"Do you travel?"

[maxwellissmart]

"Do you travel" ranks right up there with "What are you into"* as my favorite this-isn't-going-anywhere kind of client question.

 

99.99999% of my potential clients find me on M4RN, where my profile (as well as everyone else's) clearly states if they travel or not. I can understand someone overlooking this every once in a while, but it happens all the time. But thems clients sure love their travelin' escorts. And by the way, these are not exaggerations. This happens to me all the time.

 

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"Do you travel?"

"No, not at this time."

"Well when will you be traveling?"

"I'm not sure. Probably not for a while."

"How about December? (six months from now)"

(pause) "I don't know my schedule that far in advance, dude."

"Well can you guess?"

"I'd probably guess: no."

 

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"Do you travel?"

"No, not at this time."

"What about to Atlanta?" (because escorts can apparently teleport to Atlanta)

"That's about an 11-hour drive. I'd need a plane ticket."

"Uh... I wasn't really looking to spend that much. I need someone in the next couple of hours."

(sigh) "You realize I'm in DC, right?"

"Yes."

 

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"Do you travel?"

"No, not at this time."

"Why not?"

(pause) "Well, I have a regular job—"

"I pay well."

"Well it's not an issue of paying well, it's I can't take the time off."

"Call in sick."

(hangs up)

 

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"Do you travel?"

"No, not at this time."

"It says in your profile that you travel."

"No, actually it says I DO NOT travel."

"Oh. (pause) This is Jason, right?"

"No, this is Max."

"Do you know how to get in touch with Jason?"

(hangs up)

 

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"Do you travel?"

"Sure, why not. Where are you?"

"In Lexington. (about 500 miles away)"

"What are you looking to get into?"

"A massage, maybe an hour or so. How much?"

"Well, considering it would take me 18 hours round trip, probably a lot."

"How much?"

"$1500, plus gas"

"FOR A MASSAGE? THAT'S FUCKIN' RIDICULOUS DUDE."

"Well how much were you looking to spend?"

"More like fifty bucks, or sixty if you're really hot."

(hangs up)

 

 

*(Answer: spending your money)

[+ newatthis]

Loved this! Thanks for giving me a mid-morning chuckle.

[bigvalboy]

You know at first if you told someone that clients actually said those ridiculous things to you I would probably say, people aren't that stupid....but then again, when you think for a moment...yes they are that stupid. Never thought about what it is like on your end. lol

[Guest countryboywny]

What a laugh! Probably not funny to you, Maxwell.. but I couldn't imagine saying that shit to a prospective hire! LOL

[rickp]

On the men4rentnow site, you can list your ad in more than one city at once. I've noticed a lot of guys have "willing to travel to" and then a city that is nowhere near where they are based. I understand that guys do travel and if they have specific date they plan to be somewhere, then it works out well; but what does it mean when the are based in NY, but "willing to travel" to LA?

[leigh.bess.toad]

Maxwell -- thanks for the laugh. Yeah, we can be a stupid lot sometimes.

[maxwellissmart]

You know at first if you told someone that clients actually said those ridiculous things to you I would probably say, people aren't that stupid....but then again, when you think for a moment...yes they are that stupid. Never thought about what it is like on your end. lol

 

I'm constantly explaining to would-be massage clients that I don't intend to drive 4+ hours to give them a 60 minute massage. And they act dumbfounded, like: "but I'm trying to give you business!" Or my favorite: "but nobody else will come see me!" I'm like: "move to the city, dude."

[justaguy]

Once again...there's a reason why some folks need to be told not to iron their clothes when they're wearing them...sometimes you have to wonder about the soundness of the gene pool

 

Maxwell, thanks for sharing these. Humor is always good.

[+ purplekow]

Maxwell I read your post. I came back to see if you had a link and found that you didn't but Rickp who posted here did. I checked him out and he is hot and someone I might consider hiring. I might never have gotten that far had you had a link in your signature. Seems as though you should get some benefit for starting an amusing thread. Your chances for that would be better with a link in your signature. I did go to m4rentnow under Washington and was not sure which one, if any, was you.

[Steven_Draker]

For all we know, Mr. Smart doesn't want his escort identity associated to his posting identity on this Board.

