount of appointments in your schedule before you leave home to make travelling worthwhile, even regardless of the city you go to, how often you travel, etc. [/url]

 

Yeah I agree. Sometimes, shit comes up and you never want to be dependent on 1 person (unless again, referring to shipping and handling concept).

 

Just like you never put all your money in 1 place.

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Mikey...come to New York please

[JoeyBryant]

Mikey, I'm trying to figure out too...I remember few months ago you mentioned you did a lot of traveling in your day and went to various states. That must have not been escort related was it? I kind of figured we should be asking you all these questions LOL.

[Michael Wayne]

Hey Joey. it was ALL escort related. Back in the days of, "Unzipped," magazine. I have visited 49 of the 50 US states in the biz. Those visits were fly in overnight or drive in overnights. Best Hotel: plannin NYC trip asap! trying to pick my 5 best cities and stick with them on a regular basis.

[best hotel]

Mikey....please message me when you make your plans....and count on me for booking