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He must be Ivy League: he knows the adjective is "dominant," not "dominate."

I was with an escort not too long ago who told me he started with an agent who had been a hookup for $. The agent set him up on RM with the appropriate profile and pics and took a commission for the first few months. Sort of like a real estate agent. The agent continued to get some serious discounts from the escort. After about 6 months they terminated the arrangement and the agent moved on. The escort told me it was very satisfactory from his view as he didn’t make any newbie errors and is now well established with great reviews.

I would hire Alex Mecum or Cade Maddox and have actually tried when they were placing ads on RM for Montreal. Neither responded on RM when I messaged them. I understand Mecum’s boyfriend lives in Montreal and advertises on RM but only as a bottom. He’s a hottie too.

I should have also said erotic for me means the masseur is fully naked.

I’ve had many massages over the years, from therapeutic, to sensual and erotic. I distinguish between sensual and erotic as follows and I make my expectations clear with the masseur before engaging him. Sensual is where the masseur may be scantily clad as in a jock strap or tiny briefs and I am fully nude on the table. I expect full touching on his part on all my body parts and stimulation but I do not expect to touch his private parts. I do like to caress his thighs, his arms and hands and belly and chest when in range. A happy ending should be included if requested by me. An erotic is at a higher level of contact. It includes all of the above plus can include kissing, not necessarily on the lips but for instance on my neck, back or other parts or vice versa. Does not include penetration but full body contact such as where the masseur lies on my back and rubs up and down. His penis may tease my butt cheeks. I think of erotic massage as like foreplay before the main event with a BFE. Hence I may caress his cock but not suck it. Some erotic massages end up as full service BFE but usually entails moving to a higher fee if the masseur requests and I agree on the amount. All massages should cover my entire body with good techniques. At the end I want to feel full body relaxation no matter what the level.

I was with an escort not too long ago who told me he started with an agent who had been a hookup for $. The agent set him up on RM with the appropriate profile and pics and took a commission for the first few months. Sort of like a real estate agent. The agent continued to get some serious discounts from the escort. After about 6 months they terminated the arrangement and the agent moved on. The escort told me it was very satisfactory from his view as he didn’t make any newbie errors and is now well established with great reviews.

You must've been lucky to catch him on a 28.57% day.

rentmen.eu is king! Plenty of escorts there.

I should have also said erotic for me means the masseur is fully naked.

I’ve had many massages over the years, from therapeutic, to sensual and erotic. I distinguish between sensual and erotic as follows and I make my expectations clear with the masseur before engaging him. Sensual is where the masseur may be scantily clad as in a jock strap or tiny briefs and I am fully nude on the table. I expect full touching on his part on all my body parts and stimulation but I do not expect to touch his private parts. I do like to caress his thighs, his arms and hands and belly and chest when in range. A happy ending should be included if requested by me. An erotic is at a higher level of contact. It includes all of the above plus can include kissing, not necessarily on the lips but for instance on my neck, back or other parts or vice versa. Does not include penetration but full body contact such as where the masseur lies on my back and rubs up and down. His penis may tease my butt cheeks. I think of erotic massage as like foreplay before the main event with a BFE. Hence I may caress his cock but not suck it. Some erotic massages end up as full service BFE but usually entails moving to a higher fee if the masseur requests and I agree on the amount. All massages should cover my entire body with good techniques. At the end I want to feel full body relaxation no matter what the level.

In fact you can still get 2X4’s which are as advertised. The Amish people still hand cut them that way in Upper New York State and I have a potting shed made with them. They match the lumber in my house built in 1866.

I think that if you search the threads @DrownedBoy you'll find this topic has been discussed several times. 4 key points before I answer your question.
 
1. IME of many trips with various companions (paid and unpaid), communication beforehand is critical - you must spell out what you expect to do, what your plans are, what frequency of sex you expect etc.
 
2. You MUST have at least one overnight date with a guy before you go on a week‘s trip together. Otherwise, the risks are too great that you’ll be arguing and incompatible and spoil an expensive trip. And at least, you’ll know whether he snores.
 
3. I have a fondness for muscleboys so I always chose a hotel with a good gym or got day-passes to a great gym nearby. And be sure to allow the guy to have a couple of hours on his own each day.
 
4. It‘s easier to do this when you’ve already had an overnight date with the guy, but I’d spell out what I expected sexually. For me as a top, I’d say I enjoy having full sex for an hour or more late afternoon, then shower and change for dinner; I’d like to have a quick bout of sex before sleeping; and I like to get sucked off in the morning before breakfast.
 
