How I afford multiple yearly trips to Frankfurt
[QUOTE=DonMedellin;2819422]Not Sharks related, but I am curious, what do you all do for living? I can only afford to go to Europe once in several years, that's why I've been going to South America. I want to make more money. Is anyone willing to share how you afford on spending hundreds per session, and session after session? My DM is also open, so maybe drop me a Hi? Thanks![/QUOTE]Don.
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I can only speak about myself, but here is how I afford 2 yearly trips to Frankfurt. And I've been doing it for almost 20 years and I'm now 44. I'm a software engineer, I make 6 figures and usually perform consulting jobs that last 3-7 months which allow me to have a break in between jobs.
Travel -.
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I've used my points to purchase airline tickets almost yearly since I first got the card and I use my card for everything and pay the bill off every month.
On their travel booking portal site I look for the cheapest (lowest point) flight from San Francisco to Frankfurt and it usually ranges from 22 K-35 K points for a one way. Their portal works similar to Orbitz, Travelocity, etc. And you can look at flights over an entire month and see what day in the month has the cheapest (lowest points) flights.
Icelandic Air (out of business now) used to run 1 way flights from San Francisco to Frankfurt for $230 one way. Many times I would just save my points because the flight was so cheap or use my points on just the return trip.
Travel advice. Constantly scan the internet for cheap travel tickets. Use a combination of cheap tickets with travel points and save yourself those expensive costs like me.
Hotel -.
This would normally be the second most expensive part of your trip, if you stayed in hotels. I almost always stay at Hostels ([URL]Hostels.com[/URL]), not hotels and you can get a bed in most Frankfurt hostels for 25 Euro / night.
Airbnb just advertised a new service they have where you can rent single rooms in a house / apartment so I'm currently checking those out for my next Euro trip (Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Zurich).
A lot of the hostels also include a cheap continental breakfast so that will also save you money. And on most days where I visit an FKK, I show up in the early afternoon when lunch is still being served and I eat at least 2-3 times before I leave, so that takes care of lunch and dinner.
Hotel advice. In addition to constantly scanning the internet for cheap flights, I also keep track of prices for hostels and sometimes hotels (simple search on days I might travel), as they change depending on the time of year and if there is a convention in town. So I'm always looking!
Transportation. Most guys will call a taxi, Uber or rent a car to get around and that can add up. Not me!
I usually book my hostel (5 Elements Hostel Frankfurt) right near the Frankfurt main train station (hauptbahnhof).
From this station I can take the light rail to Mainhatten, the subway (with only 1 transfer) to Palace and intercity rail (2 stops) right to Darmstadt station then only a short 12 min taxi ride to Sharks. Oase used to have a free shuttle that would pick you up right in front of the main station and drop you off at Oase for free, but has stopped running it since Covid. You can take the train to Oase, which I did a few months ago, but it's a little more involved and ended up having to take a taxi back to Frankfurt which cost me 50 Euros.
Transporation advice. Try and stay near the main train stations as most Euro transportation is cheap, fast and accessable. So learn the train schedules (all online). I usually just use google search and google does a GREAT job of showing all trains, buses, routes and schedules. So you don't miss the last train from Sharks to Frankfurt at 1:42 AM.
Clubs costs -.
I'll admit hitting a club at least every other day for a multiple week trip can add up, but I try and maximize the entrance fee by eating multiple times and using the facilities, shower, sauna, etc.
Club advice. You aren't going to get around the admission costs, but you can look online at the clubs websites and almost all clubs have some discount times or days where they will reduce the entrance cost (ex. 50 E down from 65 E if you show up before 2 PM or discount Wednesdays, Sundays, etc) and many clubs outside Frankfurt have a cheaper entrance fee than the Hessen (Frankfurt) clubs.
Girl costs -.
This is my most expensive cost for each trip. If you read everything above you can see I skimp on all other costs so I can spend the most in this area. And as I stated above I'm now 44, but when I was 24-37 I could easily do 5-6 rooms per FKK visit, with costs of 50 E for entrance, 50 E per 30 min (which always included BBBJ), which would be roughly $300/ visit. Now with the increase in prices from a standard 50 E for 30 min to most women wanting 100 Euro for 30 min (including BBBJ) I usually only do 2-3 rooms. This price increase is due in part to the 2017 law that was passed by the German Gov't. If you want more info you can PM me as I have posted about this multiple times. Most punters on this site aren't familiar with this law and what it did to the punting world and try to attribute the increase in prices to tourists, but they're wrong!
Girl advice. Calculate how much you want to spend on the girls (ex. How many visits per vacation, how many girls per visit, plus entrance fee and transportation to get to the club). There are still lots of girls that will give you 50 E for min sessions in the Hessen clubs but you have to negotiate and most of them will be day shifters. Once the club starts filling up around 7-8 PM the girls shift and all demand 100. I do lots of negotiating now, as I'm so familiar with the old 50 E pricing that I can get lots of the girls to settle for 50 after I've worn them down for a while. My trick is to watch them and see how in demand they are, if they are going into the rooms a lot, they will demand 100, but if you see a girl that has been sitting around for the last 1-2 hours with no rooms, you can in many cases talk her down to 50 if it's later in the night and it looks like she needs the money. But it all depends on your negotiating skills.
Hope this advice helps -.
BPB.
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[QUOTE=BackpackBrian;2819790]Don.
Disclaimer -.
I can only speak about myself, but here is how I afford 2 yearly trips to Frankfurt. And I've been doing it for almost 20 years and I'm now 44. I'm a software engineer, I make 6 figures and usually perform consulting jobs that last 3-7 months which allow me to have a break in between jobs.
Travel -.
The most expensive part of your trip will be travel costs. So, get yourself a [URL]Citi.com[/URL] credit card with travel rewards that earn 1 travel point for every dollar you spend..[/QUOTE]Interesting is, when I don't think you use to go always with same girl like me when I'm happy when I succeed to find one elegant attractive even among quantity at Sharks, so now only half of girls will get your cheap grocery business compare to old rate, when I will go only with who make me dream and will try to build high love sex level meaning fluent really French kiss and not limited foreplay, I don't pay for lower level.