Author Topic: Have rates/prices changed throughout the years? (Read 2150 times)

Freyasgold · « **on:** 16 August 2019, 07:30:13 pm »

Hi..
I've been in the game for 5 years now. I heard from a few clients that ladies they used to see a couple decades ago now own a few properties in the UK and abroad. I couldn't imagine being able to afford this
I'm 24 so not old enough to know how much the average rate was 20/30 years ago was. And what kind of lifestyle it gave you!
I'm curious if any ladies here know!

Would you say the rates have risen/lowered with inflation of housing/etc?

Thanks

TantricTease · « **Reply #1 on:** 16 August 2019, 07:36:25 pm »

I know women who did this job in the 1990s and they bought their own home with their earnings but back then it was far easier to get a mortgage being self employed, and if you didn’t pay tax.

There was less working girls years ago too and there was no internet so private flats and parlours, plus the streets, were the only places to have paid sex at. I doubt that there was as many touring girls back then either, and I mean girls from EE coming here, there was a few but not the volume we have now.

I have been told that although rates were lower back then, then you made more money. Also CIM has become more popular over the past 10 years, it’s practically expected now, if you did that service years ago and your workmates didn’t, then you’d have been really popular! I wish I worked in the 90s but I was too young.

Freyasgold · « **Reply #2 on:** 16 August 2019, 07:36:42 pm »

Some SWs I know need to see up to 6 clients just to pay rent.
I don't think the average rate has gone up at the same rate as everything else. Hence my curiosity.

TantricTease · « **Reply #3 on:** 16 August 2019, 07:37:59 pm »

The rates have risen but there’s less work because there’s too many of us!

Caledonia · « **Reply #4 on:** 16 August 2019, 08:07:03 pm »

I don't think its so much that rates have changed, although yes they do go up and down, but that it is up to each individual what they want to charge. I think it's more that the number of ladies doing the job has increased significantly over the years due to the advancement of the internet and shows like Secret Diary of a Call Girl. So due to this large increase it is a lot harder to make that sort of money these dsys although possible if you work extremely hard.

TantricTease · « **Reply #5 on:** 16 August 2019, 09:08:08 pm »

I once lived in a street where there was 4 sex workers, including me, that lived there! It just shows you how popular this job has became, largely due to crappy wages.

The funny thing is is that I was the first sex worker in my street and I was young and didn’t care who knew what I did, I told someone that I thought of as a friend, she also lived in the street, what I did for work and then it got about, these 3 other girls criticised the life out of me, behind my back, and then over time they all started working too, one of them even worked on the street, my street was right beside the ted light district, she actually came to me and apologised for slagging me about being a sex worker!

Kay · « **Reply #6 on:** 16 August 2019, 10:28:43 pm »

My impression is that rates have effectively gone down, i.e. a lot of escorts charged 120 in 2009 and still do today. Also, I agree there are many more of us, and we're so easy to find online it's more of a buyer's market (unless you have a very good reputation or offer something unique).

I think it's still possible to earn a good living if you whore full time, but it takes a lot of effort and marketing.

TantricTease · « **Reply #7 on:** 16 August 2019, 10:47:00 pm »

Whoring is definitely a good living, however for me it was meant to just be a ‘stop gap’, I have heard this from lots of escorts too but some make a career out of it although imo it’s not meant to be a career, so many clients used to say to me ‘do it for a couple of years, save up and then stop’, as if it’s that easy, he wouldn’t have liked it if I said the same to him about being a client for just 2 years!

Anyway not to derail the thread so sorry for that.

The reason that you don’t make as much money as you used too is definitely the popularity of the job, and coupled with the internet then it’s a double threat to our cash!

Hazzard · « **Reply #8 on:** 17 August 2019, 01:56:14 am »

I came back after a 8 year break... rates have dropped dramatically for online escorts (non parlour girls). There was no Aw at that time. The parlour ladies advertised in newspapers mainly (well in my area anyway) so online competition was not as fierce... then comes aw which gives everyone a online platform so the girls who were charging £160 (outside of London) are forced to drop their rates as low as (£100-£120) which was unheard of 10years ago.

Just to clarify I'm not talking about parlour girls or those who workd out of brothel type of setups. I've never worked in a parlour so don't know what the going rate was. I'm talking about the girls who advertised heavily online using popular directories and through their own websites. To be honest I'd never seen half hour rates at that time let alone 15min quickies.

The whole industry has gone tits up... and those vile forums only force girls to drop the rates more because some scrub wants to complain about his £60 that he spent. Again going back 10years ago you would never find trashy clients on forums. So yes massive difference to my previous experience.

Just to add it was unheard of clients to ask 'how many times in an hour' or ask for cim.

TantricTease · « **Reply #9 on:** 17 August 2019, 05:58:41 am »

Parkour rates have definitely gone up but not by much, over 10 years ago you got £30 to yourself for a half hour booking and now it’s £40, still crap but as you were making between £180 and £230 on a 6 hour shift then this was seen as good, now it’s the norm to make this on a 10 or 12 hour shift.

amy · « **Reply #10 on:** 17 August 2019, 08:22:24 am »

Quote from: Hazzard on 17 August 2019, 01:56:14 am

I came back after a 8 year break... rates have dropped dramatically for online escorts (non parlour girls). There was no Aw at that time. The parlour ladies advertised in newspapers mainly (well in my area anyway) so online competition was not as fierce... then comes aw which gives everyone a online platform so the girls who were charging £160 (outside of London) are forced to drop their rates as low as (£100-£120) which was unheard of 10years ago.

