Phuket Reports

Yes that is pathetically expensive.. considering the Baht is ridiculously strong at the moment around 34-37 per 1 USD..

3500-4500 for 90mins (or outrageous requests for around the 10,000 mark which I've read here and elsewhere) is basically approaching what I would pay at home, or in a Western country, let alone a 3rd world island full of rice farmers' daughters, or dead-end tourist town.

I'll check this out and report myself when I get there in 2 weeks.

[QUOTE=Mandiri]Was doing a drive in Phuket town at night the other day with taxi and a local guide and was shocked at pricing in the MP's / fishbowls kind of place. Fantasia, which seems to be the high-end place in Phuket town, prices its chicks at 3,500 for a 90mn session (take-away to your hotel possible and all-nighter priced at 4,500 Baths). All the other ones are in a range between 1,900 B (the cheapest that I found) to, well, this 3,500 B. Expensive, isn't it?

In the end,I did not go for anything, I thought it was just too pricey.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Mandiri]Was with taxi and a local guide and was shocked at pricing in the MP's / fishbowls kind of place. Fantasia, prices its chicks at 3,500 for a 90mn session (take-away to your hotel possible and all-nighter priced at 4,500 Baths). Expensive, isn't it?

In the end,I did not go for anything, I thought it was just too pricey.[/QUOTE]1. Was with taxi and local guide? So what did you expect?! These guys will not take kick backs? The more they can fleece you, the more kickback they get.

2. If you would RTFF - and read my post on fantasia (besides others) - you would have read that even I over paid the last time at Fantasia, paying 2,400 whilst the correct price should have been 1,900. Remember, its these gals' and their Mommies' DUTY to get the customer to pay as much as they can wrangle from them. And its your duty as a monger to try to get a fair deal.

SE Asia Joe

Name: Joey (24 y.o Chinese from Ipoh)

Look: 9.5/10 cute type and real beauty especially close up!

Boobs: A cup, but overall her body is curvy and so fit!! Got butt this time (unlike PRC)
Catbath: 9/10, until toes
BJ: 8/10 inclusive great ball sucking!
AR: YES & good!
GFE: 9.5/10 Really friendly which is unusual/hard to find for such a pretty WL! She is the very cute & young type, at least not those 'money minded' WL, she gives u real good GFE!
Overall: 9/10 worthwhile at only RM188!! Great GFE + Excellence service + Stunning look!!

Will try out this sexy Flora next time. Saw her sexy mouth + vain look in bikini while I about to leave, her boobs look so SOLID with her tiny waist!

Too high of prices makes me want to stay away worse than the dangers in other areas of LOS! WOW, that is crazy. Has to be the taxi tour guide. Last time I was there, your pick for freelancers 2k no haggle, 1,500 with a bit of haggle. Some asked for 4k, but 2k was normal.

[QUOTE=Mandiri]The taxi driver will take a cut. In your opinion and experience, by how much would a taxi driver contribute to the price going up?[/QUOTE]Minimum is about 500b and could be as much as 1000b (or more)

PT

[QUOTE=Mandiri]SE Asia Joe,

Got your points. I forgot to mention that my local guide is a personal Thai friend of mine so he is not in the business of fleecing me.

But you are right, the taxi driver will take a cut. In your opinion and experience, by how much would a taxi driver contribute to the price going up?

Also, we did the "walking away" tactic to test these Fantasia guys and test their pricing. They would not come down from 3, 500 be.- and this was about 30mn before closure with plenty of gals available. Go and figure.[/QUOTE]Hate to belabor the point - but even if he's a "personal Thai Friend of mine" - the very fact that he does not drive his own car (or preferrably be driven around by his chauffeur) and need to go around with you in a taxi says a lot. It indicates to me that this "Thai Friend" of yours most probably is not the type/does not have the wherewithall to be a regular at Fantasia - well known in Phuket as being one of the top clubs in Phuket. What are the chances that a "Regular Joe Thai" befriending a Farang/foreigner would mind being able to make a few baht on the side. Yowich, sorry guy. Just had to say it!

Hate being a bit of an elitist - but that is just what Thai society is all about.

Take it from me - I've had to learn the hard way on this score.

