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[WombatEd2]

I believe he was talking about crossing into the USA.

I don't think so. He talks about BOTH "crossing in" and "crossing back".

Crossing in with a car takes so friggin' long ... Crossing back, even with Sentri, can take infinitely long.

And, FWIW, I've never heard any of my friends complaining about "infinitely long" waits when they're crossing northbound with SENTRI, unless you consider 15 minutes to be infinite.

[Phordphan]

5. Best underrated small club not HK or Adelitas or Chicago.

There are several, but you will need have a reasonable amount of Spanish. Do you speak Spanish?

6. I'm thinking of driving and parking there wherever safe ofc. Good idea bad idea? Thoughts?

You said you'd be there Friday and Saturday. If you're thinking of crossing back on Sunday, forget it unless you're doing it in the evening, and probably in Otay. Non-SENTRI vehicle lanes are backed up for hours on Sundays. If you cross back in the early mornings, like 3 am or so, there won't be too much of a line. But if all you care about is the Zona Norte, walk across and use taxi / Uber.

[Phordphan]

I drive in about once a week, and the only delay I ever see is during the evening rush hour. At 1:00 PM on a weekday, there is never any delay, unless the customs officers want a closer look at what's in my SUV.

The last time I was pulled into secondary, I was hauling three 60-inch TVs. I had to pay 500 pesos import duty and was delayed by about 15-20 minutes.

If your car has nothing but personal effects, even if they do pull you in to secondary inspection, you will be on your way in two minutes.

I believe he was talking about crossing into the USA.

[WombatEd2]

Crossing in with a car takes so friggin' long

I drive in about once a week, and the only delay I ever see is during the evening rush hour. At 1:00 PM on a weekday, there is never any delay, unless the customs officers want a closer look at what's in my SUV.

The last time I was pulled into secondary, I was hauling three 60-inch TVs. I had to pay 500 pesos import duty and was delayed by about 15-20 minutes.

If your car has nothing but personal effects, even if they do pull you in to secondary inspection, you will be on your way in two minutes.

[Dogers69]

Hey,

I got a trip there lined up and will have the pleasure of being there Fri and Sat. I got some questions that are kind of specific and my general ones have been answered by reading.

1 is hotel cascadas worth it? Fairly cheap and right there LOL what's better? I hear you have to pay a fee to bring a girl up? How much and would I have to do it every time. Street girls / outcalls count too?

2. Is there a better hotel than cascadas?

3. I was thinking Airbnb or Velario hotel. Do the club girls / street girls have preference to love hotel or Airbnb / Velario.

4. Any recommended massage parlors.

5. Best underrated small club not HK or Adelitas or Chicago.

6. I'm thinking of driving and parking there wherever safe ofc. Good idea bad idea? Thoughts?

7. Website for outcalls?

Help a monger out and I'll report back.

Thanks in advance and feel free to PM.

Anyone who needs basic help like this, should 100% only be staying in Hong Kong hotel cascades, and 100% should be leaving the car in usa side. The amount of hours you would have to research how to deal with car crossing and police and street begfers and then where to park. Forget about it. If your new hotel velario is on a extremely dangerous street so much so the security guard didn't want me on the sidewalk waiting for a uber at noon. One walk around the block after dark on Amy Tijuana street can lead to disaster for a newbie especially.

[ClownDays]

Really, really? I will drive if I've going onwards to somewhere else. Crossing in with a car takes so friggin' long (I will cross on my bike, because I just zoom to the head of the line like all the locals). Crossing back, even with Sentri, can take infinitely long. Time is precious (and I hate waiting at customs with a bunch of idling cars) -- if I were going for a day, I think I would just park in a lot on the San Ysidro side and walk across.

I rarely ever travel exclusively to monger. In general, I'm already there doing something and fit a few sessions into my schedule. Unless you've got Sentri or GE, there's 0 reason to drive across to just hang out in the Zona for a night. It's a major liability.

[John Clayton]

... and when I go down there, I park somewhere in Zona Rio, and ...

