Not sure if it is standard tactics to be honest. The ladies can charge whatever they want to charge. There are different ways to look at this in my mind.
If you think about the $180 range girls from Montreal being shipped to Ottawa and then have a hour rate of $300 tagged to them, this may you make you feel better lol. At least Courtesans markets themselves at $250/hr in Montreal.
In the old days when Courtesan was at its prime, I am pretty sure I paid them at $300/hr in Montreal but the ladies were quite different then. Bianka bought the lists and the rights of the web site back and brought up Courtesans again last year so she is very new in running an actual agency business as opposed to just being a SP in the past.
She may not have enough experiences in running thru the numbers thru her head or going thru a model to find her maximum return for Ottawa. Maybe she did and $300/hr is what will get her and the lady on tour the maximum return. Who knows, maybe they will change back to $250 or offer some early bird discounts like GOE does after letting things run for a while.
Either way, if Axel or Ophelie comes here and if I am in town, I definitely would not mind coming out of retirement to catch up with them again. What was Ophelie's name used to be again???? Axel is always fun to be with especially with the mood I am in these days. She always put a great smile on my face and cracked me up laughing in no time.
Mable said:
These are the standard tactics for those touring with Ottawa included for a stop. If you notice their web indicates they charge $300/hr for Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary. Makes sence as they have a much farther distance to travel at greater cost. One would think that Ottawa would have the same rates as Toronto or Montreal, especially given that Toronto is a much more expensive city. Why we are more expensive than Toronto has always made me wonder. But it seems to be standard practice for the touring ladies to bump up the rates for Ottawa, many times much more than in all the other cities they frequent. Strange? Well, it has become standard business practice here and clearly there are enough who do not mind.