Is £150 p/h the new norm - and should it be?

[Nirvanian]

I say no!!

I get an annual pay increase of around 2% per year and consider myself reasonably lucky as I'm aware of many who do not. Moreover - many people have had to encounter pay decreases over recent years.

So how come we have service providers expecting £150 p/h and how come some are paying it!

I'm all for a fair pay for a fair day's work but £150 p/h seemingly becoming the norm? - I don't think so 

I think we should let the genuine girls know that we'll regularly visit at decent rates but £150 p/h? - I think not as this is a 30% increase on the 'norm' from 2018 - - - is it just me who didn't see their salary rise in this way last year, this year, next year???

[boredoldergent]

Although a good girl that just ignites your dreams and regularly drains your nuts is worth every penny.  Just space out your appointments and whack one out between dates. 

[GingerNuts]

I think we should let the genuine girls know that we'll regularly visit at decent rates but £150 p/h?

We'd all like to pay less but if they're getting 4 bookings @ £150 instead of 5 @ £120 or 6 @ £100 I'm sure they're happy.

Good luck with your campaign.

[winkywanky]

It's only the norm if you decide it is by making a booking.

If you don't want to pay that much, don't make the booking. And if everyone did that, prices wouldn't be so high.

[Jonestown]

£150/hr has been the standard (London) agency charge for the last 15 years, I think the Indies come along and see this and say well if its good enough for them its good enough for me.

[trainspotter]

In the North-East, there are many good providers at £60 per half hour / £110 per hour  and we're hoping to keep it that way. Some charge considerably more - whether they get it or suffer from dusty phones I don't know.

[Nirvanian]

Although a good girl that just ignites your dreams and regularly drains your nuts is worth every penny.  Just space out your appointments and whack one out between dates. 

I'm happy to pay for good times - £150 p/h is too much in my opinion

[Nirvanian]

We'd all like to pay less but if they're getting 4 bookings @ £150 instead of 5 @ £120 or 6 @ £100 I'm sure they're happy.

Good luck with your campaign.

United we stand, united we fall Ginger - we have the power!?

[Nirvanian]

It's only the norm if you decide it is by making a booking.

If you don't want to pay that much, don't make the booking. And if everyone did that, prices wouldn't be so high.

You're right Winky - I guess I'm suggesting we shouldn't... market forces and all that

[Nirvanian]

£150/hr has been the standard (London) agency charge for the last 15 years, I think the Indies come along and see this and say well if its good enough for them its good enough for me.

I'm rarely in London thankfully Jones - be assured we've enjoyed loads of good times at much nearer the tonne mark for years - and so we should!

[Disco dave]

If they want to charge £150 then crack on. If they are very good then they will get the business. Those services better be something special, vivastreet is full of pumps and dumps at 80ph.

[Nirvanian]

In the North-East, there are many good providers at £60 per half hour / £110 per hour  and we're hoping to keep it that way. Some charge considerably more - whether they get it or suffer from dusty phones I don't know.

Let the dusty phones stay dusty and enjoy the reasonable ones I guess Trainspotter - I hope others learn from the North East... it works

[threechilliman]

In the North-East, there are many good providers at £60 per half hour / £110 per hour  and we're hoping to keep it that way. Some charge considerably more - whether they get it or suffer from dusty phones I don't know.

Cheapest in the country but even you guys have felt the squeeze. 100 quid on the hour were pretty much standard a couple of years ago.

[Malvolio]

£150 per hour is not the normal price as a GFE punter in London.  It's worth noting that the two WGs (who offer a GFE service) with the most positive reviews in London don't charge that much an hour.  If you're after anal and PSE stuff then that would be a different matter.

As I've said before, nobody is making you pay to see prostitutes - if you don't like the price then don't pay it.

[Nirvanian]

£150 per hour is not the normal price as a GFE punter in London.  It's worth noting that the two WGs (who offer a GFE service) with the most positive reviews in London don't charge that much an hour.  If you're after anal and PSE stuff then that would be a different matter.

As I've said before, nobody is making you pay to see prostitutes - if you don't like the price then don't pay it.

