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ana30

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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1560 on: 01 September 2020, 05:03:33 pm »
Quote from: Kay on 01 September 2020, 04:56:08 pm
It looks like a lot of men will be working from home until next spring, so their punting opportunities may be severely diminished.

I'm actually asking that same question ("when is your company bringing you back to the office?") to ALL my clients (I'm in London by the way) and 40% have told me "September" the other 40% "Christmas". There is a 20% however that has told me they will be working from home for the foreseeable future. That's just my own personal research of course.
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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1561 on: 01 September 2020, 10:45:32 pm »
Quote from: ana30 on 01 September 2020, 05:03:33 pm
I'm actually asking that same question ("when is your company bringing you back to the office?") to ALL my clients (I'm in London by the way) and 40% have told me "September" the other 40% "Christmas". There is a 20% however that has told me they will be working from home for the foreseeable future. That's just my own personal research of course.

I tour the major cities and have had a similar response from customers with regards to percentages. When I was in Birmingham I could not believe how dead my hotel was; practical ghost building. Bookings held steady which was good - phew but once a customer fails to show or cancel then I simply cannot replace and that window has gone.

I see things getting worse before they get better. Nobody knows how much disposal income they will have to book us. I think this feeling will last until at least Christmas.
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fallen angel

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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1562 on: 02 September 2020, 10:00:07 am »
Quote from: NorthernStar on 01 September 2020, 02:49:25 pm
So a general question for all: what’s your prediction / insight / plan for our business for rest of the year?

Total speculation of course but I'm hoping Sept and Oct will be pretty good and then things may take a down turn come Nov and Dec when the usual flu season hits and we can't be sure how Covid19 is going to behave when the colder weather returns.

Hopefully all the mask wearing in shops etc and continued hand washing will help to keep it down and if people stopped insisting on heading off abroad on holiday then having to sudenly come scuttling back when that country is put back on the blacklist and then deciding they can't afford to take 14 days off to quarantine  >:(
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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1563 on: 02 September 2020, 01:41:53 pm »
Can’t see thing improving this year

Think where we are right now is the best it’s going to get as I can only see infection rate rising when schools are fully back and the effects of the colder weather kink in
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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1564 on: 02 September 2020, 03:45:43 pm »
I've posted this in the Project section but I'll stick it here too.

NUM have provided us with some food vouchers to give out to SAAFE members who may be suffering extreme final hardship at the moment and struggling to feed themselves as a result; the vouchers are for either Tesco or ASDA and can be spent instore.

The offer is not conditional and available for anybody involved in sex work - we will send you a link to a survey NUM have set up requesting feedback and it would be very helpful if anybody in receipt of a voucher could fill it in, but that's all. You only need an email address and we don't need any personal details from you :)

Please PM me or the SAAFE admin account for more information. We only have a limited number, but we'll do our best :)
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Escortx

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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1565 on: 07 September 2020, 10:02:44 pm »
Anyone think there work area will go into local lockdown? Would you stop working or just see less clients?
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« Reply #1566 on: 07 September 2020, 10:08:51 pm »
Quote from: Escortx on 07 September 2020, 10:02:44 pm
Anyone think there work area will go into local lockdown? Would you stop working or just see less clients?

If my area went into lockdown i would follow the rules and not see any clients otherwise i suppose if we all ignore it and carry on the cases could go crazy. But each to there own and we are all adults and know the risks and situation.
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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1567 on: 07 September 2020, 10:15:23 pm »
The area I work in has a big spike but I think lots of  areas are with kids going back to school
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Kay

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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1568 on: 08 September 2020, 02:19:51 am »
I've not worked since my city has been under special measures.
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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1569 on: 08 September 2020, 06:25:15 am »
I can only work when my son is at school so would hopefully work.  As there will be many times I cannot work e.g. halfterms/school hols/if there is a 2 week isolation at school etc.

Just hoping by spring can start using hotels in other places as it is so quiet outside when driving around it is getting me down how dead it is.  Though I didn't have my number on as showing yesterday.
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LotusFlower

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« Reply #1570 on: 10 September 2020, 07:38:03 am »
After a little surge last month, this month has been exceptionally quiet for me. Enquiries are low and bookings even lower - I don't recall a time in all my near-6-years where it has been THIS quiet.

I work on an advance booking only and have now made myself available at extra times and days, whereas before, clients would book for a time that I was available and up to a month in advance. I'm hoping the extra times, such as evening and weekends that I wouldn't normally do, help bring in a few extra bookings. But my focus is now on building up my reputation and client base for other services, such as cam, chat and content.

Really worrying times but I do feel we'll see a turn come next March. If only things tick over until then *fingers crossed*
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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1571 on: 10 September 2020, 09:46:04 am »
I feel precarious, it's mostly the effect of cancellations on my limited spread out bookings. I am sticking to my rule of so many days between each booking, plenty of interest much of which is/are genuine regulars or keen newbies. I am booked up weeks in advance on that basis, so a no confirm/last minute cancel just literally 'drops me in it'.

I do take deposits from new / not seen for a while clients, but that's not a whole fee so although I get something I am not getting what I would if the booking happened or if I had taken one of the other bookings offered.

Plus I have serious stuff in family life happening, not to mention keeping an eye on what the government are doing.

I have been reminded this is what the government money is for, to make up for the disruption.
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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1572 on: 11 September 2020, 12:07:56 am »
I only started seeing clients again about six weeks ago, and have had 1-3 a week so far, which is more than I expected as I came back with higher rates. Interestingly, all of my actual confirmed bookings have been been multi-hour, and a significant amount of the requests for half-hours to hour-long bookings have been from timewasters/unsafe/reported clients: definitely an uptick in 'hi wan BB OWO fuck 30 min postcode plz??' idiots, too.

Mostly I'm just waiting around to see what happens after furlough ends.
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« Reply #1573 on: 12 September 2020, 08:11:13 am »
I have not found it any different from prior to lockdown.  But I have been off since March and only back a week.
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fallen angel

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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1574 on: 16 September 2020, 08:04:31 am »
Quote from: GucciGang on 15 September 2020, 04:37:24 pm
Been in Swindon for 2 days and it’s the worst it’s ever been. Deffo going to head to oxford next instead in hope of some more jobs. It’s very disheartening all this. I hope it gets better up to Xmas.

The weekend was pretty good then nothing Mon or Tues.

I think all the news stories of a second wave are scaring people off, I'd hoped the downturn in business wouldn't hit until at least the end of Oct but looks like it's come early.

Even though they are reporting a sharp increase in cases it doesn't seem that a massive proportion of those are ending up in ICU so I can't help but wonder if there is a certain amount of scaremongering going on to try and nip it in the bud.
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