Just to clarify I'm not talking about parlour girls or those who workd out of brothel type of setups. I've never worked in a parlour so don't know what the going rate was. I'm talking about the girls who advertised heavily online using popular directories and through their own websites. To be honest I'd never seen half hour rates at that time let alone 15min quickies.

The whole industry has gone tits up... and those vile forums only force girls to drop the rates more because some scrub wants to complain about his £60 that he spent. Again going back 10years ago you would never find trashy clients on forums. So yes massive difference to my previous experience.

Just to add it was unheard of clients to ask 'how many times in an hour' or ask for cim.

This might all be your experience Hazzard, hut it certainly isn't mine. Anybody charging £160 an hour where I live ten years ago would have had plenty of time to clean the house, the majority of punters had then and still have zero interest in or knowledge of punting boards (and I'll remind everybody that discussion of these is off topic) and there have always been hagglers and cheapskates - if anything it was worse with newspaper ads because you couldn't publish a price list. And half hours weren't remotely unusual here, any more than they are now.

Prices are have fallen in real terms by staying the same - £120 ten years ago would be about £160 now, I think - but a lot of things have done similar and it's often because the price was ridiculously inflated in the first place. I bought my home outright in 2008, and then my work flat in 2014 after some flat out touring and hardcore saving; and if you live somewhere that isn't expensive it's still doable. It's just really, really fucking hard work

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The people posting about how many more sex workers there are are also forgetting that there are a hell of a lot more punters. The internet has made us far more accessible to more people, too

Mirror · « **Reply #11 on:** 17 August 2019, 08:55:28 am »

Quote from: amy on 17 August 2019, 08:22:24 am

This might all be your experience Hazzard, hut it certainly isn't mine. Anybody charging £160 an hour where I live ten years ago would have had plenty of time to clean the house, the majority of punters had then and still have zero interest in or knowledge of punting boards (and I'll remind everybody that discussion of these is off topic) and there have always been hagglers and cheapskates - if anything it was worse with newspaper ads because you couldn't publish a price list. And half hours weren't remotely unusual here, any more than they are now.

Prices are have fallen in real terms by staying the same - £120 ten years ago would be about £160 now, I think - but a lot of things have done similar and it's often because the price was ridiculously inflated in the first place. I bought my home outright in 2008, and then my work flat in 2014 after some flat out touring and hardcore saving; and if you live somewhere that isn't expensive it's still doable. It's just really, really fucking hard work .

The people posting about how many more sex workers there are are also forgetting that there are a hell of a lot more punters. The internet has made us far more accessible to more people, too

I absolutely agree the market or whatever we want to call it, is far more accessible than ever, helped by occasional mentions in the media.

My rates have increased as business increased however have remained the same for well over 4 years - what did change was my shift to outcall then I used those outcall rates when offering incall again.

Lushblossom · « **Reply #12 on:** 17 August 2019, 09:54:11 am »

The prices have not greatly changed in the 7 years I have been working.

Kescort · « **Reply #13 on:** 17 August 2019, 10:07:17 am »

Quote from: Freyasgold on 16 August 2019, 07:36:42 pm

Some SWs I know need to see up to 6 clients just to pay rent.
I don't think the average rate has gone up at the same rate as everything else. Hence my curiosity.

If that was me I'd either move somewhere much cheaper or just quit and claim benefits or get a normal job, not worth it having to see that many clients just to pay the rent. Presuming you mean weekly, monthly that's not bad. One 45 minute booking a week used to pay mine.

I started in 2010 and it appears prices haven't changed since then so that's a pay cut just for inflation. Becomes less and less worth it tbh, I used to do 30mins for 60 but it seems like small change now and not worth the risk of inviting a stranger in with you alone... But then again I'm a mother now and more concerned for my safety than I was before. Also seems like CIM is expected a lot and included in the price aswell, I used to get £20 extra for this no problem.

Bout 60/70 for half hour is standard here and 100-130 an hour with most around 120 it seems so yeah no change in ten years a pay cut in real terms. Imo escorting isn't worth it unless earning good money to enjoy your life.

I'm 28 and yes seems most of the wg who have bought property etc are older atleast mid Thirties and older. Things are too shit for most of us young One to ever hope of owning property unless extremely lucky or work all hours(if you can get the clients in). I've no Idea how people get accepted for a 25 year mortgage whilst doing sex work. They must have a normal job too?

Kescort · « **Reply #14 on:** 17 August 2019, 10:19:37 am »

Quote from: amy on 17 August 2019, 08:22:24 am

This might all be your experience Hazzard, hut it certainly isn't mine. Anybody charging £160 an hour where I live ten years ago would have had plenty of time to clean the house, the majority of punters had then and still have zero interest in or knowledge of punting boards (and I'll remind everybody that discussion of these is off topic) and there have always been hagglers and cheapskates - if anything it was worse with newspaper ads because you couldn't publish a price list. And half hours weren't remotely unusual here, any more than they are now.

Prices are have fallen in real terms by staying the same - £120 ten years ago would be about £160 now, I think - but a lot of things have done similar and it's often because the price was ridiculously inflated in the first place. I bought my home outright in 2008, and then my work flat in 2014 after some flat out touring and hardcore saving; and if you live somewhere that isn't expensive it's still doable. It's just really, really fucking hard work .

The people posting about how many more sex workers there are are also forgetting that there are a hell of a lot more punters. The internet has made us far more accessible to more people, too

Amy can I ask if your work flat is mortgaged you don't have to answer if you don't want. I imagine that it could be doable as there are nice flats for 45k available up here so definitely in some wgs range. It's just being able to work so many hours especially if you have other commitments

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