Malvolio, respectfully; you're missing the point pal - I'll happy pay for good times, my point is more based around us a group.... if some of us continue to pay 'too much' the price will continue to increase...

[Waterhouse]

I think the problem lies with greedy landlords and the rising cost of living.  Yes we may only see a 2 or 3 per-cent pay-rise where they do exist, but the reality is that the cost of living and the cost of services are still increasing everywhere, not just punting - which as we all know is an expensive pastime anyway. 

I don't like to see the increase in the rates a girl charges but I can certainly understand it in a lot of cases.  Still, the old rule applies - if you don't like the rates a girl is charging, move on, look elsewhere and pick someone within your preferred budget. Plenty more to choose from.

[Nirvanian]

I think the problem lies with greedy landlords and the rising cost of living.  Yes we may only see a 2 or 3 per-cent pay-rise where they do exist, but the reality is that the cost of living and the cost of services are still increasing everywhere, not just punting - which as we all know is an expensive pastime anyway. 

I don't like to see the increase in the rates a girl charges but I can certainly understand it in a lot of cases.  Still, the old rule applies - if you don't like the rates a girl is charging, move on, look elsewhere and pick someone within your preferred budget. Plenty more to choose from.

Fair point.. well made, although I still think we should be passing a message of unity to service providers that the ceiling isn't unlimited - they'll continue to try and take it there if we don't!

[king tarzan]

I think the problem lies with greedy landlords and the rising cost of living.  Yes we may only see a 2 or 3 per-cent pay-rise where they do exist, but the reality is that the cost of living and the cost of services are still increasing everywhere, not just punting - which as we all know is an expensive pastime anyway. 

I don't like to see the increase in the rates a girl charges but I can certainly understand it in a lot of cases.  Still, the old rule applies - if you don't like the rates a girl is charging, move on, look elsewhere and pick someone within your preferred budget. Plenty more to choose from.

Eye of the 🐅🥊🥊

[smiths]

I say no!!

I get an annual pay increase of around 2% per year and consider myself reasonably lucky as I'm aware of many who do not. Moreover - many people have had to encounter pay decreases over recent years.

So how come we have service providers expecting £150 p/h and how come some are paying it!

I'm all for a fair pay for a fair day's work but £150 p/h seemingly becoming the norm? - I don't think so 

I think we should let the genuine girls know that we'll regularly visit at decent rates but £150 p/h? - I think not as this is a 30% increase on the 'norm' from 2018 - - - is it just me who didn't see their salary rise in this way last year, this year, next year???

The word should is irrelevant as WGs or their pimps choose what to charge and enough punters either pay it or not, simples. Punters are of different views and different pockets, what 1 will pay another wont, they will never ever change.

£150 an hour in my area of London isn't yet becoming the norm but it is the case what was £60-100 a few years ago is now £120 or more with some WGs. I pay what I choose to pay and what I see as worth it to me.

[smiths]

Malvolio, respectfully; you're missing the point pal - I'll happy pay for good times, my point is more based around us a group.... if some of us continue to pay 'too much' the price will continue to increase...

You are living in a fantasy world, there is no group when it comes to paying WGs, punter choose what to pay, and anyway many many punters aren't on UKP. Get real and if a WG charges too much for you go elsewhere.

What is a good idea is Tontober that has been run the last couple of Octobers and originated on here by Cueball with help from TCM where WGs involved as they choose to be charge Tontober rates. Maybe that will run again this year, if bothered get involved in that.

[Bonker]

I'm going to campaign for tentober this year. £10 per hour.
Then ninember.
Next dicember. Throw 2 dice and pay whatever they add up to.

Who's in?

[cotton]

The most ive paid for sex is £60 / hour , its just sex regardless of what the package looks like. While i can clearly understand and am not critiscising people who pay £200 etc i personally woudnt want to validate any girls sense of self worth that anyone is worth that much , essentially its rich guys willing and able to pay it putting the best looking chiks into an higher price bracket that makes the better looking whores exclusive to a wealthy clientele. Would i pay it if i was phenomenally wealthy , im not sure but i hope not , i just dont find the "im a good looking whore so im worth alot" vibe attractive.  If i had that sort of disposable income i think id be far more incline to go down the SA route and find some normal girls who are worth spoiling  , i just dont think greedy whores with an inflated idea of there own worth is something that should be encouraged.  As others have said paying more for specialist services is understandable but paying £200+ to a pretty greedy whore just cos shes pretty isnt for me.

