Maybe Canada is not as bad as the U.S., but there is very little, if any, spontaneity in the world any longer.
Sex work transactions in the U.S. are arranged online now. She advertises and screens you to make sure you are not a cop or dangerous. You effectively screen her to make sure she is not a cop by evaluating whether she has reviews, whether she has a website, the venue she is advertising in and how long she has been advertising.
But that goes beyond sex work. When you go to a bar, there are few ladies going by themselves looking for a pick-up. Nor are there giggling groups of ladies all looking to leave with someone not in their group. The women there who don’t enter with a date are simply waiting for the date to arrive who was arranged electronically on a dating or quasi-dating app. Eons ago, there were hookers at hotel bars looking for business travelers. That is definitely not the case now. Nor do they hang out at corporate events in general.
And let’s face it, even when you first meet someone new and in-person now, you end up trading text messages (calls are prohibited, apparently) and often exchange Facebook or Instagram profiles prior to an actual longer in-person meeting where sex might occur after that meeting. So the one-night stand is basically impossible.
And thanks to #metoo you won’t be hooking up with any female travelers from your workplace.
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer.
The only random hookups in the electronic age occur when the last evening flights get cancelled due to a weather event. If you can snag a nice hotel room near the airport before they sell out, and have time to strike up a nice conversation with a stranded traveler while they announce delay after delay before cancellation, you have a real shot at a 1970s style one-night stand when you mention you booked a room online while waiting and you are glad you did because everyone around you is saying they are sold out now.
I thought I had this going a year or two ago, when the nice girl announced after the cancellation that she was a local and was heading back home for the night. I wanted to slam my head down and yell Fuck. I guess I didn’t have it going since I got no invite back to her house or apartment. That is when it backfires to have said you booked a hotel room.