General Reports

[WanderingMan]

I am traveling to San Diego this week and plan a weekend trip to Tijuana. Is anyone going to be heading down to Tijuana this weekend? If so, send a message.

[GolfSexRroll]

So I just tell the cabbie to take me to "Zona Norte"? He'll understand that?

Thanks for your help.

Just tell the Cab Driver Hong Kong and $5. (or 50 pesos if you have them) and hop in the FRONT seat. They ALL know where to go.

[Coyote79]

Was this a Yellow cab? Taxi Libre?

$60 for a room? $160 - $250 for an hour? Those prices are insanely high. After all these years I thought I'd heard all the Tijuana ripoff scams, but I was wrong.

So I just tell the cabbie to take me to "Zona Norte"? He'll understand that?

Thanks for your help.

[Coyote79]

I pay $35.00 for a good professional deep tissue massage here in the USA Max rate at some places might be 60.

Why would you pay $60. In T-J? You also over paid on the girl. Street girl is $20. For quickie and bar girl is $50-$60.

As for your Taxi I have no idea where you went so can't comment on that.

The prices are only high if your willing to pay high prices.

Thank-you for your response. . .
I think we're using different terminology. . . I've never gotten a massage. . .

I'm a Juarez monger, and there a massage parlor (MP) is a brothel with a shower.

[ClamSlammer]

I crossed into Tijuana to take care of some errands and figured I could have a little fun.

Then it hit me. I forgot my passport. I only have my CA driver license.

Am I screwed? I always have my passport. I'm a US citizen, born in the US not naturalized, and I obviously have a valid passport, just not on me. I have absolutely no one who can bring me my passport or birth certificate, but might be able to have someone fax me scanned copies, I just can'take count on it.

Any feedback or people with similar experiences please reply. I would love to hang out for a few days, but sadly I have work obligations to meet and need to get back to San Diego by tomorrow morning.

You have nothing to worry about. They'll let you back with just your DL. They'll give you quite a lecture and try to scare you but they'll eventually let you through, especially if it's your first time. They're going to ask you all sorts of questions though like what hospital you were born, etc. But allow an extra 15 min for all the questioning.

[HorseTrader]

Then it hit me. I forgot my passport. I only have my CA driver license.

I've worried about this happening to me, or perhaps losing it while I'm in Mexico. I keep a scanned copy on my phone and a copy on the cloud. I don't know if that will do me any good if I ever need it, but I figure it can't hurt.

For your current situation, perhaps just go to the border and give it a try. I'd start by talking to the guard at the SENTRI entrance at the big turnstile. He can at least tell you where to go.

Others have reported that your drivers license is all you need, but I don't know that to be true from personal experience.

Good luck with it and let us know what happens.

[Thedude8521]

I crossed into Tijuana to take care of some errands and figured I could have a little fun.

Then it hit me. I forgot my passport. I only have my CA driver license.

Am I screwed? I always have my passport. I'm a US citizen, born in the US not naturalized, and I obviously have a valid passport, just not on me. I have absolutely no one who can bring me my passport or birth certificate, but might be able to have someone fax me scanned copies, I just can'take count on it.

Any feedback or people with similar experiences please reply. I would love to hang out for a few days, but sadly I have work obligations to meet and need to get back to San Diego by tomorrow morning.

[FlapJacK]

THE GOOD:
Found a fairly attractive provider who gave me an hour of excellent GFE service.

THE BAD:
$35 for the cabbie.
$60 for the massage room.
$120 for the girl.

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I pay $35.00 for a good professional deep tissue massage here in the USA Max rate at some places might be 60.

Why would you pay $60. In T-J? You also over paid on the girl. Street girl is $20. For quickie and bar girl is $50-$60.

As for your Taxi I have no idea where you went so can't comment on that.

The prices are only high if your willing to pay high prices.

[Phordphan]

IDK the name of the MP. There were two rooms with a shower, and two rooms w / o one. The manager said the rooms w / o a shower were $50 an hour, and the rooms with a shower were $60 for an hour. He said I would need to negotiate with the girl separately.

The cabbie drove me around for about 2 hours to three different MPs. I gave him a $5 tip.

One MP we went to gave me a price menu book were the prices were listed between $160-250 dlls per hour.

I'm used to paying $30-40 at the MPs in Juarez, so Tijuana gave me quite a sticker-shock.

Ah well, newbies always pay more.

Was this a Yellow cab? Taxi Libre?

Did you just get into the cab and ask him to take you to a massage parlor?