[scutty brown]

If people keeping posting threads with daft titles (like this one) which seem to be recommending a price increase , then £150 WILL soon become the norm.
FFs use your brain before posting: by all means complain about price increases, but please don't make it look like you're advocating them

[B4bcock]

I'm going to campaign for tentober this year. £10 per hour.
Then ninember.
Next dicember. Throw 2 dice and pay whatever they add up to.

Who's in?

I can't wait for Freebuary!   

[finn5555]

Of course greed and popularity makes them increase their hourly rates, I find reverse bookings can get prices down to a sensible level but you do get all the rough ones bidding  the odd gem can be found at a good rate 

[mh]

The weakness of the pound?

[Mallow841]

It's only the norm if you decide it is by making a booking.

If you don't want to pay that much, don't make the booking. And if everyone did that, prices wouldn't be so high.

It really is that simple.

We all have different budgets and different likes, some of which escorts charge more for (niche bookings).

What one punter deems good value another may think is too much.
I have paid £150 an hour for some escorts over the years, I’ve so paid less & more than that, rather than just go on price I take into consideration the profile, the reviews, pictures and if she is worth the money. If she is, I’ll pay it.

There’s are some escorts I deem not worth the amount of money they’re charging, I just move on. You cannot force punters to all pay the same as we will all have different reasons for why we have the budget we do.

[Mallow841]

You are living in a fantasy world, there is no group when it comes to paying WGs, punter choose what to pay, and anyway many many punters aren't on UKP. Get real and if a WG charges too much for you go elsewhere.

What is a good idea is Tontober that has been run the last couple of Octobers and originated on here by Cueball with help from TCM where WGs involved as they choose to be charge Tontober rates. Maybe that will run again this year, if bothered get involved in that.

Absolutely agree.

[mh]

What one punter deems good value another may think is too much.
I have paid £150 an hour for some escorts over the years, I’ve so paid less & more than that, rather than just go on price I take into consideration the profile, the reviews, pictures and if she is worth the money. If she is, I’ll pay it.

Yes it all depends on what you're getting (or expecting to get) for your money. I've paid as little as £60 for an hour and as much as £180. In all cases sometimes it has been good value and sometimes not.

I agree the "typical" price has crept up recently. I wasn't being entirely facetious when I said exchange rate weakness is a factor, but it isn't the only factor. Supply & demand will always be the main factor in an open market. There's a level (in the openly advertised services market) below which people would rather not do the job. Obviously in the street scene and "informal" pick up scenarios there could be a much lower "bottom level". Then above this lowest level you'll have those than can and will charge more and those that can't or don't realise they could.

We've all seen the girls arrive locally at, say, £60 and within a month they are charging £80 or £100. We hate it but if that's what they have found they can charge then we are just pissing into the wind when we moan about it.

We all have the option of voting no to overpricing but not giving our custom.

[Watts.E.Dunn]

I used to punt in London a lot around 2005 and a few years after that it semed that that the going price for most any agency girl was 150 an hour for most all girls then.

Up our way used to use Stansted escorts and they were around the same price.

So over a 15 year period the price hasnt altered that much!.

What may have altered it is the number of 100 to 130 an hour Roms which seems to have set the pricing nowadays..

[kirpNew]

Yeah, these English whores are delusional, I have seen £250 per hour and £500 

[Ali Katt]

I think the problem lies with greedy landlords and the rising cost of living.  Yes we may only see a 2 or 3 per-cent pay-rise where they do exist, but the reality is that the cost of living and the cost of services are still increasing everywhere, not just punting - which as we all know is an expensive pastime anyway. 

I don't like to see the increase in the rates a girl charges but I can certainly understand it in a lot of cases.  Still, the old rule applies - if you don't like the rates a girl is charging, move on, look elsewhere and pick someone within your preferred budget. Plenty more to choose from.