Now as to rate, I’d always ask the guy to say what he felt was fair. I never had someone say 7xOvernight Rate. Generally I paid 2-3xOvernight Rate. Sometimes I paid nothing more than spending money locally. This had little to do with me but rather that I enjoy trips to glamorous places and longhaul destinations so the guy was often very keen to go with me. Examples include:
a superbly athletic guy who was keen on winter sports so he asked for nothing when I took him to the best Swiss resort one Winter;
several muscleboys (including a BelAmi guy) who wanted Winter Sun and travelled to Cape Town with me for $700 a week;
a muscleboy who was desperate to visit Australia with me for a month and asked for only $200 a week but suggested we have full sex only 3 nights a week (It worked quite well, and he used to surprise me with morning blowjobs to completion)
 
Of course, the good guys who were very obliging and keen to please me in bed always received gifts and extra benefits (eg surprise early morning surf trip for the keen surfer, private off-piste guide for 2 whole days for the expert skier, surprise short safari etc)

Shakespeare had the best response to that situation:
 
HAMLET - There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

And actually escorts are often more honest/accessible as well. One escort I was with let me know that he tested positive for chamydia when he got home and did his regular tests. He was very forthcoming with the details of where the infection occurred, how many partners he had before and after me and all that so I could make sure I was tested properly. He even checked up with me a couple days later to see how my tests came back. The reality is that a regular escort that you've built a good relationship with often cares more about his client's health than some random Grindr hookup.

With PrEP, I’m fine with bareback sex. In many cases the provider is on PrEP also, which is an added comfort. I’ve always performed and received oral without a condom. I’ve never had a provider suggest or request a condom. I never think about STIs which is my error and has bitten me once.

Quite frankly, random guys on Grindr are probably more problematic than escorts.
 
The working pros I know keep themselves fit, healthy and test regularly.
 
I can't say the same for Grindr trade.

Throughout the 10+ years of me being a provider, it has happened a handful of times when the client requested it. I had no problem to oblige. Nothing is 100% safe at the end of the day....

There’s another side to the story too. Today I had a client book a 2 hour session. He booked it 3 days ago and I had confirmed with him yesterday. I don’t see clients at my home, I use a studio which is about 45 minutes away. So I travelled to the studio and prepared only to have him message me 5 minutes before the start...in response to my text telling him to knock when he’s arrived...telling me he had hurt himself and wasn’t coming and oh he hadn’t had time to let me know. I should have learned because he’d booked a session a week ago and had again cancelled an hour before the start time with an excuse. I get it that stuff happens so I always give the benefit of the doubt once. But not twice. I’m sure that he changed his mind and just didn’t bother to think to let me know. To him I’m just some guy who is disposable. I kick myself because the signs were there....too many questions, an off hand attitude to the arrangements, telling me he’s straight and wants to explore. I guess he enjoyed the thought of it and got scared at going ahead. I get it but just have the decency to tell me beforehand. I turned down other clients because I was busy. Well his number is now shared with other guys (yes we have those networks) so he won’t be able to book anywhere without paying 100% up front.

Gouverneur's location cannot be beat when doing the rounds of the strip bars and for commuting as well. It has an indoor pool, a food court, and access to a subway station.

We seem to have some hotel snobs here on the forum. Though I'm certainly no MTL expert, I stayed at the Governeur (sp) in 2016 and found it entirely adequate for my unpretentious needs. No better location for St. Catherine St. Slip out the hotel's "back door" for direct access to the aforementioned IGA and mall/food court. The 747 bus and Metro are right across the small park to the west.
 
The homeless sleeping on the heat grates (January, 2016) right outside the hotel's front door and the cocaine peddler on St. C. did not bother me in the least. I walked everywhere in town and felt no apprehension at all. I feared MTL would be the Paris of North America, but found the city friendly, low-key, unpretentious, and full of stuff to see and do.

Historic Note:
 
Stock was originally located above a Vietnamese Restaurant across the street from the St. André Hotel on Rue St. André. You climbed a wrought iron staircase outside to get up there. In winter, when the steps were covered in ice and you had a couple of drinks, it was a bit dicey.

The last train on each metro line leaves between 12:30 and 1:00 a.m. After that, it is taxi or walk. There is a taxi stand with a line of taxis always outside Taboo's door.
 
Many of the reviews of the Dupuis look bad. All I can say is that I stayed there in September. The room was large and clean. I got a low price, so I did not have a premium room. It was perfectly quiet. The a/c and heating worked just fine. All hotel staff were warm and helpful: the desk clerks, the concierge, the chamber maids. When I go out in the morning, I always make a point to say good morning to the maid on the floor and tell her I am leaving to go out and my room number. Always, the room is clean with lots of fresh towels by the time I get back at 1, or 2 or 3 and expect company. The towels were always clean, and many of them, as were the bed linens. The shower pressure was just fine and hot water fine. The coffee maker worked fine. I don't use refrigerator or microwave, so I don't care. I had no problem finding an outlet to recharge my camera battery. There were no stains on my carpet or ceiling. I never saw a bug. There is a popular bar for drinks on the 2nd floor, so I don't understand the criticism. It was much used while I was there.
 