 

If that's his wish, I give him my respect.

[maxwellissmart]

Your chances for that would be better with a link in your signature.

 

Eh.

 

Off topic—doesn't that Mr. Draker have the best avatar?

[+ purplekow]

For all we know, Mr. Smart doesn't want his escort identity associated to his posting identity on this Board.

 

If that's his wish, I give him my respect.[/color]

I would think that Maxwell would be smart enough to hide his identity more carefully if he wanted to remain unknown. Now it may be that he is throwing out red herrings but he states just in this thread that he is in Washington DC as a non traveling escort who meets most of his clients from M4RentNow. i would guess that it might be easy to get a very small pool of escorts that fit those criteria. The other information he supplies such as his position preferences etc might further reduce that pool. That is unless Mr. Smart is not being totally forthright in the original post here.

In any case, I do not go to DC nor am I out to solve the Just Who is Maxwell Smart mystery. Was suggesting that he was perhaps missing out by not including a link. I would have thought that Mr. Smart might address this himself rather than have Mr. Draker come to his assistance. Or perhaps, Mr. Smart's response says it all.

[Steven_Draker]

I don't think the OP needs assistance, Mr Kow. He already stated that he wanted to remain anonymous. I have better things to do than trying to find out and guess who on Men4RentNow Maxwell could be. As far I'm concerned Maxwell may be based in Washington DC, Chicago or Los Angeles or living on Pandora. Let him be.

 

People are constantly complaining that there aren't many escorts participating here.

[instudiocity]

People are constantly complaining that there aren't many escorts participating here.[/color]

 

Steven, I keep hearing this refrain, but from my experience, there are a whole lotta lurkers on this board including every escort I've ever hired! I might know that because I use the same name to post here as I use for my DL email account.

[Decatur Guy]

Back to the topic ... As a client, I will defend asking that question (Do you travel?) of an escort, up to a degree.

 

I have e-mailed or called escorts who live in other cities and asked them if they ever come to Atlanta. If they say no, that's the end of it. I don't make a ton of rude, follow-up remarks, except perhaps to say I hope they consider coming here in the future.

 

If they say yes, then I ask if they have an automatic e-mail notification list they can put me on. Several escorts do send me automatic e-mails when they will be in town. It's a smart idea on their parts. I've hired guys a few times that way.

 

I sure hope I don't come off as a jerk asking that, but I think the initial opening question isn't that out of line.

[raulgmanzo]

I've known some people to use "travel" as a synonym for "out calls". As in do you prefer to host or travel? In this sense travel may mean going somewhere just down the street.

[bigvalboy]

I'm constantly explaining to would-be massage clients that I don't intend to drive 4+ hours to give them a 60 minute massage. And they act dumbfounded, like: "but I'm trying to give you business!" Or my favorite: "but nobody else will come see me!" I'm like: "move to the city, dude."

 

"move to the city, dude." that's funny shit. From my end though, I contacted a masseur once who had moved to Laguna from my area, 60-70 miles out and when you consider traffic "for get about it" He actually said to me "I am only in Laguna, it's not far" I said "You want me to drive 3 hours round trip for a massage?' he said "Is that a no?" 'click'

[Guest countryboywny]

What amazes me is the rudeness of some clients and some escorts. If you live in an area similar to where I do, its not exactly "escort heaven". When I want to see a man in my local area, 99.99% of the time he has to travel to me.. therefore the question "Do you travel?" is a necessary part of my opening communication. If the answer is no, I politely thank him for his time and move on. What gets me is the added negative banter that goes on.. clients asking "Why the hell not?" or adding some other remark like "you're losing money" or "too bad you're missing out" or some other negative bullshit. On the other hand, escorts that respond to me with remarks like "Dude, read my ad.. I don't travel!" or "Depends" or the ever polite "Fuck no". Why the added negativity when a simple "No I don't" and a polite "Thank you" will take care of it?

