Gas Prices/ Cost of Living - Effect on Massages?

[Sun&SandMan]

I have never had a bad experience or been short changed by Laura, she is gold. As a matter of fact she goes the extra mile until you just can't keep up to her anymore.

 

[Outlaw]

You can get your point across without putting down a sp.

He didn't put anyone down. He is not happy with her price and is not going back. Is there a problem with that?

 

[Bsmalls1]

He didn't put anyone down. He is not happy with her price and is not going back. Is there a problem with that?

We singled her out as if she is the only one raising prices.

 

[Senorcardgage]

It was just an anecdote…

 

[Bullet]

With the rising cost of every thing. I am also putting gas and car expense in the equation for trips . No more leisure trips across town ( Calgary )
Much Less Mp's visits. Even much less Timmys visits for a coffee or a meal.
My Mp visits also went from 45 min to an hour down to HH only now.
IMO inflation is 25 %. My pension went up 3.5 %

 

[Sun&SandMan]

Everyone has options: THE INDEPENDENCE PARTY OF ALBERTA

 

[Wills_willie]

Filled up my tank this morning and paid more for gas than a basic hour massage. Pretty much the cost of a half-hour with a HE.

 

[m694ever]

Filled up my tank this morning and paid more for gas than a basic hour massage. Pretty much the cost of a half-hour with a HE.

HE? Compact car I take it. Lol

 

[getitdone]

i havnt gone for massage in at least a month. everything seemed too double in price over may/june. i strangely have not even really missed massages lately when bankaccount is getting destroyed .the thought of going for a massage is almost a turn off at the moment.

 

[Wills_willie]

HE? Compact car I take it. Lol

Was only just over half a tank, I was heading out of town. Not sure I can afford a full tank, LOL.

 

[Sun&SandMan]

The girls seem to have figured out the gas prices..... Ha. Super Sex Scooter : Amazon.ca: Everything Else

 

[Albertafrost]

Inflation isnt stopping anyone from paying high gas prices and renting vehicles. thought I'd take fam on a road trip in July. no rental cars are available. (I know it's peak travel time too) Sold out!

For massage I'll likely stick to shorter sessions once a month with indies who haven't raised their prices... I'm sure a few exist.

Don't forget that during the height of COVID many of the rental companies sold off their fleets. With the supply chain problems, new vehicles are hard to come by even for them as they try to ramp up again. It will probably be a while yet ... good luck.

 

[BigDare88]

Ya I don’t get indies or MPs raising their rates to coincide with inflation. Sooner or later it will explode and they will be begging for clients . As of right now I will only go with hot well reviewed ladies because of costs

 

[Deleted member 70489]

Hi guys,

I, myself am feeling the cost of inflation as well. I’ve had to cut back on a lot of stuff including massages.

I used to go once a week but now I will be lucky to go once a month. I may even retire from the hobby altogether. It’s too bad but other bills are more important.

Hopefully these places don’t raise their prices as then I will quit. I myself wont pay more than $120 hr for massage and add ons.

Good luck everyone

 

[Deleted member 72001]

Might be a swing coming shortly.

Inflation = less money for the boys to have fun.
Inflation = more costs for the ladies (% is debatable)

Less clients will either reduce the hourly charge to entice more traffic, or……..
Less traffic will make them raise the price to compensate, (unlikely) or close the doors.

I think it is the non essential business that will suffer most.

Note; I am not an economist, and might be talkin out my ass…….more than usual.

 

[tklterry]

went to see Lois at XP yesterday; XP rate is now $85 and TT is $90

 

[Bsmalls1]

went to see Lois at XP yesterday; XP rate is now $85 and TT is $90

Well then. If XP and TT are doing this then the rest will surely follow. Haven't seen anyone in a month now and will likely wait much longer.

 

[Deleted member 79939]

sames. and agree about the cold turkey comment - i basically pulled back here completely for the past while, and will continue "abstaining" for a while longer. I can admit that it forms habits, I can observe cycles and all, so I'm just trying to break that a bit so I can hopefully make objective choices. and its motivated by finances. I was starting to go too much, and its terrible timing with all things mentioned in this thread.

Just walk to massage parlours

 

[JacobB]

IMHO I think it's a sign of everything swinging back to normal. Over the past couple of years a few of my more normal hobbies saw a huge jump in prices. Things that normally sold for $500 were going for as high as $2500, and now suddenly it's like the whole hobby is dead. And the prices have come back to being close to the $500 again pre covid. I chalk it up not so much as a recession, but people are finally able to travel on vacations and are spending their money on those.

I think the parlors will have a slow summer as well for this reason. People are going on vacation and it's costing 2-3x more. But come fall and people have no where to go the places will get a lot busier. That might mean some places will be offering discounts and some might raise prices to offset the lack of business.

 

[Albertaman]

IMHO I think it's a sign of everything swinging back to normal. Over the past couple of years a few of my more normal hobbies saw a huge jump in prices. Things that normally sold for $500 were going for as high as $2500, and now suddenly it's like the whole hobby is dead. And the prices have come back to being close to the $500 again pre covid. I chalk it up not so much as a recession, but people are finally able to travel on vacations and are spending their money on those.

I think the parlors will have a slow summer as well for this reason. People are going on vacation and it's costing 2-3x more. But come fall and people have no where to go the places will get a lot busier. That might mean some places will be offering discounts and some might raise prices to offset the lack of business.

Good Assessment. In Calgary, the suburban home based therapists are seeing a sudden drop off in business as clients go back to traveling and vacationing. Revenge traveling will be prolonged over several years as people make up for lost time, so they may spend much less on local massages.


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