Really, really? I will drive if I've going onwards to somewhere else. Crossing in with a car takes so friggin' long (I will cross on my bike, because I just zoom to the head of the line like all the locals). Crossing back, even with Sentri, can take infinitely long. Time is precious (and I hate waiting at customs with a bunch of idling cars) -- if I were going for a day, I think I would just park in a lot on the San Ysidro side and walk across.

[ClownDays]

Hey,

I got a trip there lined up and will have the pleasure of being there Fri and Sat. I got some questions that are kind of specific and my general ones have been answered by reading.

1 is hotel cascadas worth it? Fairly cheap and right there LOL what's better? I hear you have to pay a fee to bring a girl up? How much and would I have to do it every time. Street girls / outcalls count too?

With the VIP card if you want to stay in a hotel in the Zona, there's no better deal than HK. If you get your own overnight room, you do not have to pay to bring up any girls-- unless that's changed recently.

2. Is there a better hotel than cascadas?

What is your plan? If you want to party in the Zona and bang street girls and HK chicks, no. If you want to do anything with outcall sessions like escorts and stuff like that, Hotel Ticuan is the best way to go.

3. I was thinking Airbnb or Velario hotel. Do the club girls / street girls have preference to love hotel or Airbnb / Velario.

Club girls, in general, won't leave their club during their shifts unless you pay a massive fee. You can try and talk to them about doing something once their shift is over, in which case anything other than a rival club will be fine. You can try and talk a street girl into going to the Velario, but that's a hike from the alley, and I don't think you'll have any takers. Some Street girls will come to Cascadas if you pay them a bit extra, but not all will.

4. Any recommended massage parlors.

No. They all suck in Tijuana. Or at the very least, they're not worth the money.

5. Best underrated small club not HK or Adelitas or Chicago.

If you're asking this along with your other questions, IMO, you should not be thinking about anything other than those 3 in the Zona.

6. I'm thinking of driving and parking there wherever safe ofc. Good idea bad idea? Thoughts?

There are parking lots all over in the Zona. If you're staying there for a few days, and if your car is a concern, I would seriously look into Hotel Ticuan and just Uber or take cabs to the Zona to party and do your thing. I don't do overnights in the Zona any more, and when I go down there, I park somewhere in Zona Rio, and take a Taxi or Uber downtown, and then come back to my car.

7. Website for outcalls?

Google: cumintj, mexicolindobar, musastj, greysgirls, or https://goodgirls.catalog.to/s/goodgirls/goodgirls/cmh.

Help a monger out and I'll report back.

Thanks in advance and feel free to PM.

[YounGun3393]

Hey,

I got a trip there lined up and will have the pleasure of being there Fri and Sat. I got some questions that are kind of specific and my general ones have been answered by reading.

1 is hotel cascadas worth it? Fairly cheap and right there LOL what's better? I hear you have to pay a fee to bring a girl up? How much and would I have to do it every time. Street girls / outcalls count too?

2. Is there a better hotel than cascadas?

3. I was thinking Airbnb or Velario hotel. Do the club girls / street girls have preference to love hotel or Airbnb / Velario.

4. Any recommended massage parlors.

5. Best underrated small club not HK or Adelitas or Chicago.

6. I'm thinking of driving and parking there wherever safe ofc. Good idea bad idea? Thoughts?

7. Website for outcalls?

Help a monger out and I'll report back.

Thanks in advance and feel free to PM.

[Sol12]

I had a question but wasn't sure where to ask it. Did girls lower their rates during the 2008/2009 recession? I know some of you were around back then. Curious to know what happened to the sex work industry during the last recession.

The only time I remember rates going down or staying down was after 9/11. Tijuana turned into a ghost town in the tourist areas and those of us that still showed up were treated great. At that time CC was my favorite bar. Before 9/11 they had some girls trying to get guys for $80 when normal price was $60. After 9/11 they would be very happy with $60 and you could probably get many for less.

As another poster mentioned that this recession is different due to the inflation that is going with it. Prices on everything will be going up more next year so I'd bet on girls trying to actually raise prices instead of lowering prices.

