Scandic charges upfront, 1500. I don't know if that changes if you off the boy.
Scandic charges upfront, 1500. I don't know if that changes if you off the boy.
I tried Relax Me, a shop around the corner from Helios. I randomly picked a guy who turned out not to know how to give a massage. He massaged my butt for 15 minutes, just my hips. After the flip, he massaged the top of my hips. The only saving grace is that he played with my dick and balls, but just for a bit, and then would forget about it.
After more than a half hour of this, he tried a HJ, but I wasn’t in the mood, and convinced him to use his hands in other places, like giving me a balls massage. What was odd is that he was leaning over and watching my dick up close and personal. It was covered in oil, so he wasn’t contemplating a BJ, so maybe he had never seen a Farang dick before, I dunno.
300 baht for a massage with no extras at all is quite a generous tip. That's like a days pay at the minimum wage. Also, in some places, a happy ending is OFFERED for 500 baht, usually with his trousers off, which sets a scale.
As for the concept of a 1000 baht minimum tip, well I see that as fair if they provide services almost equivalent to a short time off. A short time off would include nudity, kissing & oral or sex. If the massage includes that, well I get the 1000 minimum.
Particularly if they have to deal with newbie customers who don't have any grasp of the tipping structure. However, since I usually do sex in the hotel and limit massages to massage & HJ, 1000 is a bit steep, when other places ASK for 500 baht (to be clear, I'm not beating them down to 500, it's their opening price).
For a non-happy ending massage, if it's poor, minimum tip is zero, as I've already paid for the massage.
Fair tip 150 ?
As for one of the experienced masseurs, well he's saying he's getting too old for this. My honest view is he's ageing well, but needs to watch his weight (which is a controllable). I can't bring myself to offer that advice.
I mostly go to massage places in touristy area, where I think 300 for just massage is ok. If I were in the outskirts or provinces, I would lower to 200.
Where is a happy ending offered for 500 THB? What I see in real and read, prices are rising, with 1000 the average and some places up to 1500 minimum tip for 1 hour (from forums, I wouldn't go to such places, only in Chakran Sauna with attached V Club did I check massage prices and fees and was shocked).