Saigon price guide?

[extronaut]

Suppose I bring a special friend back to my hotel room for the night How much pocket money would I be expected to give him in the morning?

What sort of prices do people normally pay in HCMC!

[arsenal]

In Hanoi you'll pay about 700'000 -1'000'000 Vietnamese dong to play with a Vietnamese dong.

[scottish-guy]

I am quickly separated from all Vietnamese Dong (of both types) by my Saigon bf!

I have seen female prostitutes in the streets but never any boys - but there is a gay bar called Godmother is Saigon which I've also been kept well away from - so that might be a place to start.

The "bringing a boy back to my room" might be a challenge as well as I have heard that some hotels simply wont allow that sort of thing. Personally I've not had a problem but we have always been registered together in any hotel.

Hope you find what you're looking for,

;)

[aussie_]

I visited Vietnam four times last year from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city and nearly all major cities and tourist areas in-between. I met many good looking guys for free, two have become good friends and the guys I did pay were asking 400 - 600K Dong. I like Twinks and they were of the highest quality for their looks and for sex IMHO. They will often quote in $US and one guy asked for $US100 and I was happy to reject his offer. They will try you on for a high price but there are many willing guys happy for return visits if you are fair with them.

[scottish-guy]

Where did you get these guys aussie?

I have been in Saigon 4 x, Na Trang, Da Lat x 2 - and I've never seen a sniff (but as I say I do realise that I am "chaperoned" as to where we go).

It would be good to know just out of curiosity (esp in Saigon)

:cool:

[aussie_]

Where did you get these guys aussie?

I have been in Saigon 4 x, Na Trang, Da Lat x 2 - and I've never seen a sniff (but as I say I do realise that I am "chaperoned" as to where we go).

It would be good to know just out of curiosity (esp in Saigon)

:cool:

Grindr, JackD, Hornet etc. Many are not mboys but those who were in most cases provided great value. The best lookers for me were in Ho Chi Minh City and the maximum I paid was 400 - 500k dong as requested by the guys. I guess some will want more as arsenal noted in his post but I was happy with the quality of the guys that I met. Hanoi contacts were asking more than HCM City but i did not require their services while I was there.

[arsenal]

I only went to bona fide massage places. You write in the amount on a little form that you fill in afterwards. Then you pay that amount at reception. I could have paid less but was happy to pay what I did.

[aussie_]

I only went to bona fide massage places. You write in the amount on a little form that you fill in afterwards. Then you pay that amount at reception. I could have paid less but was happy to pay what I did.

Fair enough. It would be interesting to read about the locations and your review of the massage places. I might try a massage next time I visit Hanoi. I am happy to pay similar amounts if the service is good.

[arsenal]

Aussie: It's been a couple of years so I can't remember the exact location. You can find them on Utopia Gay Asia. If you go to Hanoi then try and visit the Vietnam War museum. It's not especially anti American. You can climb on the tanks, feel the flags/uniforms and sit in the cockpits. There's a wonderful cafe right next door.

[scottish-guy]

Did that museum in summer 2016 - and posed with the tanks etc.

If you go inside the building and view the photographic records and displays of what the Americans did in Vietnam, it's morbidly fascinating and some guide books claim that there are deformed/mutated embryos in jars etc but I didn't see any.

Vietnamese BF steadfastly refused to engage with anything after the ground floor of the museum and instead sat in the "corridor" on each subsequent level - so clearly at least some of the younger generation Vietnamese have strong feelings about that period in history (and my BF is not in the least politically or historically motivated)

One thing though - the museum was very, very hot inside and I'd have been grateful to find that cafe Arsenal speaks of, but I must have missed it. However, just up the road a bit, on the other side, there was a frozen drinks cafe where I sat and rehydrated while BF waved his arms at any passing taxi to get me out of the heat!! Eventually one stopped and I climbed inside to gratefully experience a bit of air-con

[SGodfrey]