It's easier to blame someone else. On the plus aren't electric rates getting capped?

More to the point how many people's wages have increased by 50% in the last five years? Yep, thought so.

[whiskyfan]

Yeah, these English whores are delusional, I have seen £250 per hour and £500 

Are those rates exclusive to English whores then?

[Ali Katt]

The weakness of the pound?

Most like a good pound.

[conrod]

Easiest way to get less than £150 is to do a reverse bid.  It amazes me what discounted rates you can get offered.

[hullad]

Not many at £150 round Yorkshire for sure although I have noticex a few of the 'ton'  girls upping it to 110 lately.

The parlours seemed to have been fixed aroundx£60/£10 half and hour for years now.

[Ben1983]

Looking at my punts this year, it’s averaged out to be £150 an hour.
All their “Likes” are inclusive in the rate.
I did see one girl charging £80 for the hour, but charged for extras.
After factoring in: OWO, CIM, Swallow & Anal, it came to £230 

I’ve sometimes pondered having an overnight, but some girls are charging £1,200+
Whilst I can understand the fun & excitement of an overnight, and let’s say that girl gives great service, I would much rather see that girl for 8 different 1 hour bookings, instead of paying for an overnight

[tynetunnel]

The most ive paid for sex is £60 / hour , its just sex regardless of what the package looks like. While i can clearly understand and am not critiscising people who pay £200 etc i personally woudnt want to validate any girls sense of self worth that anyone is worth that much , essentially its rich guys willing and able to pay it putting the best looking chiks into an higher price bracket that makes the better looking whores exclusive to a wealthy clientele. Would i pay it if i was phenomenally wealthy , im not sure but i hope not , i just dont find the "im a good looking whore so im worth alot" vibe attractive.  If i had that sort of disposable income i think id be far more incline to go down the SA route and find some normal girls who are worth spoiling  , i just dont think greedy whores with an inflated idea of there own worth is something that should be encouraged.  As others have said paying more for specialist services is understandable but paying £200+ to a pretty greedy whore just cos shes pretty isnt for me.

although you probably haven’t punted since 1978   

[Waterhouse]

Yeah, these English whores are delusional, I have seen £250 per hour and £500 

In an advert I'm guessing. 

I doubt you've ever even visited an Escort given the bravado you try and show here, and with your obvious lack of respect.

[Stiltskin]

I only do half hour punts and the price has been £70-£80 for over 10 years now, so I was expecting the average to increase to £90 sooner or later. They seem to have skipped that price point however and have gone straight to £100, with the 'exceptional' girls moving to £110-£120 for 30 minutes!

There is a point where the value for money is so poor I'd rather spend my money on something else or visit a parlour maybe.

[pussylover76]

You lucky, lucky b*****d.
Now, take my case. They hung me up here five years ago. Every night, they take me down for twenty minutes, then they hang me up again, which I regard as very fair, in view of what I done, and, if nothing else, it's taught me to respect the Romans, and it's taught me... that you'll never get anywhere in this life, unless you're prepared to do a fair day's work for a fair day's pay!
£150?, bargain over here in NI.
 

[Malvolio]

Malvolio, respectfully; you're missing the point pal - I'll happy pay for good times, my point is more based around us a group.... if some of us continue to pay 'too much' the price will continue to increase...

Punters have different budgets - and to be frank I don't care if other punters don't want to pay as much as I'm willing to pay.   You seem to want to define 'too much' for every punter out there based on your own circumstances.

[LLPunting]

Taking up points made by a number of posters above from across the spectrum;

Streetwalkers will still blow you for 10+, fuck you for 20+ relatively small increments will buy you more time (if you can stomach it) beyond the 5-10 mins you get for those starters.

Massage girls will b2b you for massage fee + (40+ for b2b and you may get OW/RO/FS included) OR (50+ to pretty much guarantee OW/RO/FS) = 65-70 for 30 mins to 85-95 for 60mins

Escorts from AW/VS etc will give you 30 mins of basic options starting at 60, and 60 mins @ 80  (yes there are cheaper but they are few and far between in London)

All the above ensures the sex aspect, every penny above these points goes towards improving the looks and increasing service options.  Service quality is highly variable at all price points probably as far North as 300ph

So you can still get your rocks off fairly cheaply, it's just whether it involves Kronenborg, double-bagging, prawns or frostitutes.