[maxwellissmart]

What amazes me is the rudeness of some clients and some escorts. If you live in an area similar to where I do, its not exactly "escort heaven". When I want to see a man in my local area, 99.99% of the time he has to travel to me.. therefore the question "Do you travel?" is a necessary part of my opening communication. If the answer is no, I politely thank him for his time and move on. What gets me is the added negative banter that goes on.. clients asking "Why the hell not?" or adding some other remark like "you're losing money" or "too bad you're missing out" or some other negative bullshit. On the other hand, escorts that respond to me with remarks like "Dude, read my ad.. I don't travel!" or "Depends" or the ever polite "Fuck no". Why the added negativity when a simple "No I don't" and a polite "Thank you" will take care of it?

 

I agree with you, and I can understand to a point someone who lives an hour away and wants to know if I'll make the trip. And I'm always friendly about the question, just in case they happen to be coming my way someday—which has happened more than once. I also make it point to let clients know that I'll drive to see them, but they have to come see me first to make sure that the appointment is legit, and that we enjoy each other's company. And where I live now requires a significantly greater amount of car-time than my previous address—where most clients were within 15 minutes. Now 30-45 is the norm. But I'm still not going to travel more than an hour for an hour appointment, unless I'm going to see someone else in the neighborhood right after.

[down_to_business]

Awesome... sign me up for the friends and family neighborhood appointment! You can pass out flyers declaring your intent to blanket the neighborhood

[SteveEscort]

I get this all the time here in England. I had someone ask me to travel to the Lake District last week for an hour. It's about 100 miles and takes at least 2 hours each way. No fucking way !!!

 

I don't mind travelling anywhere if they're willing to pay. I went to Norfolk a few weeks ago which is MILES from me but it was someone I'd seen before and he transferred the money into my bank and extended an overnight into a whole weekend whilst i was there.

 

My rule is simple ..... if they want an hour, then my travel time should not exceed an hour either way. 1 hour appointment is a 3 hour round trip. Even locally within my city a 1 hour appointment is a 2 hour round trip.

 

If a guy wants 4 hours, then I will even get the train to London for him if he advances the money into my bank for the rail fare, otherwise no chance. What if I got half way there and he changes his mind. Clients who expect that sort of nonsense arn't worth bothering with in the first place, they're just tossing themselves off at the thought of it all.

[raulgmanzo]

I... What if I got half way there and he changes his mind...

 

Well sadly that happens to me way too often. Very recently I rented a car, filled up it's tank, and turned down other appointment inquiries for an overnight.

As I was on my way the guy had a death in the family and canceled. I know it is true and he didn't just make it up.

Still sucks since I was out a considerable amount (to me anyway) of money and time. But I just can't see asking him to cover it with the grief he must be going through.

 

I should start asking for a deposit but am having trouble bringing myself to do that, it just seems too "business".

[maxwellissmart]

Well sadly that happens to me way too often. Very recently I rented a car, filled up it's tank, and turned down other appointment inquiries for an overnight.

As I was on my way the guy had a death in the family and canceled. I know it is true and he didn't just make it up.

Still sucks since I was out a considerable amount (to me anyway) of money and time. But I just can't see asking him to cover it with the grief he must be going through.

 

I should start asking for a deposit but am having trouble bringing myself to do that, it just seems too "business".

 

I can certainly feel empathy for a client who has to cancel because of something like a death in the family. That said, I'm not going to pay for his misfortunes. I'd ask for a reimbursement of at least part of the money (which I think is totally fair), or I'd never book with him again.

[Steven_Draker]

What gets me is the added negative banter that goes on.. clients asking "Why the hell not?" or adding some other remark like "you're losing money" or "too bad you're missing out" or some other negative bullshit. On the other hand, escorts that respond to me with remarks like "Dude, read my ad.. I don't travel!" or "Depends" or the ever polite "Fuck no". Why the added negativity when a simple "No I don't" and a polite "Thank you" will take care of it?

 

I think you redefined what "class" is. Some people have it, some don't.

[orbital sander]

I don't think the OP needs assistance, Mr Kow. He already stated that he wanted to remain anonymous. I have better things to do than trying to find out and guess who on Men4RentNow Maxwell could be. As far I'm concerned Maxwell may be based in Washington DC, Chicago or Los Angeles or living on Pandora. Let him be.

 

People are constantly complaining that there aren't many escorts participating here.

 

Where is Pandora??? Is that like a box;);)