Price Difference and hotel
Blacky: for starters call the hotels directly, internet and email isn't all that in Ethiopia.
Girls. If you want short time with a working girl, then she'll start off at 500 or 600 birr and accept 300.
If you're a bit thick, or can't negotiate well, or can't tell the difference when they say they're not working, and they just want a $100 present for rent\doctors\mothers medical bill then you can easily pay that much.
Possibly you like to think you're in a "relationship" with a non-working girl, in which case you will have to pay more to enjoy this role play.
Some people just don't get the difference in pricing, equating how much they pay in a US strip bar for just looking, and maybe paying a bit less in addis thinking they've got a bargain. The name for these people is "idiots", and they really don't get anything more than my 300 birr ride. An orgasm is an orgasm (I'm tallking about yours, not hers).
Other people believe there is a linear relationship between the amount paid and services rendered. They will go to developing countries and pay triple, quadruple the rate then expect some kind of quadruple service in return. Which in these personal services is absolutely kaka, in fact the girls doesn't respect you as an over-payer is a proven mark, but it does go some way to explaining the cost differentials stated.
Key facts:
1. A trip to Addis and the chechnya area and other areas at night aren't for the faint-hearted.
2. Monthly wage around $50. And a lot aren't employed.
3. Working girls will expect around 300 after negotiation. If you're poor at negotiating STAY HOME!
4. Electricity is off usually between 8pm-10pm dependent on many (unexplained) circumstances.
5. The native cuisine is largely dreadful (curry eaten by hands) and could give you worms. (raw meat eaten by hand). Fortunately recent economic development has brought a wider range of western options.
6. YMMV. Many many girls will try for a shot at the "relationship" role play, if there's even the slightest possibility of them & family getting out.
7. Its entirely possible to give far more money to a girl, she's not going to say no. Therefore stab-in-the-dark offers of $100 will be gratefully accepted. Actually if you do that they'll probably say, that $150 is the going rate, therefore for $100 no kissing, or something, forceing you to her upsell game, she'll know you are green as grass and ready for a wallet lightening experience. They will use a technique known as "lying".
8. If you absolutely have to have the stunner 9/10 thats floating round the bar restaurant, cafe disco etc, who knows you're drooling, then you'll have to pay her price. This sets the tems of reference for your "relationship" with her, and don't expect it to get any cheaper.
OK, having said that its perfectly possible to meet a non-working girl, have a relationship based on mutual whatever, and have a great life, but as this is a forum that specialises in Prostitution I'd think that kind of stuff is a tad off-topic.