[Payyourwaymate]

Well, the cost of living is rising. Blaming landlords does not solve anything. For anyone who knows about buy to let properties would know the government has being going to war against landlords with removing mortgage interest relief payments in due time and generally increasing costs for landlords who have no choice but to push over the costs onto their tenants, leading to higher rents. Many small time landlords want to sell or not expand anymore. Just go looking around in the property landlord forums, do some research and you'll see for yourself. Add in brexit with the pound being weak for the WGs that send money back to where they are from, inflation and just straight up greed in some cases and there you go.

This can only go on for so long though...if the economy does go down the drain with all the market jitters and punters have to reign in their spending then these WGs will just price themselves out of earning anything at all  .

At the end of the day though, if you don't want to pay the price then don't. These women aren't forcing anyone to pay through their nose. Punt according to what ever you are comfortable spending. If that means you punt less or not at all or have to change the type of WGs you see to accommodate your budget then so be it. It's not the end of the world. 

[cotton]

Well, the cost of living is rising. Blaming landlords does not solve anything. For anyone who knows about buy to let properties would know the government has being going to war against landlords with removing mortgage interest relief payments in due time and generally increasing costs for landlords who have no choice but to push over the costs onto their tenants, leading to higher rents. Many small time landlords want to sell or not expand anymore. Just go looking around in the property landlord forums, do some research and you'll see for yourself. Add in brexit with the pound being weak for the WGs that send money back to where they are from, inflation and just straight up greed in some cases and there you go.

This can only go on for so long though...if the economy does go down the drain with all the market jitters and punters have to reign in their spending then these WGs will just price themselves out of earning anything at all  .

At the end of the day though, if you don't want to pay the price then don't. These women aren't forcing anyone to pay through their nose. Punt according to what ever you are comfortable spending. If that means you punt less or not at all or have to change the type of WGs you see to accommodate your budget then so be it. It's not the end of the world.

No its more important than that 

[hendrix]

Punters have different budgets - and to be frank I don't care if other punters don't want to pay as much as I'm willing to pay.   You seem to want to define 'too much' for every punter out there based on your own circumstances.

+1 - there is no "group", we're all different, with different motives for punting and differing budgets. I personally won't pay even £30 for dfk, owo and a shag, because I never want that nowadays.

[smiths]

+1 - there is no "group", we're all different, with different motives for punting and differing budgets. I personally won't pay even £30 for dfk, owo and a shag, because I never want that nowadays.

Indeed so, some on here think its punting socialism, get real. I pay what I decide to pay, what other punters pay is a matter for them, obviously I may comment on it as I wish.

In my punting area there are still loads of WGs charging under £150 an hour, yes rates on average have gone up sadly.

[EnglishGent68]

I say no!!

I get an annual pay increase of around 2% per year and consider myself reasonably lucky as I'm aware of many who do not. Moreover - many people have had to encounter pay decreases over recent years.

So how come we have service providers expecting £150 p/h and how come some are paying it!

I'm all for a fair pay for a fair day's work but £150 p/h seemingly becoming the norm? - I don't think so 

I think we should let the genuine girls know that we'll regularly visit at decent rates but £150 p/h? - I think not as this is a 30% increase on the 'norm' from 2018 - - - is it just me who didn't see their salary rise in this way last year, this year, next year???

That’s life!  Good luck going into Waitrose telling them you’ll be a regular patron if they fall in line with tesco’s. Punt within your budget. Easy.

[EnglishGent68]

Punters have different budgets - and to be frank I don't care if other punters don't want to pay as much as I'm willing to pay.   You seem to want to define 'too much' for every punter out there based on your own circumstances.

+1

[Hobbit]

+1 - there is no "group", we're all different, with different motives for punting and differing budgets. I personally won't pay even £30 for dfk, owo and a shag, because I never want that nowadays.

No DFK, OWO and shagging. What do you pay them for?  Talking?