You've already figured this out, but Tijuana isn't a good place for massage. Outside of the couple legit ones on Revu, I can only think of two. Mermaids in the Zona and the one across from Ticuan, also called Mermaids I think. I'm sure there are others, as you found out, but they are few and far between.

As they were so difficult to find, they must not cater to the gringo trade. That must mean they are geared to locals. Elite locals. But nobody catering to elite locals could ever be described as "fairly attractive. " At those rates they should make the Tecate Edecanes look like fishwives.

$60 for a room? $160 - $250 for an hour? Those prices are insanely high. After all these years I thought I'd heard all the Tijuana ripoff scams, but I was wrong.

But, at the end of the day you minimized your losses to some degree. Craigslist has a lot of women who want $120 for an hour, although I'm not sure I'd describe them as "fairly attractive. " A nice short-time hotel is between $25 and $50, depending on location, Jacuzzi, etc. So, you lost the amount of the cab and about $30 on the room. Actually, all things considered, a cheap lesson.

[ItsMeBeyatch]

Last time I went to a massage parlor was in San Francisco ca. This is the exact price I paid for 1 he of service. You sir were probably roped off.

THE GOOD:
Found a fairly attractive provider who gave me an hour of excellent GFE service.

THE BAD:
$35 for the cabbie.
$60 for the massage room.
$120 for the girl.

THE UGLY:
Wading through the mass of humanity & traffic on the border, as well as the hour it took to actually find the pedestrian entrance.

With these sky-high prices, I don't really see the advantage of mongering in TJ.

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[Guitarrefreak]

I hope you busted a good nut anyway.

Mermaids across the street for las chavelas in la zona has been a few hits for me.

There was a period of time I used to bang a chick there who reminds me of melanie iglesias (I would reference another asian celebrity but you guys will be like huh?

Room was 35 + 80 for the chick for 1 HR of GFE.

I would not trust the cabbies to take me to any massage parlor.

THE GOOD:
Found a fairly attractive provider who gave me an hour of excellent GFE service.

THE BAD:
$35 for the cabbie.
$60 for the massage room.
$120 for the girl.

THE UGLY:
Wading through the mass of humanity & traffic on the border, as well as the hour it took to actually find the pedestrian entrance.

With these sky-high prices, I don't really see the advantage of mongering in TJ.

[Coyote79]

Can you give a few details? What massage place? Where is it located that cost so much to get there?

IDK the name of the MP. There were two rooms with a shower, and two rooms w / o one. The manager said the rooms w / o a shower were $50 an hour, and the rooms with a shower were $60 for an hour. He said I would need to negotiate with the girl separately.

The cabbie drove me around for about 2 hours to three different MPs. I gave him a $5 tip.

One MP we went to gave me a price menu book were the prices were listed between $160-250 dlls per hour.

I'm used to paying $30-40 at the MPs in Juarez, so Tijuana gave me quite a sticker-shock.

Ah well, newbies always pay more.

[Phordphan]

THE GOOD:
Found a fairly attractive provider who gave me an hour of excellent GFE service.

THE BAD:
$35 for the cabbie.
$60 for the massage room.
$120 for the girl.

THE UGLY:
Wading through the mass of humanity & traffic on the border, as well as the hour it took to actually find the pedestrian entrance.

With these sky-high prices, I don't really see the advantage of mongering in TJ.

Can you give a few details? What massage place? Where is it located that cost so much to get there?

[GolfSexRroll]

THE GOOD:
Found a fairly attractive provider who gave me an hour of excellent GFE service.

THE BAD:
$35 for the cabbie.
$60 for the massage room.
$120 for the girl.

THE UGLY:
Wading through the mass of humanity & traffic on the border, as well as the hour it took to actually find the pedestrian entrance.

With these sky-high prices, I don't really see the advantage of mongering in TJ.

WOW. EVERYONE must of seen you coming! You must of been giving off Noobee vibes! BIG TIME.

[ClamSlammer]

THE GOOD:
Found a fairly attractive provider who gave me an hour of excellent GFE service.

THE BAD:
$35 for the cabbie.
$60 for the massage room.
$120 for the girl.

THE UGLY:
Wading through the mass of humanity & traffic on the border, as well as the hour it took to actually find the pedestrian entrance.

With these sky-high prices, I don't really see the advantage of mongering in TJ.

$35 for the cabbie? Where did you go? Tecate and back roundtrip? $3-$7 should get you anywhere between ZN, Centro, Zona Rio and the love motels on Via Rapida.