[Clone8884]

I'd say there were more deals to be had simply because there were more girls around and the freelancers were in full swing. You could always get a $20 CIM / BBBJ from one of the freelancers to balance the books until the next session. Girls will always try to use an excuse to raise the prices. You just need to learn how to negotiate and most importantly WALK AWAY when they start uttering nonsense rules / prices.

Dang $20 BBBJ sounds nice. I am learning that walking away and not thinking with the small head down low is a good practice.

Wasn't around much then but did want to point out that this is probably much more of a unique situation then we had back then. This time around we're dealing not only with a recession but historic inflation, as well as still being in the midst of a pandemic. All three still have significant effects on the Zona Norte economy.

Yeah it seems like the economy nowadays is closer to the 1970's then 2008. Maybe some super old mongers can chime in who were here in 1970's? Haha.

[TjBrazil]

You can pre-book Ubers, I've never done it, but I'd imagine it would be fine to just arrange one the day before and so long as you've made it across the border in time, easy to align with. Can't imagine why you wouldn't just take the blue line though, it starts running way early.

Does blue line start at 4:45 also what trolley stop do I get off to get a Uber to the airport or do the busses run early enough to catch one to the airport. I don't remember all the connections anymore since Uber was invented.

[Azfriole]

Let me restate my post. I don't think it was written correctly. I want to know if I can catch a Uber in San ysidro to the San Diego airport after I cross from Mexico at 4 am. I know I can find a taxi in Tijuana at 4 am. I see them honking that late but if push comes to shove I will just make an appointment like someone said. I'm worried there will be no Ubers in San Diego at 4 am. I researched the blue line on the trolley starts at 445 am. I guess I could take that if no uber shows up. Has anyone gone to the airport from San ysidro at 4 to 5 in the morning.

I've been able to get an uber at that time before 4 and 5 am. Wasn't an issue but I would think there's some business for drivers at that time in the morning for crosses trying to get to work in the US.

[BrotherMouzone]

Let me restate my post. I don't think it was written correctly. I want to know if I can catch a Uber in San ysidro to the San Diego airport after I cross from Mexico at 4 am. I know I can find a taxi in Tijuana at 4 am. I see them honking that late but if push comes to shove I will just make an appointment like someone said. I'm worried there will be no Ubers in San Diego at 4 am. I researched the blue line on the trolley starts at 445 am. I guess I could take that if no uber shows up. Has anyone gone to the airport from San ysidro at 4 to 5 in the morning.

I've had no experience with this. BUT I have had experience with a taxi rushing me from the San Ysidro border to the airport at 7/8 am in the morning so I could make my flight on time. Got extremely drunk my last night in Tijuana a few years ago and overslept. Woke up in my hotel at Cascadas around 2 hours before my flight was set to take off LOL. Packed all my shit quick and jumped in the first taxi to the border. By the grace of god there was pretty much zero line at the border at that time for whatever reason (took me maybe 15 minutes total to get through) but I still wasn't going to make it in time taking my usual route of trolley and I didn't have Uber / Lyft set up on my phone back then. But I did see a few taxis lined up on the side when existing the border screening area so I waived the first one over. Guy told me he could get me to the airport for $60 so I went with it since I really had no other options. He sped through traffic a bit but I did end up barely making my flight in time LOL.

So worst case scenario there should at least be some taxis on the USA Side of the border around as they're anticipating there will be some who need rides ASAP with the trolley not being available at that time.

[CurryMonster]

Has anyone ever crossed the border to San Diego at 4 or 5 in the morning and had a problem catching a Uber that early. I'm really sick of waiting in line to cross back so I decided to book a flight from San Diego at 6 or 7 am. That means I have to cross at 4 or 5 am. Any advice or actual experience with this. Thanks.

You can pre-book Ubers, I've never done it, but I'd imagine it would be fine to just arrange one the day before and so long as you've made it across the border in time, easy to align with. Can't imagine why you wouldn't just take the blue line though, it starts running way early.