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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.

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.

Try posting that in the Fetish Forum and see what responses you get ...

I’ve hired a few porn actors in the last couple of years and mostly paired them with another escort to make threesomes.I only hire tops or top/versatiles as I only bottom. In my experience the escorts I chose without a porn background were every bit as good if not better at satisfying me. But it is exciting to be involved with two gorgeous men getting it on in the same bed with me. Without fail they have always made me part of the action. One example was Londonboypete, who has been mentioned in this thread, and Jackson Radiz, who does films for Michael Lucas. Pete is the top and Jackson the versatile. Great tag team.

Last year I hired two porn actors who actually were lovers in real life. It was a great experience having Ryan Stone (the top) and Jay Tymel (the versatile) tag team me. While Ryan was no slouch in the dick department, Jay was humongous and it was only with some great effort I could accommodate him. Tragically Jay died several months after our encounter, which I was very upset to hear as he was a real sweetheart.

I’ve hired a few porn actors in the last couple of years and mostly paired them with another escort to make threesomes.I only hire tops or top/versatiles as I only bottom. In my experience the escorts I chose without a porn background were every bit as good if not better at satisfying me. But it is exciting to be involved with two gorgeous men getting it on in the same bed with me. Without fail they have always made me part of the action. One example was Londonboypete, who has been mentioned in this thread, and Jackson Radiz, who does films for Michael Lucas. Pete is the top and Jackson the versatile. Great tag team.

Last year I hired two porn actors who actually were lovers in real life. It was a great experience having Ryan Stone (the top) and Jay Tymel (the versatile) tag team me. While Ryan was no slouch in the dick department, Jay was humongous and it was only with some great effort I could accommodate him. Tragically Jay died several months after our encounter, which I was very upset to hear as he was a real sweetheart.

I've already hired. Been three weeks., so we're both good. Got fucked, and also fucked. Good times

I've already hired. Been three weeks., so we're both good. Got fucked, and also fucked. Good times

I’ve been away from this site for over 10 years but saw that my registration was still active so thought I would dip my toe in the water. I am still an active client with escorts who I find on Rentmen. Some of them are pornstars. Frankly, I find they are not much different from others that I hire but then I am picky. That being said, some work out (from either category) and some not so much. One thing I will say is that watching them perform in films does not always translate to between the sheets. But then sometimes it does. Which keeps me on the hunt!

Any good escort should be happy to see most any client, but if it makes you more confident with the booking, by all means, mention it. Who knows, maybe you'll even weed out a couple of assholes.
 
Kevin Slater

How about the ventriloquist and his dummy
 
MASTER BATES and HUGO BLIND