Delvalboy asked for hotels in a certain price range. None of the downtown hotels fall within this category, I think. The Sheraton has dates in March, but starting at $270. Etc.
 
There have been several good reports about airbnb, so that might be the way to go.

Delvalboy,
 
The Gouverneur Hotel is not shabby. It is very acceptable and used by Quebecois, French-Canadian visitors, and families on many repeat visits. It is not luxury, but there is nothing wrong with it. It is 29 stories high (I think), so you have size, services, and anonymity, if you wish. No problems or questions with guests.
 
You can find good prices for it on many of the discount sites (priceline, hotwire) and sometimes the hotel site itself. You can usually get it for a base price of $104-$127 (and sometimes under $100), plus taxes and fees. It is your best buy in the Village.
 
The Gouverneur is part of a full square block of buildings, including offices, banks, shops, drugstore, etc. On the ground floor of the complex is a large, new food court with a dozen different fast casual cuisines with large open area for seating; many singles eat there. There is also a large IGA grocery with a superb bakery, where you can get fresh croissants every hour of the day. They also have many prepared salads, veggies, sandwiches, etc. which are sometimes useful. There are numerous fast-casual restaurants along Ste. Catherine, which is right outside the hotel. St. Hubertus is fine and inexpensive and plenty of room for singles.
 
From the Gouverneur you walk underground to the Berri-Uqam metro station and also to the splendid national library and the campus of UQAM (University of Quebec in Montreal). It is an urban campus with all buildings connected underground. Montreal also has an Underground City downtown filled with shops and restaurants and connected to all the major buildings downtown, so winter or bad weather is no hindrance. A different approach to intense winter than the skyway system of the Twin Cities. And March will still be part of winter in Montreal.
 
Getting from the airport to the Gouverneur is very easy. Get on the 747 bus at the airport and ride to the Berri-Uqam stop (simply ask the driver). It is the last stop before the bus station and one block away from the hotel, straight ahead. Or take the 747 to its first stop, Lionel Groulx Metro, and transfer to the Green Line or Orange Line metro and ride to the Berri-Uqam metro stop. Your bus ticket is good for all buses and metros for 24 hours. So you simply use that ticket. If you plan much use of the metro, the next day is a good time since you have a free pass for that 24 hours. The ticket costs $10 CD. (That's about $7.50 US these days and a great bargain.) You buy them from a machine in the airport, close to the doors to outside. Get two and save the other one for when you return to the airport; you won't have to fool around with buying a return ticket.
 
The Gouverneur is a 5 minute walk to Campus, another 2 minutes to Stock and another 5 minutes to Taboo. If this is your first visit to Montreal, you ought to at least stop in at all three venues for a few minutes. Be aware that they will vary from night to night, so try them more than once, and they will be busier after 9:00 rather then before. Their best nights are usually Wed-Sat.
 
The hotel is a 15-20 minutes easy walk down to the Old City, harbor, and Place Jacques Cartier. This is the 18th century part of town, filled with restaurants, tourist shops, art galleries, and the Grande Roue, a very large ferris wheel with little cabins, from which you get splendid views of the city and harbor.
 
Bon voyage!

So true what you have said. Buffdaddy lives on Long Island Suffolk county. Population of over a million and a half. Not one Gay Bar. Nassau County which is next door if you're not familiar with the area has a population of over a million five. Has one Gay Bar. 3 million people and one small Gay Bar. The young Gay kids tell me they go to a regular bar with there str8 friends and Girls. They like Applebee's. I guess that's what happens when you go mainstream. I like the old days of sneaking around. Use to stand outside of the Gaiety in Manhattan and make sure not a lot of people looking at me and make a mad dash up the stairs lol. Spend the weekend on Fire Island and tell my Mother I was out in the Hamptons. Yes the world has changed.

I have been physically present in The Village but as a rule I don’t go indoors unless (most) occupants wear a mask as I do or I must buy essential goods. Very few are wearing masks in grocery stores in Montreal or indoors in The Village.
 
I have ascertained that the private dance areas in the clubs are operational, masks not mandatory, in keeping with guidelines that measures are but recommended. Only public transit is pushing masks as essential, but it is difficult to enforce. I don’t know details about the private dance choreography but I do not think it is substantially different from pre-pandemic. Staff, understandably, gravitate more to the ‘party line’ of public health when you inquire. Some dancers allude to no restrictions imposed.
 
Most people on the strip are sitting outdoors, but certainly less volume than previous summers, and indoor spaces are very anaemic. I think that Saloon and Club Le Date are recovering the best. Street performers are notably absent.