What site are you using to find these independents and have you used it before?
I went to Kraków last year, but was with a lady friend so no punting, but would go back myself is there is the talent there.
I don’t know if I would be up to 3 sessions a day for a week, one a day would do me for a week.
Having studiously read the comments of our peers in the Europe forum I have used these 2 links.
External Link/Members Only 👍
External Link/Members Only 👍
External Link/Members Only was also recommended, however as a person that cannot understand a word of Polish, it was difficult to browse, and the search filters were absolute shite 💩
Roska is much more user friendly for an English speaker, has a reasonable search filter, and contains more of the kind of profiles I would like to visit 😎
Garsoniera is the Polish equivalent of UKP. They have identical values, a similar tone in the forum, and even more stringent posting policies than UKP. For example, in order to be able to read certain sections, you need to have contributed a minimum amount of
respected reviews.
I managed to register an account on the forum, however the process was a bloody nightmare for a non-Polish speaker 😵
Took ages to do it using Google Translate, and requires some very careful reading of the rules and requirements........... which you then have to confirm by answering questions about the rules in Polish 🤔
As an aside, this could be a great idea for UKP registration too, but would require a certain amount of technical wizardry to incorporate 🧙♂️
From what I can gather from the Europe forum, the profile pictures are even more scandalous than on AW. It's very likely that they are not at all representative of the WG in question,
even if they are verified 🙄 The booking culture is very different in Poland, and the WGs will not take offence if you walk, in fact you are encouraged very strongly to walk if the girl does not match your expectations, so bear that in mind.
So you'll need to create your Hotlist on Roska, then cross reference that profile with Garsoniera to get a complete picture. It's the same process as AW and UKP essentially. The reviews on Roska are even more fluffy than on AW, if you could think that it was possible 🤨
Once the Hotlist has been finalised and vetted, you'll need to somehow convince the WG that
you as a non-Polish speaking foreigner are not a timewaster, nor a person that will get annoyed when she has difficulty communicating during the punt. I have no interest in seeing parlour girls or FBSM, so it's going to be a fair amount of legwork in the booking process.
The booking will be the most difficult part of the equation from what I can gather, so you'll need to have a strategy in mind. You can filter on Roska for WGs that speak English, but they might not be the ones you want to meet 😐
I have formulated a booking strategy myself, and if it works, I'll share what I did in my Trip report, but not beforehand 😁
Footnote:- If anyone out there is thinking of PM-ing me regarding the Garsoniera registration process, you can forget it. I won't help you. It's against the spirit of the rules of that forum. Just use Google Translate, and read the rules carefully, make a bit of effort and you'll manage to get an account. If you can't manage that, then they don't want you as a member and I'm certain you'll get yourself banned pretty sharpish. I won't risk getting banned myself by association.
- I've not been to Poland yet, and what I have surmised above has been gleaned from what I have researched on UKP and Garsoniera, as it is not my own personal experience YMMV bigtime.
