Short Term Gains - Long Term Pains
[QUOTE=Globe Trots]Hi,
The idea is to hit the railway stations (I would recommend Victoria as being the safest, not safe, just safest. Euston and Paddington are also possibilities, and I would strongly recommend against trying Kings Cross / St. Pancreas) reasonably late, say at about 12.30am, and look around. There will be quite a few SWs hanging around. Target the younger ones (duh), who look exceptionally cold and miserable (now, this is clearly a strategy which is more effective in the colder season). Just give them a meaningful glance and they will approach. They will obviously give you some ridiculous opening price, perhaps GBP200 for ST, but just explain that you've just arrived in London and don't have that kind of money in GBP. Instead offer something much much lower, say GBP50 for overnight, drop that you're staying somewhere nice, and offer to include breakfast into the deal. Considering that the SW you've targetted is poor, desperate, hungry AND cold, you can get away with it. [/QUOTE]
Globe Trots,
this is absolute madness. You are definately living the dangerous life ! I'm not sure which part of the world you live in but you just should not do this sort of thing in London. I've lived here all my life and would just like to outline some of the dangers:
1) Robbed by 'poor, desperate' sw.
2) Robbed by SW's dodgy friends waiting around the corner.
3) Speaking to wrong person and getting done for soliciting / harrasment.
4) Trying to pick up undercover vice police.
5) contracting HIV / other STI's
the list could go on and on.
If you're looking for a night's easy sex in London for 50GBP then there are a couple of options. Try going as the last customer of the day to a 'massage parlour' in some of the less glamorous areas (try Streatham, Kilburn, Hackney or Willesden), these places are advertised in classifieds of London's local newspapers (South London Press, Kilburn Times, Ham&High etc) - if you offer the girl a night in a nice hotel room with food & drink you'd be suprised how many of them will say yes. Secondly try some of the telephone sex lines, get a girl who lives in London & make your offer "do you want to make a bit more money and have a night out ?" - this has worked for me three times. Finally go and talk to some of the more likely guys in pubs in some of London's more likely areas - try Commercial St in Shoreditch, Caledonian Rd behind Kings X or Sussex Gardens area in Paddington - these guys will be able to sort you out.
Ultimately, if you're staying in a posh central London hotel and are willing to shell out 50GBP on drinks you shouldn't have any trouble persuading girls in clubs to come back with you for the night. Try The Roadhouse in Covent Garden, Zoo Bar in Leicester Square, The Church/Backpackers on Sunday afternoon in NW5/NW1, 333 in Shoreditch. Brit girls are not prudish and girls in clubs are out for a good time. A night in a 5* hotel and saving the cab fare home definately constitutes a good time !!
Please please don't put yourself at danger using your strategy, London is a pretty dangerous city (higher crime rate than New York) - maybe you should shell out a few more quid for safety's sake, your strategy could lose you a lot more in the long run !