Its slowing down. Im sure some boot licker is going to hop on here and act like its not but we're basically in a recession.
When I see people stop travelling to the area and women who are regularly in the area disappearing and moving on to better places.
The nearest city to me is pretty rough though. I dont live there but its ROUGH so I guess it really depends on the economy and the local economy too.
I think potential clients recognize this and the cheap demanding requests outnumber the legitimate ones, for me anyway. I left the area that im from and am starting all over again from scratch and there are a lot of days I wish I had never left. I dont have to advertise where im from. I can just go to the grocery store and someone will see me and book me lol people see me and know I'm legit and Ive had clients there for close to a decade.
Here though...in a new place, starting over. Its gross. People are rude, demanding, cheap. People generally repeat but putting up with the abuse is too much.
I offered a special because times are tough for a lot of people. I enjoy pleasing people and I enjoy massage. Other girls messaged me and called me everything you could imagine for cutting people a break on rates.
I think people aren't as busy as they would like to be and theyre blaming each other. Theyre blaming workers who charge lower rates and get consistent income because theyre not getting the higher rates that they want.
Im not talking about top earners and the advertisers here. My phone is full of abusive texts from other workers, girls are fake booking each other and causing drama all day. They're not busy and they're blaming each other and not the economy.
To expand on someone else's comment. I was always taught to offer rates for everyone so I see both sides. For some people its great and for others life is a constant struggle and they budget everything to spoil themselves once a month or once very few months. I had a client who would only see me on his birthday but then I also had people who would see me once, twice or even 3 times a week.
I would like to think everyone is rich and can afford it but some people go into debt or have to make sacrifices for it and in this economy I think people are cutting it out of their budget until things are more certain.
Hairstylists / beauty industry people and tattoo artists are in the same position when the economy is not great. Women stop getting their hair done as often. They get "recession roots". Its a great time to get deals but these deals also mean that business is struggling.
Im lucky that I dont put all of my eggs in one basket and I budget money well but I would not want to be a travelling worker right now. Expenses are high and I dont think money is great. Im not seeing the same people travelling to the area anymore.
Less competition doesn't make me happy, it makes me worried. If people are skipping my city it tells me its not worth stopping in.
I don’t have a lot of evidence but it’s a lot easier to book girls lately and there are a lot fewer review posts. A lot of the girls also seem to spend more of the days just bored.
Is there a slowdown? It would make sense given how crap the economy is, how high unemployment is. Everything is more expensive and fewer people have jobs and money.
Rates for SPs have gone up with everything else going up.
Is it slow now? Would rate cuts even matter or is one of those “necessary splurges” like Starbucks or weed where they can kind of charge anything and people will find a way to come up with the money?
