What's the going rate for erotic massage (in London), please?
Massage with HR (no extras) in London is anything between 60P to 250P an hour. It will depend on your beauty, skills, qualifications and if you take your clothes off or not. The most inexpensive service is offered by the Chinese ladys in the parlours and the most expensive by the "so called" upscaled agencies whose girls are a no older than 25 (these girls are not certified, just the very pretty student or model types looking to make some extra bucks). But the rest of the masseuses who are neither out-of-the-boat Chinese women or 21 y.old Victoria Secret model types we're some place between that price ratio.
(Please don't misinterpretate me when I say "
out-of-the-boat" chinese woman as I would hate to sound condescending. They came here looking for a better life and running away from a horrible political system. A lot of them have real qualifications from their home countries and give very good good pressure point massage being their biggest "handicap" that they don't speak the language which makes them extremely vulnerable to explotation and working for very "sketchy types".
Is half an hour sufficient? (the beauty place near me does a full hour for ?30 - they have the usual "don't ask for sexual services" disclaimer, but I know for a fact that some of the staff give happy endings! So ?30 for an hour's rub and tug - seems too cheap to me!)
I know very few masseuses who offer half an hour (me included) , but this is very common in the asian massage parlours or in the more inexpensive side of the spectrum. Nothing wrong with half an hours but generally these guys are "not" that interested in a massage but more in a quick wank.
Do you have to be trained, or will an experienced amateur suffice? (I think I mean: will guys be willing to pay more if you are qualified, or don't they care as long as they're getting their willies played with?)
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You don't "need to" have qualifications when you start but you do need some sort of training in order to give a decent massage. Yes, guys will pay more (and take you seriously and push your boundaries less) if you have qualifications and know how to give a proper massage. Keep in mind that these clients are the "massage lovers crowd" who tend to get a lot of "straight" massages from real professionals and they can tell if the person working their back knows what is doing. Eventually the non-certified sensual masseuse who decides to stay on the business for the long run and make a career out of it will get her certifications at some point (thus expanding her market to the non-sensual crowd). In Europe you can get away with doing both sensual and non-sensual but in the US you will loose your license (plus get arrested).
(For sensual massage I do recommend courses in Swedish, deep tissue and reiki as these are basically the techniques you'll be using)
If you just do massage (with no kissing, oral, penetration etc), what STI precautions and checks do you need?
A couple of doctors have told me that you can catch genital herpes (the simplex type) just by manipulating peoples genitals as it transfered thru skin contact. In my case I use anti-bacterial gel and soap (the ones surgeons use) after giving a massage but I'm not sure that protects me against anything. I've known of a few masseuses who wear latex gloves during the "sensual part" problem is that most clients don't like it.