SE Asia Joe

[QUOTE=Hah Baht]Just over 20 bucks in low season and 40 or so in high season. Expensive? Wow.[/QUOTE]O. K. Let me make that clear: I can (and did) strongly recommend the summer breeze to the readers of this forum. I stayed there a year ago for weeks and had a great time. The staff is good (though I never got an long island ice tea looking like wodka. She forgeot the coke.) and friendly, bill helps a lot and especially the nighthy is just great. Maybe I got a bad room (no real window and very small) for the category. But the kind of room I had I can get cheaper. And because I will stay just for some days in patong I decided to look for something else. Summer Breeze has reasonable prices. I just don't need the additional "service" factor. Just a room for the day. So it's just a question of personal favor/needs and travel style. Nothing against the breeze.

Phuket (Patong Beach) is cheaper than Bangkok.

The current price for beautifull girls Bar girls in Phuket is 1000 ST and 1500 LT . As there are about 10 girls for 1 customer and about 2 beautifull girls for 1 customer, it's easy to negotiate. I went to some bars where the girls which were not ugly had no customer night after night.

In discos you can get a cheaper price than the above price.

One of my best experience was a young girl at Tiger Disco asking 500 for ST.

Avoid massage parlors.

Great confirmation, this is my experience on pricing. You by chance are not from LA are you? If so, we hung out at Banana and stayed at the upscale Avantika.

Are you gonna share the other hotel you stayed in? Cost? Quality of room, etc.

Thanks!

[QUOTE=Meal Soy Hooing]Are you gonna share the other hotel you stayed in? Cost? Quality of room, etc.

Thanks![/QUOTE]I will stay for 5 days at the beach road in. It was recommendend by some people who seem to have the same standards and attitude as I have. I just want a quit hotel near the beach. I chose the see-room for 1. 200 a night. As I am very exhausted by work and sickness in this strange german winter I assume to be I'll anyway. As I will meet my girl from last year (shame on me) who has a "usable" appartment I do not worry the joiner fee too much.

By the way. I will arrive in patong next Friday and will stay there for a week. Then I'll go to Pattaya for some days. If anybody of your folks will be there. Let's meet. (it's my girl from last year. Not my girlfirend)

(Apologies in advance for experience Phuket mongerers, this was my first experiences in Phuket last week, I thought it may be useful information anyhow for those of us not so Phuket-experienced)

Went to the Taipan discotheque (Patong) the other night (Saturday night). Went there at about 10pm, there wasn't so many people there despite the live band. People started to come in about 11pm with lots of chicks coming in in groups of 2 or 3. This is a great place to meet some of these freelancers (vs the purely "domesticated pets" (sorry to say, but so it is) of those fishbowls and MP's), have a chat and a drink and then pick up. Picked up a nice girl by the name of Fa, visiting Phuket for a couple of weeks from Bangkok where she lives. Talked with her for about 1 hour, had a couple drinks, then brought her back to my hotel and banged and had a two-shoter. Great BBBJ skills. In the morning, she even sewed some buttons of my trousers which had fallen off.- and all this very GFE. Really nice girl. So all in all, this Taipan is a great place for an (easy) hunt. Enjoy.

I was a bit quick in my previous post. What I mean is that the 1000 ST/1500 LT tariff is not an average price, but a maximum price. I haven't tried the GoGo girls, but I wasn't impressed by their beauty either.

Meal Soy Hooing, I'm afraid it was not me. I don't go often to Banana as there is too much smoke and it's too hot after a while (I suspect the dico's management to do it on purpose in order to induce customers to spend more on drinks).

Three families with college age daughters planning a Christmas break. Probably in the Kata area. Need some recommendations on moderate to high end accommodations (preferably geared toward the family trade). Will be making solo trips on the side, of course. Thanks

Taipan is a great place to begin the night. There is a band and enough room to find a sit while waiting for 1 am, when most girls begin to go to disco. However, most girls are too old (especially the ones who come early), and from 1 am it gets too hot and full of smoke. That's usually the time I leave to go to Tiger to find younger girls and better aircon.

I'm currently in Phuket. It's still quite full at the end of March and girls are not as much starving for men as I though. But Phuket is still a buyers' market.
Yesterday, I talked to one girl who had a starfish attitude, although she was not that beautiful. First she wanted 2000 LT, then she wanted to go at once and not wait (I guess she wanted to make a quickie and then go back to see her friends), so I said Bye Bye. I found another one who was just as beautiful 10 mn later for 1200 LT. She was very happy and very nice.