I think 500,000 VND is acceptable

[searcher]

If you take a working boy to your hotel just negotiate before in order to avoid any nasty argument later. I think that 500000-1 000000 Dong are reasonable. I ve been coming to V. for 10 years but never had an encounter with a rent boy. It was simply not necessary bec. there are quite a few students who are into Westerners. I would check the usual websites before going and chat. Just show that y r interested in them and that they are not just a toy. I met a student on GR 2 years ago, we chatted for about 2months bef. meeting in Saigon. We had cof.etc. ; I showed him the city bec. he was a country boy and had just come to S. In the evening he asked (!) me if he could spend the night with me. The rest is history, one of the best nights of my life. No money changed hand, no dead Buffalo, no sick grandma etc. Normally Vietnamese are not allowed to share a room with a foreigner, they have to leave at 10pm. I talked to a (gay) manager of a hotel and he told me that police enforces this rule. I ve seen several times police controling pports at night at the reception of my hotel. I had rented an apartment then. Of course there are hotels which have a special relationship to the police. "Godmother" guesthouse was closed at least 1 year ago. It was "openly" gay and even had ST rooms. There are "Nha Nghi"(House for resting/relax)...everywhere in Vietnam which rent rooms by the hour. There nobody cares who is with you and the rooms are cheap. There was a thread about massage places in Hanoi last year on CFS...these places quoted 500000D, tip included. This report was accurate but of course the boys were happy when you left some extra tip in his hands.

[goji]

If you take a working boy to your hotel just negotiate before in order to avoid any nasty argument later. I think that 500000-1 000000 Dong are reasonable. I ve been coming to V. for 10 years but never had an encounter with a rent boy. It was simply not necessary bec. there are quite a few students who are into Westerners.

Whilst getting no further than some massages with extras, I thought the Vietnamese were quite assertive & that your advice to negotiate before in order to avoid a nasty argument afterwards is wise.
As for the fees, well Vietnam is still significantly poorer than Thailand & 1000000 Dong is equivalent to 1588 baht. So I would hope short time is towards the lower end of your 500,000 ~1,000,000 price range.

As for your students, how do you make sure you're not getting a closet rent boy who will ask for $150 after the event ?

[christianpfc]

My sole encounter with a moneyboy in Vietnam:

In March 2016 I was in Saigon and resumed chatting with a cute boy I found in January on hornet. He was interested in meeting, but lived far away (14 km, that's beyond the airport, I was staying in Pham Ngu Lao). He asked for 600,000 VND for taxi, which is far above my estimate for taxi return trip, but I agreed and wondered if that already includes tips for sexual activities.

He arrived in reasonable time and found my place (contrary to Thai boys: usually late and several calls or messages). The first thing he asked for was the taxi money, which I gave him. Then I invited him for cake in a nearby bakery, where I found out that he doesn't speak English which was a surprise, I hadn't noticed he had used a translation program in our chat.

Chat via translation program ok, then finally he asked if I want sex: yes. Then how much I will pay him: nothing. (While he was cute and twinky, I wasn't in the mood to pay for sex, and he had very pale skin which I don't like.) He wrote he would go for me for 1,000,000 VND. I didn't negotiate and he didn't reduce his request, but was fishing for an invitation for dinner or disco.

But having already spent 600 kVND for his return trip and missed chance to pursue other activities while chatting with him and waiting for him, I was not in the mood for anything else.

Lesson learned: always ask online before meeting if someone expects money! (But I still have to find a way, in Thai, to ask in a way that is not offensive and that does not divulge that I often meet moneyboys.)


I thought the Vietnamese were quite assertive & that your advice to negotiate before in order to avoid a nasty argument afterwards is wise.
Indeed. My sole paid encounter with a Vietnamese money boy was from Fresh Boys in Dec 2012 (?). I gave him 1500 for short time, he asked for 2000. I gave him 100 more, but still he wouldn't leave, I had to shove him out of the door.